Dürer Pillow Challenge
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Dürer Pillow Challenge is a focused and engaging observational drawing lesson that helps students build confidence with drawing soft objects that have form through careful looking, tone and mark-making.
Learning Objectives:
Students will:
- Learn about or recap the difference between primary and secondary sources
- Practise careful observation by drawing from a photographic source
- Use line, tone and mark-making to describe form
- Develop an understanding of how artists create the illusion of folded cloth
- Develop an understanding of how Albrecht Dürer used observation, line, mark-making and tones/values in his drawings
Included in this download:
- A copy of Dürers ‘Six Studies of Pillows’
- 4 Pillow Photographs on 2 pages. (These are Ai images)
- A three page lesson plan which gives you the choice of working with drawings pencils, ballpoint pen or ink pens/dip pens.
Description
This drawing lesson is inspired by Albrecht Dürer’s beautifully observed pillow studies and is designed to encourage purposeful observation. Using high-quality pillow photographs provided in the download, students explore how subtle changes in line, tone and mark-making can suggest softness, weight and depth in folded fabric.
The lesson introduces or reinforces the concept of primary and secondary sources before moving on to the drawing task.
Teachers can choose from three drawing approaches — pencil, ballpoint pen or ink — making the lesson flexible for different age groups, abilities and time constraints. It works well as a standalone drawing challenge, a cover lesson, or as part of a wider drawing or GCSE skills project.
There are many more drawing resources on The Arty Teacher website.
Timing Guidance
This lesson can be taught in a single lesson if students work fairly small or extended over a double or block lesson to allow additional time for demonstration and studio practice.
Materials Required
Students will need printed pillow photographs (included), drawing paper, pencils (H, HB and 2B or softer), erasers and sharpeners. Depending on the chosen approach, ballpoint pens/or drawing pens, or dip pens will also be needed, along with brown or sepia ink (black ink can be used if necessary).
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