We are still working at developing drawing skills and the patience that one must foster to produce studied drawings. I mentioned previously the month long drawing-a-day program that Se7en introduced us to, and while we aren't drawing every day, we are drawing a few times a week, and keeping at it, which is really the most important thing.
My almost 11 year old daughter and just 8 year old son are game for the exercises, while for my 9 year old it's really torture. I'm going to have to sit down with him individually to help him build his confidence and at least work on drawing basic shapes that he can use as an adult, there's no budding artist as far as I can see, though of course one should never give up!
The exercise above was to draw a toy, my 8 year old bravely said he was going to draw the box of a monopoly-like game, though quickly realized that was a bit too ambitious. They both settled on drawing the box of a card game called Race, and the results were really quite impressive. My daughter got the proportions of the elements of the box just right, and my son realized afterwards that he had way too much space above the cars, all part of the adventure!
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