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Starry Night
Students will draw a similar picture of someplace they have visited. It could be a beach, city, mountains, a lake, an amusement park, or even just their...
Silhouette
Paint the background first and let dry. While paint is drying, students can begin sketching ideas for the foreground. On top of the background, students...
Sailboat Paintings
Demonstrate how to draw the boat by drawing an upside down trapezoid for the bottom of the boat, and a smaller, right side up trapezoid for the cabin of...
Optical Illusion Hand
Have students trace their hand with outstretched fingers in pencil on their paper. It does not need to be in the middle, but that is easiest. Use rulers to...
Mystery Pattern Picture
Choose a geometric shape such as a circle, rectangle, square or triangle. Draw it very large on your paper in pencil, leaving at least an inch margin on...
Lighthouse
Draw a horizon line near the center of their paper. Next, draw two vertical lines that intersect with the horizon line to make the sides of the lighthouse....
Layered Landscape
With a pencil, sketch the landscape in layers. Ideas: grass, bushes, trees, mountains, body of water, sky with clouds. Outline the important parts, then...
How My Garden Grows
Ask students to draw the same number of flowers as their age. The flowers should be fairly large. Students can include some insects in their picture. To...
Fanciful Pet Portraits
Have students choose an animal to look at while drawing. Becca Fischer looks at a photo to create her work. First sketch in pencil. Next, you may want to...
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