Description
Book SynopsisHelp kids build confidence and find their own creative voice through this collection of 25+ invitations for drawing. In
Drawing Workshop for Kids, art educator Samara Caughey, founder of the highly praised family-centered art studio Purple Twig, shares
drawing activities that support the development of creative, confident children ages 7 and up.
All kids need to begin engaging in the pleasure of these
simple yet inspiring drawing projects are a pencil and paper. Along the way, new materials are introduced, giving kids the opportunity to experiment with new techniques.
Each of the three main chapters—
drawing from life,
drawing from images, and
inventive drawing—focuses on
techniques to explore, such as observation, mark making, shadow, line, composition, detail, contour, and perspective.
Drawing Workshop for Kids strives to inspire children to investigate drawing and develop their own approach to art, building creativity and confidence.
Trade ReviewThe Artful Parent highly recommends Samara’s book,
Drawing Workshop for Kids: Process Art Experiences for Building Creativity and Confidence. This book evokes a feeling of calm concentration from the kids hard at work on these beautiful workshops. I can’t wait to get started drawing with my own son. -- Rachel Withers, Editorial Manager * The Artful Parent *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Taking Ownership
Recommended Materials
Essential Terms
1 | WARM-UP DRAWINGS Drawing Eyes Focusing on detail
Drawing Huge Gestural mark making
Eraser Drawing Creating tones
Drawing Rocks Using varied marks
Shadow Drawings Filling the page
Three Ways of Seeing Using perspective
Eat and Draw Using other senses
Blind Contour Drawing Using carbon paper
2 | DRAWING WORKSHOPS Tiny Drawings Close observation
Half and Half Using magazine images
Drawing Feathers Drawing textures
Sfumato Creating depth of field
Paper Bag Faces Making 3-D drawings
Above and Below Exploring composition
Butterfly in a Box Focusing on symmetry
Resist Drawing Creating volume
Flower Still Life Collaging pattern and texture
Drawing by Touch Focusing on other senses
3-D birds Focusing on patterns
Recipe Drawings Self-expression through design
Drawing on Plaster Creating your own drawing surface
Tiny Worlds Foreground and background
Fruit Plate Exploring composition
Feathers in a Box Observational drawing
Treasure Maps A bird’s-eye view
Creating a Machine Using collage
Bug Collections Using details and pattern
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
