Drawing as a Foundation - Activity 1

Caricature drawing is fun, and can help learners explore the principle of design and content specific vocabulary. They view a video and books that use character drawings, discuss vocabulary such as exaggeration, proportion, and symmetry,...

Individuals discover how to draw cubes on triangle-dot paper. They use cubes to build structures and draw corresponding isometric drawings on dot paper in the second lesson of the series of five. The activity also introduces the concept...

Young scholars create a realistic portrait using a live model and charcoal in this introductory art lesson on portrait drawing. A video and resource links are included to aid in instructional strategies.

How can your draw three-dimensional figures on paper? The lesson shows pupils how to draw orthographic projections of three-dimensional figures composed of cubes. After viewing a PowerPoint presentation, they practice this skill with...

Students draw the contour of different gourd shapes in this introduction to a unit on Gourd Painting. The website includes other unit lessons all tied to meeting state standards in the Arts.

Here is a great game to play on a rainy day or as a warm up. Kids feel an object in a paper bag, they do not attempt to identify it, they simply draw what they feel. This results in a contour drawing based on line, feeling, and texture....

Students practice drawing skills by sketching an example of a three-dimensional puppet design. This lesson plan is Part One of a three part unit geared towards the creation of a 3-D puppet for the theatre arts.

Pupils create a drawing of their neighborhood from 500 feet above in this study of aerial photography and mapping techniques. The lesson can be expanded into a unit with the resources provided.

Students discover the culture of the American Cowboy through in-class discussions, Charles Russell's artwork, and a video about cowboy poetry. This introductory lesson can be accomplished in one 30-minute session.

Investigate the effect of one-axis rotations on geometric figures. Scholars learn to use snap cubes and the right-hand rule to draw figures after rotations about the x-, y-, or z-axes. They try their hands at examples created by the...