If you are of a certain age level you most probably recognize that tag line from the famous Mr. Ed.
But a horse is a horse of course and quite difficult to draw.
It really is amazing that my small group of 7-9 yr olds are really able to copy lots of these images. This activity concentrated [...]

Our last drawing class was when we did Leo the Lion.
The kids were really not happy with that. Why? Very simple. They felt that the lion did not look like a “real lion”.
Boy! Did I get flack for that.
I figured you know what, its time for some abstract art. I’ve always believed that [...]

Drawing lessons are not as easy as it appears in the book.
I’m actually still struggling with the idea of giving kids exact copies of pictures to copy as it is so against my grain and what I’ve learned, but I’m going to stick with it.
The kids were not happy with Leo the lion. They insisted [...]

This was really our third drawing lesson. I didn’t write about our second as I felt it was unfinished and I can fill you in over here.
In the first lesson where we actually began our drawing lessons the kids got a basic overview of the elements of shape and did alot of experimenting with the [...]

I’ve had Mona Brook’s book in my house, Drawing With Children for the longest time. What Mona teaches is how to teach kids to draw by teaching them the 5 elements of shape there are in the world, like the chart I have above that I made from her book.
As my kids were growing up [...]