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Learning to draw…where do we begin?
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My children and I are quite bad at drawing. Emphasis on quite! Lol. I used to think that you were either born an artist or not, but I have now come to believe that you can truly learn how to draw. My question is how??? I’m just naturally really bad. I don’t know how to draw what’s in from of me and neither can my children.
What books/resources would you recommend for my children and me? I prefer something fairly simple. I don’t expect our nature study journals to be a piece of art per se, but I at least want to draw a bird, and recognize that it is a bird. Lol.
Thanks!!!
When we start we look for books that highlight the next part you draw in a different color. Draw Write Now books are a good example, check out Pinterest and you’ll see examples from inside the books. A ton of free drawing tutorials like this are at Art for Kids Hub. Here is one of their pinterest boards with many of their free ones in one place. http://www.pinterest.com/artforkidshub/afkh-step-by-steps/
Also, books that have you draw based on shapes can help you start to see what makes up something you are going to draw.
Also, the site http://www.How2DrawAnimals.com
has worked well for us!
We’re really enjoying Draw Write Now too. I have my daughter do one lesson a week and really go slow and focus on doing her best. Often, we’ll color together too or I’ll draw alongside her. We don’t use it as a strict curriculum, but we’re really enjoying it.
If your children are into Disney at all (and even if they’re not), this is a brand new book, and it’s really good. It’s not specifically drawing, it talks about many different elements, but our children are really enjoying it:
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