Drawing from your imagination. Children see things in symbols or shapes. When thinking of a sail boat you may see a triangle for the sail or a half circle for the bottom of the boat. Students then progress onto seeing things as forms like cylinders, spheres, cones, and cubes. For instance, being able to visualize the forms that create an airplane. Other strategies we use are from our observations of the world around us. This leads us to using size, overlapping and value to make our drawing 3-D or like the world around us.
Drawing what you see. Contour drawing techniques are the best way to draw what you see. Students trace with their eyes and use their peripheral vision to keep track of their drawing hand. You can also build the basic structure of the objects with shape or form and then use your contour drawing techniques. The concept of a how to draw book works the same way.
Students struggle with proportions or size relationships. When size relationships are inaccurate the drawings become distorted. A drawing grid is a great way to enlarge a drawing or to make sure the proportions and size relationships. are correct. This can easily be done by drawing a plus sign on the image and on your drawing paper. The next step is drawing what you see box by box. This helps the artist focus on the size and placement of the object one box at a time which produces an accurate drawing.
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