Winter Painting
Winter painting projects for elementary students work best, I believe, when the subject and supplies are kept simple, simple, simple. This just requires a black marker, white crayon, and blue … Read More
How to Draw a Tree
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Crayons, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes, Plants
Learn how to draw a tree with this easy step by step tutorial. If you make branches that split off in many directions and gradually thin out, your tree is … Read More
How to Draw a Lighthouse
posted in: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Buildings, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes
Here’s how to draw a lighthouse on an island, step by step, with plenty of room to add some ships in the surrounding water. The fun stripes on a lighthouse … Read More
How to Draw a Scary Tree
posted in: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Crayons, Drawing, Halloween, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes
Learn how to draw a scary tree, by starting with your hand. This reminds me of those creepy trees that come to life in the Wizard of Oz. This drawing … Read More
How to Draw a Windmill
posted in: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes, Markers, Stabilo
Learn how to draw a windmill, which have been included in many a Danish landscape painting for centuries. Their job was to use wind energy to turn any raw material … Read More
Cartoon Fox
posted in: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Animal Life, Cartoon Drawing, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes, Oil Pastel
Here’s a cute fox drawing that includes a little perspective lesson too. Keep it simple by focusing on just his face and tail. This fox face is drawn large and … Read More
How to Draw a Sea Shell
posted in: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes
Just in time for summer fun, a new tutorial for how to draw a sea shell. Color them realistically, or just with your favorite colors. When you can’t draw from real life, … Read More
How to Draw the Pyramids
posted in: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes, Markers, Stabilo
Follow this step by step tutorial to not only learn how to draw the pyramids, but also how to place them in their natural surroundings, hot sun, sand, shadows and … Read More
How to Draw Perspective Landscape
posted in: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes
Here’s a simple landscape tutorial that illustrates how to draw perspective with a vanishing point. It shows just how much space can be implied in your drawing, simply by paying … Read More
Draw a Beach
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Kindergarten, Landscapes
Learn how to draw a beach with a few fun extra items. An umbrella, pail and ball will tell everyone exactly where you are. Even the simplest of drawings can … Read More
Hopper Landscape Tutorial
posted in: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, artist Edward Hopper, Buildings, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes, Painting
Teach simple watercolor techniques with this Edward Hopper for kids landscape project. Students will enjoy making this lovely painting in his style. This simple tutorial resembles Edward Hopper’s Lighthouse Hill … Read More
Draw a Farm
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Kindergarten, Landscapes
This how to draw a farm tutorial was inspired by the Becker Middle School blog. They took more of a map like approach to drawing a farm with lots of … Read More
Draw Boats in a Seaside Town
posted in: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Drawing, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes, Markers
This boat drawing for kids tutorial includes a cute seaside town, because they don’t always have to be floating off by themselves. If you like the colors in my sample, … Read More
How to Draw eBook
Looking for a few How to Draw tutorials for your young artists? How about 200 of them? All in one ebook? Years of making tutorials for my after school classes … Read More
Pumpkin Drawing: 3rd Grade and Up
posted in: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Fall, Halloween, How to Draw Tutorials, Landscapes, Oil Pastel, Thanksgiving
To follow my pumpkin lesson for very young elementary students, here’s how to draw a pumpkin with older ones. I’ve added overlapping and shadows. Pumpkins just have it all when … Read More
Landscape Sketch for Beginners
posted in: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, Landscapes, Oil Pastel
If you learn to add layers when sketching landscapes, your art with have much more depth to it. Follow this formula to make a simple winter drawing that creates all … Read More
Draw a Fall Tree
posted in: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Drawing, Landscapes, Oil Pastel
For this easy tree drawing, try thinking of it as a series of branches, and not just a fluffy shape that sits on one stick. MATERIALS • Multimedia paper • … Read More