Draw, Draw, Draw

Sparkle is taking a drawing class this week. Here's a fuzzy webcam photo of one of her drawings. She is learning some new techniques, like shading, shadows, and drawing a horizon.



Here's the teacher, Mark Kistler. He gave Sparkle one of the pictures he drew in class.


Glitter gets to sit in on the lessons and has fun filling her paper with random blobs, some of which vaguely resemble the objects in the lesson. The hour long class is a bit long for Glitter. About 50 minutes into the lesson she starts squirming and asking when it will be over. Then on the drive home, Glitter informs me that I must sign her up as soon as she is old enough to be an official student.

I am amazed at how similar drawing and writing are. Both begin with a blank page. You fill that page with ideas. Both can be taught with copying. Both benefit from reading/observing well done works. Both take lots of practice. Both can be very rewarding. Both are useful life skills.