Posts in Drawing Tips
Grid Drawing in the Classroom and Homeschool: A No-Prep Lesson for High School Art

If you teach high school art — whether in a traditional classroom or a homeschool setting — you know how hard it can be to find a lesson that checks every box at once. Grid drawing is a great way to teach real, transferable skills. It needs to hold a teenager's attention. It needs to produce results they're actually proud of. And ideally, it needs to work without hours of preparation on your part.

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Zentangle Step by Step Patterns To Try!

If you’ve been looking for a relaxing, creative activity that fits into small pockets of time, these zentangle step by step patterns are a perfect place to start. This approach combines simple painting with intuitive drawing, making it ideal for beginners, busy parents, and anyone wanting to reconnect with creativity. Explore a fun zentangle step by step project that’s perfect for beginners or kid

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Spring Simple Drawing Ideas to Try!

Spring is the perfect time to bring fresh, creative energy into your art lessons. If you’re looking for an engaging and low-prep activity, a spring simple drawing approach using symmetry is one of the easiest ways to get students excited about creating. Try these spring simple drawing ideas this spring!

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Zentangle Art Supplies You NEED!

Zentangle art supplies are simple, portable, and surprisingly versatile. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to build a relaxing creative habit, having the right materials makes the process more enjoyable and less frustrating. The beauty of zentangle is that you don’t need a lot—but choosing supplies that work well together can really elevate your results.

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Portrait Drawing With Pencil -How to Draw Better Portrait 

Portrait drawing with pencil can be very challenging. Drawing realistic portraits comes with practice. That's why I created my portrait drawing practice book geared towards kids, ages 9 to 14. In this book your child can practice portrait drawing and perfect their art skills to be able to create realistic portraits with confidence and ease. Check out the portrait drawing practice book here.

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Sports Drawing Ideas for Ages 9

Do you know a kid that loves sports and loves drawing or art as well? I have lots of different sports, drawing ideas for them to be able to combine and support both of their interests of sports and art.

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Winter Symmetry for High School

Winter symmetry is a great winter drawing activity to incorporate in your high school classroom. If you are a high school art teacher this is a great calming activity to help calm students either before or after the school holiday break.

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Symmetry Animals Early Finisher Art Activity for Middle School

Symmetry animals for middle school students are symmetry drawing worksheets that function as early finisher activities and are the perfect early finisher to incorporate into your classroom or homeschool space this school year. What's nice about the theme of symmetry animals is that the animals provide variety to students. Most students can relate to liking animals and with 34 designs to choose from. Students will have lots of choices and options of the symmetry drawing animal that they get to complete.

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Focus on Facial Feature Drawing in High School

Facial feature drawing can be challenging for students. It is hard to capture the details of facial features in drawings and ensure that the facial features look realistic. Everyone has different facial features, and no person looks the same. Facial features give a lot of information as to how a portrait of someone's face looks and being able to do facial feature drawing successfully will improve students abilities to draw portraits, and have them look realistic and natural. 

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Symmetry Worksheets Middle Schoolers Love!

These symmetry worksheets for middle school students in grades 5 to 8 are the perfect early finisher activity or no prep sub plan for your art classroom. These symmetry worksheets, combine both math and art and include a variety of themes to engage your students or homeschool children. There are some worksheets that are more challenging and others that are easier so you can pick and choose which worksheets to use with what child based on the students needs or drawing abilities. What's great about the symmetry worksheets is that you can download them and print them and photocopy them to use them year after year.

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Early Finishers Activities for High School

I have created the perfect early finishers activities for high school students in grade 9 through 12. I love using these early finisher activities with my high school students, because there are a variety of things that appeal to different student interests. There are also some pages that are more difficult and challenging, and some pages that are easier depending on the high school student’s drawing abilities.

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Symmetry Balance Art for Grades 1-12

Symmetry balance art is the perfect activity for early finishers or sub plans especially if you are a teacher or art teacher, teaching multiple grades from grades one all the way through grade 12. I have included a variety of different themes and worksheets that you can print off photocopy and use again and again, year after year. This is a great resource to have at the start of the school year to use throughout the year.

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How to Draw the Real Hand 

Learn how to draw the real hand. Drawing hands can help make your figure drawing look more realistic. Drawing hands can be quite difficult, because there are so many details to our hands from wrinkles to shadows, to the pores of our skin and being able to capture all of these details, as well as the scale and proportion of hands. All of these details helps us to be able to learn how to draw the real hand and make it look as realistic as a human as possible

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Is Colouring Good for You?

Is colouring good for you? What is the purpose of using colouring books? Should children be using colouring books or is there a better option for them to try?

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Halloween Craft Ideas Adults Can do This Fall!

Here are some Halloween craft ideas adults can do this fall! Whether you are planning a get together with group of girlfriends or a fun date idea to do with your partner, these Halloween craft ideas adults will enjoy!

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Fall Symmetry Drawing Sheets

A great way to celebrate fall in the classroom or in your home is using my fall symmetry drawing sheets. I have fall symmetry drawing sheets for grades 1 through 12 you can find the exact fall/Halloween symmetry drawing sheets for your child or student depending on age group. Halloween and fall symmetry drawing sheets are a really fun way to celebrate the season of fall and the special celebration of Halloween.

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Free Time Activities Drawing Loving Teens Can Do!

Here are some free time activities drawing lessons and art projects that kids and teens can do you home or in the classroom. These are fun free time activities drying art lessons that kids and teens are sure to love. These free time activities drawing resources use minimal materials and don't require a screen to complete these. 

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Draw the Hands Art Resource for Teens

Drawing hands can be hard to do, even artists who are advanced and highly experienced at drawing can have difficulty drawing the hands. And this is why I created and draw the hand art resource for high school students, so that they can practice drawing the hands realistically, proportionally and creatively. 

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Free Symmetry Drawing Worksheets

Here are some free symmetry drawing worksheets that you can use with your kids or with your students in the classroom! These free symmetry drawing worksheets are perfect for students in grades 1-12. I have a bunch of free symmetry drawing worksheets to choose from!

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How to Do Portrait Drawing in Pencil

Portrait drawing in pencil can be a challenging task for most students and beginner artists. Here are some tips for portrait drawing in pencil and some resources to help you improve your portrait drawing in pencil today! 

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