INDUSTRIAL ARTS

Grade six
Methods of Enhancing/decorating
products
METHODS OF ENHANCING/
DECORATING
 SKETCHING

• Freehand drawing on the surface of the

product.
• By using your creativity and imagination in the
application of different colors you can create a
beautiful and attractive design on a product.
SHADING
Creating shades of lights and dark
patterns
in a composition or design, thus
creating
illusions of space and distance.
Shading can be done through the
proper use
of colors of different hues, values,
and
intensity.
OUTLINING
A drawing in which only the
contours of a product are
seen, thus emphasizing the
shape of a design.
CARVING
Forming a design by cutting.
Carving wood is one of the processes
involved In woorworking.
The tool commonly used in carving
Is the chisel.
Use mallet in driving the chisel.
This will prevent damage to the chisel’s handle.
SMOOTHENING
The process of removing lint and rough edges
on wood . This gives the surface of the wood
A very fine texture. Tools used for smoothening
are sandpaper and a hand plane.
Sandpaper comes in varying texture from rough
to fine. These are ussually numbers;
number 60 to 150 are rough and
numbers 250 to 1000 are smooth.
If the surface you will smoothen is rough, it is
Advisable to start using number 60 sandpaper.
If the surface you will smoothen is somewhat
Smooth, you can use number 250 to further
Smoothen the surface.
 FINISHING

• This is a process of applying materials like

paint, varnish, and coloring materials to
improve the appearance of the project.
 VARNISHING
• Another method of finishing wood is by
varnishing. There are several types of varnish:
• Lacquer varnish and plasdtic varnish, to name
a few.
• You can use any varnish depending on the kind
of finish you want to achieve.
 EXPLAIN
• What is the importance of enhancing and
decorating finished products?
• What innovative methods and techniques can
be used to enhance bamboo, wood, and metal
products?
 REMEMBER
• Bamboo, wood, and metal products can be
enhanced and decorated to increase their
marketability and saleability.
THANK YOU