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I am volunteering to teach drawing to these two 4th grade girls. They are are at a pretty beginning level though. I'm supposed to teach them the basics, but I'm not sure how to start. Or what exactly the basics are. Can somebody make some suggestions of what and how I should teach them?
I am 14 by the way.
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Start simple, such as pencil or charcoal sticks. Adding color, too soon will be complicating things when all you are trying to do is cover drawing skills.
Start with some basic shapes you can bring in to the class such as boxes, balls, cones and cylindars. Teach them to find the outlines of the various surfaces, a little perspective and then, some shading techniques. Have them draw and shade these basic shapes illuminated by a strong light. Then, have them repeat the exercise by changing the direction of the light. Don't let them spend more than a minute or two on each shape. Keep their brains moving to keep them interested.
Once they've had a chance to develop even a LITTLE skill by this practice, move on to more complex shapes, such as a piece of furniture, a doll, or some other toys. The techniqes for shading these objects is EXACTLY the same as that of shading the simple shapes. The idea is that they can visualize the different, basic components of the complex shapes, breaking them down, mentally, and drawing and shading them the way they did in the first exercise.
For a third step, perhaps you can take them outside to find the "basic shapes" in everyday objects, such as the "boxy" shape of buildings, the "ball" shape in a dome or cloud, the cone shape of a church steeple and the cylindar shape in a telephone pole or tree trunk. Some practice sketching from real life objects is the BEST way to develop drawing skills.
At some future point, you may have then try drawing somthing from memory.
Once someone has some basic drawing skills, then you can cover concepts such as composition, contrast, flow, visual centers and other, more advanced ideas. It wouldn't hurt to find a "how to draw" book in the library to give you more ideas. Your students don't have to read the book. Just you, to keep your lessons going.
Start simple, such as pencil or charcoal sticks. Adding color, too soon will be complicating things when all you are trying to do is cover drawing skills.
Start with some basic shapes you can bring in to the class such as boxes, balls, cones and cylindars. Teach them to find the outlines of the various surfaces, a little perspective and then, some shading techniques. Have them draw and shade these basic shapes illuminated by a strong light. Then, have them repeat the exercise by changing the direction of the light. Don't let them spend more than a minute or two on each shape. Keep their brains moving to keep them interested.
Once they've had a chance to develop even a LITTLE skill by this practice, move on to more complex shapes, such as a piece of furniture, a doll, or some other toys. The techniqes for shading these objects is EXACTLY the same as that of shading the simple shapes. The idea is that they can visualize the different, basic components of the complex shapes, breaking them down, mentally, and drawing and shading them the way they did in the first exercise.
For a third step, perhaps you can take them outside to find the "basic shapes" in everyday objects, such as the "boxy" shape of buildings, the "ball" shape in a dome or cloud, the cone shape of a church steeple and the cylindar shape in a telephone pole or tree trunk. Some practice sketching from real life objects is the BEST way to develop drawing skills.
At some future point, you may have then try drawing somthing from memory.
Once someone has some basic drawing skills, then you can cover concepts such as composition, contrast, flow, visual centers and other, more advanced ideas. It wouldn't hurt to find a "how to draw" book in the library to give you more ideas. Your students don't have to read the book. Just you, to keep your lessons going.
Can you recommend a book for a second grade girls' book club?
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My daughter and I have joined a mother-daughter book club for second graders. We are rotating meetings at each others' homes and it will be our turn to host and pick the book soon. Can you recommend a good book for us? I should note that the eight girls in the club are advanced readers (more like on the 4th grade level), but we'd still like appropriate subject matter for a 2nd grader. Thanks for any suggestions you can provide.
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try a judy blum book like how to eat fried worms or frecklejuice. or for girls try to find something like the babysitters club book series.
try a judy blum book like how to eat fried worms or frecklejuice. or for girls try to find something like the babysitters club book series.
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