Drawing from Graphics - Lessons
If you read Drawing With Children, Lesson 2, Overview then you have an idea of what you are teaching from this chapter. Below, I will outline lessons. You need the book to do the lessons. My purpose is to help to organize your lessons for this book.
Handouts
Page xxviii lists the handouts recommended by the author. [Handouts 7-13]
Meanwhile, look for graphics that goes along with lions, tropical birds, and horses as well as other interesting topics. Look on pages 96, 102, 113 to see some of the compositions that children made in this chapter.
Exercises from Drawing Tips
The drawing tips begin on page 83* and include everything up to The Lesson.
A. Overlapping
Overlapping is described on page 85 and is illustrated on page 86. You will need something like figure 2.5 that is shown on page 86 for the exercise. Also consider setting up a very simple still life for your student to draw. The still life should have simple objects such as a cube and a ball that are overlapping.
There are two printable overlapping exercises pictured in the blue column on the right that you may print for your students.
Overlap 1 & 2.
B. Making Adjustments and Changes
This is explained beginning on page 85 and is illustrated on pages 87 and 89 figures 2.6, 2.7, 2.9 and 2.9. If you are teaching just one or two students, have them sit next to you when you read this to them [if they are young students]. Show the illustrations when they are mentioned in the text. If you have more students, you might need to make a copy of pages 85 and 87.
For this lesson, you will read and discuss pages 85 - 90 stopping at Where to Start.
The Lesson
C. Lessons -Prepare, you can't just open the book and start
Turn to page 114 and copy the list in your planner because the steps on the list are the steps that you will take for the lessons and for your homemade lessons. Not only is this easy, you are told not to worry about the structure spoiling creativitiy because creativity thrives within structure.
Choose a Level and Follow the Lesson from the Book
Level one starts on page 93
Level two starts on page 99
Level three starts on page 106
Do we have to complete an entire lesson in one sitting?
No, a lesson can be divided over several days. I would want your students to benefit from learning that there is a thought process that goes along with composing a drawing. Additionally, there are parts to the lesson, the preliminary sketches, drawing the full sized picture, and adding details. Of course if the student wants to draw the same subject with a different background, that is another lesson for another week.
C1. About Preliminary Sketches
The preliminary sketch exercise is explained on page 91, and introduced on page 90 beginning with "Projecting the image on the paper" and illustrated in figure 2.14 on page 96.
Entrée des Croisés
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As shown on page 96, the children are to draw boxes that are a similar size and shape of the paper they are using [see note in box on right] and in those boxes, create some compositions using the character that they drew in Lesson One. If they drew the lion, it would be handy to have some pictures of the places where lions live for the children to look at while thinking about what they would like to draw.
C2. Read The Tips following Preliminary Sketches
These are so good that your student will benefit in hearing about these tips. They begin near the bottom of page 91 and continue to the end of page 92.
D. Application
Maybe you've noticed this little booklet that I've posted images of in the art section of DY (or not). This little booklet is an example of how your child can apply the skills learned in chapter two to enhance learning in other subjects.
Related Art Drills
The author mentions Creating flat, textured, or shaded areas at the bottom of page 91. At your discretion, based on the abilities of your students, assign drills in the aforementioned. See the drills at: Shading Drills.
More Lessons
If you want more step by step drawings, look into the Draw · Write · Now · books. These books combine drawing and handwriting. Otherwise, provide graphics and some guidance when drawing additional pictures. Use the steps on page 114. Also, be sure to read page 112.
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Image Below is Sample from Book 8 of Draw Write Now
Book 1: On The Farm, Kids And Critters, Storybook CharactersBook 2: Christopher Columbus, Autumn Harvest, The Weather
Book 3: Native Americans, North America, The Pilgrims
Book 4: The Polar Regions, The Arctic, The Antarctic
Book 5: The United States, From Sea To Sea, Moving Forward
Book 6: Animals and Habitats - On Land, Ponds and Rivers, Oceans
Book 7: Tropical Forests, Northern Forests, Forests Down Under
Book 8: Savannas, Grasslands, Mountains & Deserts [pictured]
Overlapping - a constant study
