Onethingneeded01 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Can anyone suggest an inexpensive art curriculum for a 7 year old boy who struggles with drawing? We have used I Can Do All Things but we seem to take forever getting through it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonflyer Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 We are also using I Can Do All Things. I have tried a few others, but the lessons are too overwhelming for my struggling artist. I am afraid that without more practice, he just won't get better very quickly, but would love to hear about something that would help him to love to spend more time developing this skill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalusignan Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I personally love Artistic Pursuits as a good, full art curriculum. It involves history, art appreciation, and creating art with a variety of materials. It's not specifically drawing, but very comprehensive if that's what you're looking for. It gets done at our house because I also purchase the materials kit. In that respect it's not inexpensive. If you're just looking for fun with drawing, I highly recommend Art for Kids Hub. Most of their videos are free and easy and fun to follow along with. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiara.I Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Drawing With Children maybe? It's not well laid out as lessons but you can find online lesson plans for it. It teaches drawing as shapes: straight lines, curves and so on. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 If you just want drawing, Draw, Write, Now is good. Even has a couple of sentences for the picture that can be used as copy work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 DD really started improving once we starting using Drawing with Children and a book called Drawing Textbook by Bruce McIntyre. In both of them, the student repeats the project until they have mastered the lesson objective. DD also enjoyed Atelier Art, though I didn't notice a ton of improvement in her art skills outside of the specific projects they did in the lessons, but then again, she was five or six when she did it. She would probably pick up a lot more now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmalm Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 DD really started improving once we starting using Drawing with Children and a book called Drawing Textbook by Bruce McIntyre. In both of them, the student repeats the project until they have mastered the lesson objective. Ditto to both. Definitely like Drawing Textbook. Even my DD4's drawings,which normally look like squashed human zucchini look good when we do a lesson. Also, just coloring more intricate coloring pages than the typical child's coloring book. Dover ones are great, even the adult coloring books. I really think honing those fine motor skills in intricate coloring helped DD6 a lot. She also has amazing handwriting for a 6 yr old, largely due to the coloring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Because there's more to "art" than drawing, Art With a Purpose. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 As far as I know the 1965 edition of the Drawing Textbook is in the public domain. Yes, this site is safe; I promise. http://dreamsteep.com/downloads/ebooks.html I am lazy and cheap about art instruction. Really lazy. Really cheap. If I am going to TEACH art, I have whittled what I am going to teach, down to the bare minimum. Then I will strew books, and it is up to a student if they want to unschool and self-educate with them. Preschool - Grade 2 Prang molding clay https://books.google.com/books?id=KnUoAAAAYAAJ&dq=prang+art&source=gbs_navlinks_s Willie's Drawing Book https://books.google.com/books/about/Willie_s_first_drawing_lessons.html?id=Q54VAAAAYAAJ Grade 2-? Drawing Textbook supplemented with the "Crayon Paintings" in New Augsburg Drawing 1-3. And MAYBE some of the watercolor paintings in 4-7. MAYBE, but not likely. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/359033-augsburg-drawing-free-and-awesome-and-complete-1-8/ If the above gets finished, I'd like to hit a little figure drawing that can be applied to sketching statues. Yes, naked statues. :lol: We have a lot of those in my city, even in the library. Alon Bement Figure Drawing for the body. Through lesson 12 is enough. Dover sells a nice compact paperback edition that I really love. https://books.google.com/books?id=La8uAQAAIAAJ&dq=alon+bement&source=gbs_navlinks_s Chapman's American Drawing Book for the head, hands and feet https://books.google.com/books?id=C7VFAQAAMAAJ&dq=chapman+american+drawing&source=gbs_navlinks_s Lutz Practical Drawing for the figure proportions https://books.google.com/books?id=5D4uAAAAYAAJ&dq=lutz+practical+drawing&source=gbs_navlinks_s If I still need a bit more, I like Freehand Perspective and Sketching. This book also has been republished by Dover in a handy size paperback. https://books.google.com/books?id=s_9DAQAAMAAJ&dq=freehand+perspective+and+sketching&source=gbs_navlinks_s If someone really doesn't have the money for high school math books and is using Euclid, I like Hailman's Constructive Form Work as a supplement. This is very Waldorf like. https://books.google.com/books?id=FTEAAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s Byrne's Euclid is color coded. https://archive.org/details/firstsixbooksofe00eucl This is all I will be responsible to TEACH. Period. End. I'm done. Students need to go bother someone else or self-educate after this. :001_tt2: to anyone that doesn't like that. I'm old, tired, and crabby. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Somewhere along the line, I stopped teaching figure drawing before finishing drawing textbook. I'm just awfully lazy, and figured I'd wait and do it once after the student was a little steadier. I did use Draw Write Now back then. And I will strew those books. But teach it? Now? Not likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquitita Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Ditto to both. Definitely like Drawing Textbook. Even my DD4's drawings,which normally look like squashed human zucchini look good when we do a lesson. Also, just coloring more intricate coloring pages than the typical child's coloring book. Dover ones are great, even the adult coloring books. I really think honing those fine motor skills in intricate coloring helped DD6 a lot. She also has amazing handwriting for a 6 yr old, largely due to the coloring. I second the idea of the adult coloring books. My 5yo son was obsessed with adult coloring books this summer, and wow! what a difference in his handwriting now! :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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