This one-day drawing was inspired my Mona Brooke's book Drawing with Children. If you want to work on drawing with your child, this book is an excellent resource. Everything can be drawn using her five groups of lines and shapes. In the book, she shows how one can practice identifying these lines and shapes and draw realistically.
This bird drawing is in her book. I like to do a few guided drawings with the younger kids each year. It builds listening skills, provides practice with line and shape, and they oftentimes remember how to do the drawing independently and draw more for their friends and family. Because I always use descriptive words for each step (i.e. Next we are going to draw a vertical line. A vertical line stands up tall like a soldier), we build art vocabulary as we draw too. Even though we do the drawing together, each drawing is unique. The kids were required to add at least 5 details once the bird was complete.
This bird drawing is in her book. I like to do a few guided drawings with the younger kids each year. It builds listening skills, provides practice with line and shape, and they oftentimes remember how to do the drawing independently and draw more for their friends and family. Because I always use descriptive words for each step (i.e. Next we are going to draw a vertical line. A vertical line stands up tall like a soldier), we build art vocabulary as we draw too. Even though we do the drawing together, each drawing is unique. The kids were required to add at least 5 details once the bird was complete.
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