Charcoal Drawing with KItah Alef

Most recently, the Kitah Alef children explored charcoal. This continues the thread of fine-motor art.

The children were each given a piece of vine charcoal and a regular charcoal stick. The vine charcoal made a softer, lighter mark. The stick charcoal made a deep, dark black mark.

As they began marking their paper, Morah Jessica talked about how charcoal is made of burned wood and sticks. The children were also given blending tools such as paper tortillions and foam wedges to spread their marks further across the page.

Most of the children didn't seem to mind the texture of the material or that it made their hands dirty.