• Create a sketchbook. Write the elements of art on the first page: line, color, shape, texture, space, value, form

• Sketchbook entry: LINE- a path a moving point makes on a surface. Use a variety of lines to draw a government building. Click HERE for a video on how to draw the White House.

• Sketchbook entry: COLOR-make a color wheel using crayons or your choice of medium. Include primary, secondary and tertiary colors.

• Sketchbook entry: SHAPE - a shape is a closed line. Use shapes to create your dream house.

• Sketchbook entry: TEXTURE: the surface quality of an object (how something looks or feels). Create as many of different visual textures as you can. Draw what you see outside your window using a variety of lines to create texture.

• Sketchbook entry: VALUE: how light or dark a color is. Use crayons or colored pencils to color different values of colors.

• Sketchbook entry: SPACE: refers to the area within and around objects. Draw the world from a giant’s point of view. Include objects in the background.

• Sketchbook entry: FORM-3-dimensional shapes. Draw 2-d shapes and turn them into forms by adding lines and shading.

Emily’s Pictures

Drawing and Learning About:

• Cats

• Dogs

• Faces

• Monsters