Curated OER
Under Pressure: Contour Drawing Prep
Know how to use your tools before you can become a great creator! Here, learners experience their drawing tools using various degrees of pressure as they draw contour lines. This is a preparatory skills practice intended for use prior to...
Curated OER
How to Draw Caricatures
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,...
Curated OER
Figure Study: Lesson Six
This quick lesson outline is fun and useful in developing drawing skills. Learners complete figure studies of each other. A "runway" is set up at the back of the room, and peers take turns 'striking a pose' as they are considered as...
Curated OER
Wandering Ink Drawings
Kids explore how they can go with the flow and be flexible when they encounter "happy accidents." They use ink and watercolor to create flowing and unplanned art pieces.
Curated OER
Paul Gauguin Art: Opposite Colour Masterpieces
Learners discover new art techniques by examining the work of Paul Gauguin and his use of opposite colors. In this art analysis lesson, students investigate the different perspectives and colors used in classic post impressionist...
Curated OER
Expressing Emotions Through Art Lesson 2: Everybody Needs Somebody
Learners examine works of art that depict two people who care for each other, and analyze how artists use line, shape, color, and space in works of art. They use line, shape, color, and space to create drawings that depict two people...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Visual and Performing Arts: Drawing, Painting and Illustrating
Artopia is an excellent art resource for students. They are able to examine important works of art, learn about styles, principles, and processes of the various art forms used in painting, drawing, and illustration, and view videos of...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 4: 2 D Art
This fourth unit of a course on Art Appreciation looks at different forms of two-dimensional art. Students learn about the invention of paper, early perceptions of drawing, how hatching and cross-hatching were used by Michelangelo,...
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Drawing (Lesson Plans)
Forty creative lesson plans on drawing for students of all ages! Each one gives an example, a list of materials, and step-by-step directions. Many of the activities also provide a list of books, vocabulary, extensions, and more!
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Mona Mesa: What Is Your Opinion? [Pdf]
In this lesson, 1st graders look at a print of "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo DaVinci and talk about what they see, searching for visual clues to help them form an opinion. They discuss the importance of portrait paintings during the...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Self Portraits With the Touch of a Finger [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
Other
Idleworm: Animation Drawing Lessons
Animation drawing lessons for the beginner. There are two lessons: "The Bouncing Ball" and "The Walk Cycle." Both lessons are simplified for the beginner. A great resource!
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My City, My Perspective
A instructional activity in which students create a drawing of a local architectural structure using grid and perspective lines.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Closer Look at Value: Self Portraits
Lesson plan that utilizes Photoshop to teach students about proportion and the grid drawing technique in order to create self-portrait drawings.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Drawings Quiz
Test your knowledge about drawings using this 10-problem quiz.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Master Drawings
The purpose of this activity is to introduce you to the pleasure of looking at master drawings. Through the presentation of large-scale details, videos and close-up images simulate the experience of looking at a drawing with a magnifying...
Other
Creative Bloq: Pencil Drawing Techniques: Pro Tips to Sharpen Your Skills
Twenty-seven techniques, from basic to fairly complex, are described to help artists better use pencils as an artistic medium.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Perspective Drawing
This site discusses vanishing point and perspective drawing, including tips on drawing from various perspectives.
Other
Pen & Ink Art by Rc Guthrie: Homepage
This site is from Pen & Ink Art by RC Guthrie. Fabulous examples of completed pen and ink stippling drawings. There are also works in progress to see how the artist actually works. A great site to show the technique!
Other
How to Draw and Paint: Learn to Draw
Bob Davies offers free online drawing tutorials and videos. He will demonstrate for you some basic drawing skills and how to draw a variety of different subjects including the human face.
Other
Foundations in Art : Cross Hatching
University of Delaware site that shows examples of cross-hatching in pen and ink drawings. There are examples from students and a great Albrecht Durer drawing of pillows.
Quia
Quia: Drawing Activity
This is a terrific set of activities related to art instruction. Includes matching, concentration, flashcards, and a word search. Great for art students looking for a fun way to review vocabulary terms.
wikiHow
Wiki How: How to Draw Basic Human Figures
Get a start on drawing human bodies by using simple shapes and then adding details later. This shows good visual examples including a simple guide to proportions.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: The Art of Anatomy [Pdf]
For this lesson, 5th graders learn about value and draw a 7-tone value scale. They then observe and draw an area of a skeleton model on a 6x6-inch square, incorporating line, shape, and value. They color the negative space and add...