Why teach step-by-step drawing?
Teaching children to draw by a step-by-step drawing process has a number of purposes: • to increase children’s confidence • to teach children to follow directions • to increase directional, spatial and other vocabulary • to have fun drawing Many children arrive in September and draw with great confidence but there are always some who say they don’t know how to draw and are unwilling to try. Some are very upset when they compare their results with their peers. I teach two kinds of drawing to my students – drawing by observation and step by step drawing. Although I am a keen advocate of teaching children to observe closely what is in front of them and attempt to recreate it with lines, shapes, textures and colors, I also teach step-by-step drawing in my class. Learning to draw by observation is a valuable skill for kids and is explained briefly in the “Recording your observations” section of kindergarten science center activities. The process of step-by-step drawing is explained below.
Teaching children to draw by a step-by-step drawing process has a number of purposes: • to increase children’s confidence • to teach children to follow directions • to increase directional, spatial and other vocabulary • to have fun drawing Many children arrive in September and draw with great confidence but there are always some who say they don’t know how to draw and are unwilling to try. Some are very upset when they compare their results with their peers. I teach two kinds of drawing to my students – drawing by observation and step by step drawing. Although I am a keen advocate of teaching children to observe closely what is in front of them and attempt to recreate it with lines, shapes, textures and colors, I also teach step-by-step drawing in my class. Learning to draw by observation is a valuable skill for kids and is explained briefly in the “Recording your observations” section of the science center page. The process of step-by-step drawing is explained below.
