Learning to draw…where do we begin?

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  • Debra Romeo
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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!!!

     

    Tristan
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    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.

     

    Alicia Hart
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    Also, the site   http://www.How2DrawAnimals.com

    has worked well for us!

    Kelley
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    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.

    HollyS
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    We’ve been using lessons from Drawspace.com.  They have many lessons available for free.

    2Corin57
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    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:

    https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Pixar-Activities-Characters-Stories/dp/1452155054/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

     

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