Please read below before you begin the lessons...



Drawing is work, and work can be accomplished in an easier fashion if one understands the what and why of what is being done.  Sounds silly and reasonable all at once, and it is true too!  When you draw a picture  you are really putting down lines on a paper.  Lines are either straight or curved.  That's it.  Are you able to print the alphabet?  If you can then you already know how to make every straight line and every curved line that you'll ever need to know.  I like to think that we all learn the alphabet to get us ready to learn how to draw!  (Many reading teachers may argue the point, but, hey, that's what I always thought when I was growing up!)  When I was an Art Teacher some of my most successful lessons were Step-By-Step lessons.  Many people need a definite starting point from which to begin their exploration of drawing.  This may just be that point for you!

I have three Step-By-Step Lessons finished so far for this Web Site.  Give them a try and let me know how you did.  One is a lesson on drawing a simple lighthouse that is up on a cliff.  It can be drawn with crayons, chalk, oil pastels, colored pencils, even a felt-tip marker! (My favorite doodle tool!) The second one is on how to draw a simple tree, and the third consists of three holiday candles, but you could easily draw just one to start with!

If you were to ask me what I would suggest that you use, I would say:

Cray-pas (oil pastels)
Medium Blue construction paper for the lighthouse,
Brown construction paper for the Tree...
Black construction paper for the candle lesson.