Printable How to draw a Tree in Silhouette Worksheet

How to draw a tree in silhouette worksheet and lesson notes.

This is a simple picture to draw and looks great with a colored sky; like sunset colors and pale blues, lavenders, and violets in the background. A watercolor wash would work well. There is no middle ground to worry about. 

This is one of my favorite projects. It really looks nice when you have bright sunset colors behind it. 

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How To Draw Trees In Silhouette worksheet

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LESSON NOTES

BACKGROUND
Draw the valley with just some simple wavy lines horizontally across the back. Be careful that you don't go too high up it will become distracting and amateurish. 

COMPOSITION
Normally I would never suggest that you put the point of interest in the middle of a picture but this is a very simple composition and that is about the only time a point of interest works in the middle.  

THE TREE
Draw the basic shape of the foreground hill with a sketch pencil. Keep it simple. Outline the trunks of the trees with the pencil and outline the leaves area. Begin to block in the trees completely and evenly. If you are using charcoal this would be easy but keep the application smooth. Block in the leaves but keep the edges irregular like individual leaves. Remember the branches and leaves go up and out. 

DETAILS
Keep some areas open for interest. You may want to add a few twigs crossing through the open areas. 

FINISHING TOUCHES
To finish, black in the foreground hill by using upward strokes of the pencil to give the effect of grass, but leave a few areas white for interest.

(c) Adron D. 12/27/15

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Printable How To Draw Dicken's Tiny Tim From Christmas Carol

This is a free how-to-draw worksheet for drawing Tiny Tim.

This printable how to draw Tiny Tim worksheet will help the beginner draw the character, from the famous Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It will help the young artist to draw a child but in a way that tells a story by itself.

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Printable How to Draw Tiny Tim from Dicken's A Christmas Carol 

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PRINTABLE PROJECT NOTES.

BEGINNINGS
There are many ways to start but to help develop the pose of the child holding a crutch start with a stick figure with joints like knees, shoulders, and elbows.
The arm will be crossing over the chest so he can hold the crutch.
One of the shoulders will be higher than the other.
The child's head is larger than normal.
The legs are shorter than normal

DEVELOPING FORM
Draw around the stick figure to fill out the body.

HEAD
Remember the child's head has more forehead than an adult, but in our drawing, it is covered with bangs and the old-time hat. The nose mouth and eyes are closer together than an adult.
Keep it simple:
Use a guideline up and down to keep things even.
The eyes are two dots under the arch of the upper eyelid. The eyebrows are a simple curved line. Put a little shiny dot in the eyes to make them look shiny.
The nose is a "button nose" Draw an arch and give it two dashes sideways for the nostrils, (do not go up and down or make circles or it will look like a pig nose).
The mouth is a curved line going up it is wide expressing a contented grin. The lower lip is just a shadow draw it as a dash.
Do the hat and hair last. The hair is straight and sticks out at the sides.

HANDS
If the hands are a problem draw them like mittens since Tiny Tim wore mittens in the snow. Remember the thumbs go up and are at the backside of the crutch.

CLOTHES
Do the clothes last. Use a lot of curving lines in the pants.
Draw a brace on the leg, it is mostly straight lines. It is a part of the story.
The jacket is too small for him, so draw the waist-high and his shirt sticking out. The jacket has a big collar, it goes right up to the back of the head. It is drawn with double curves. there are patches on the elbows.
There are buttons on the pants, (the zipper was not invented yet.) There are patches on the pants, draw them like squares.
Use a lot of scratchy short lines to make the crutch look like wood. Do not make the crutch straight but give it a couple of bends.

(c) Adron D.12/12/15

Printable How To Draw A Picture Of Pocahontas Worksheet

This is a free printable how to draw Pocahontas worksheet

Here is an art lesson that will help give the young artist in drawing a human form and popular historical character.

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PRINTABLE PROJECT NOTES

BEGINNINGS
Start with an articulated stick figure, that is a stick figure with the major joints- it looks like a skeleton. Draw the head as an oval. Since Poincianas was a youth we draw her head a little bigger than an adult might have been.  One shoulder is higher than the other.  One leg is straight down and the other is crossing behind it as if she is walking. The forward leg is more centered as she is putting her weight on it. The foot is a large circle at the heel and a smaller one at the ball connected by a line.

FILLING HER IN
Over the stick figure draw ovals to build up the thickness of the arms and legs. The shoulders taper down slightly and are slightly rounded where at the shoulder joint. The bicep (upper arm muscle) is short and rounded, the triceps (at the back of the arm) is long. The arms are narrower at the wrist. Draw an oval for the calf muscle but the front of the leg is straight. Go around the shapes to give the lines a graceful flow.

FACE
Keep the face simple. Use guidelines to keep things even. One guideline goes down the center but slightly to the side since she is turned a little. Use a guideline halfway across for the eyes, then halfway between the eyes to the chin for the nose, and halfway from the nose to the chin for the mouth.
FAR EDGES.
She is turned slightly so the far cheek is showing. Start with straight lines; Down and out slightly for the edge of the forehead, curved in slightly for the eye socket, out sharply for the cheek, down and inward for the far jaw and sharply up and back to the ear for the near jaw.
EYES.
Use a curving line for the top of the upper eyelid and draw a circle below it for the eye, the top of the circle will be cut off by the upper eyelid.  The eyebrow is an arch that is thicker near the nose and thinner as it goes toward the edge of the face.
NOSE
The nose is turned up slightly since she is still young. Start with a long line from the eyebrow and go down and out, then a short line back in. Keep a space between the nose and the lip.
MOUTH
The upper lip is all shadow. it is like the letter "M" spread out.  The lower lip is indicated only with a short curved shadow underneath.
HANDS
Keep the hand simple. If your drawing is small just draw them like mittens. If you have space to give the hands detail use the method described above of drawing a hand skeleton first and then going around the lines to fill them out.
FEET
Go around the circles and lines of the stick figure to get the basic shape of the foot, and add a few lines as if the stitches of moccasins.

CLOTHING AND STUFF
Historical resources show the Indians of that time wearing simple leather skirts or toga style dress, so keep it simple to be historically accurate. There were simple patterns painted on their clothes. The is evidence that they wore a band around the head with feathers on the front. The bodies were painted or tattooed with circles, dots, and lines. The skirt would have a split on the sides so she could run and hunt.

DO THE HAIR LAST
Give her long black hair that has some shiny areas in it.

(c) Adron D.12/2/15

Printable How To Draw Ocean Waves Worksheet

This is a free printable how-to-draw ocean waves worksheet,

Here is a lesson that will help give the young artist some direction in drawing a simple ocean wave crashing on the beach. It is one of the projects I often use when creating illustrations for a book or something else.

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How To Draw An Ocean Wave Worksheet.

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PRINTABLE NOTES

BEGINNINGS
Start with the horizon (the line where the sky meets the earth), or in our case, the distant sea. The horizon should never be in the middle of the picture; it should be above the halfway point. This is the only straight line you have to worry about.

Draw a line for the top of the wave going across the picture.  The top of the wave should curve up and down at least once.

Draw the line for the rollover part of the wave; it will start at the top and curve down in a slight half circle.  The line will continue across the picture and meet the other side of the rollover, where it will go up.

Draw a line where the beach and the ocean meet. It should not be straight but curve up and down slightly.

DEVELOPMENT
The crashing wave has foam and splash at the bottom; draw a scribble pattern for the foam. The foam is three-dimensional with a front edge, a middle ground, and a background; design these by scribbling a second and third row of scribbles.

The ocean is darker than the wave, so dark lines go back and forth behind the wave.

Add clouds in the sky beyond the horizon. Shade in the sky for contrast.

DETAILS
The bottom edge of the foam is in shadow and darker. The bottom inside the wave is darker than the top of the inside of the wave.

Use a lot of circular lines to make the foam look foamy.

There are lines at the bottom in front of the wave where the water is going back from the beach to the wave, These lines criss-cross. They are darker on the bottom and lighter on the top.

SHADING
Shade everything except the splash and foam. The water is dark just above the wave and gets lighter as it goes back to the horizon.

I hope you create a masterpiece!

(c) Adron D. 11/16/15

Printable How To Draw A Koi Fish Worksheet

This is a free printable how-to-draw a koi fish worksheet.

Here is a lesson that will help the beginner artist draw a Koi-fish.

The koi fish is iconic and very beautiful because of the long flowing lines.  If you color it yellow or gold and the surrounding water blue, it will be a wonderful picture.

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Printable How To Draw a Koi Fish Worksheet

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PRINTABLE NOTES.

BEGINNINGS
Start with the line of the back. It is shaped like a long"S."  Draw a circle to get the size of the head. Remember to draw lightly so you can erase later.

Draw a curving line for the chest going from the chin to halfway down the first line.  Add a line for the Left side of the bottom half of the body.  The top ridge fin is like a long twisted line, this line follows the "S" line and crosses over it.

DEVELOPING FORM
The tail is a half-circle between the line of the back and the lower body.
The tip of the nose curves up.
The eye is center and a little forward.
The back of the head curves inward.
The fins are three lines curving that form a triangle
There are two whiskers between the eye and the nose.

DETAILS
The scales go in rows draw guidelines first and use the guidelines to keep the scales even.  The scales are smaller as they go nearer the tail, and are smaller as they near the tail.
There are lines in the fins.

(c) Adron d. 11/11/15 

Printable How To Draw A Dragonfly Worksheet

This is a free printable how-to-draw a dragonfly worksheet.

Here is a project that will help the young artist who likes to draw bugs.  It is a lot of fun, and when colored, it would be gorgeous.

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If you like this project, you might also like how to draw a Honey Bee.

How to draw a dragonfly printable worksheet

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PRINTABLE NOTES.

BEGINNINGS
Start by drawing lightly so you can erase later.  Draw a vertical guideline up and down for the body. on the line in the top half draw a skinny oval. The head is an oval going sideways.  The wings go outward, like a flattened "X." Draw guidelines first.  The wings together are wider than the body is long; if you measure the body it would be shorter than the wings.

DEVELOPING FORM
The wings are shaped like long narrow ovals that overlap the "X" shaped lines. The top lines of the wings curve slightly and gracefully with a double curve.

The bottom of the wings has sweeping curves.

The head has two circle shapes like eyes. and a little round part for the mouth.

The long skinny part has eight sections.

FINISHING TOUCHES
The wings have lines going inside.
There are four dots on the back.
There are lines going down the back.
There are four legs in the top part. It looks like they come out near the neck.
There are two long legs but sometimes you do not see them so we didn't draw them in.


(c) Adron D. 11/3/15

Printable How to draw a hand holding a feather pen

This is a printable how-to-draw a hand holding a feather pen worksheet.

Here is a lesson to help the beginner artist draw a hand, focusing on the finger and thumb holding a feather pen. It makes a great illustration.

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Printable, how to draw a hand with a feather pen, worksheet.

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PRINTABLE NOTES

BEGINNINGS
Draw a reference line for the feather pen.
Think of the hand like a skeleton and draw the thumb and first finger as just bones; this is like a stick figure drawing.
Use a line to show the surface of the paper that the pen is writing on.

Go around the stick figure of the finger and thumb with ovals for the shape of the finger and thumb muscles. There will be a large oval for the palm muscle of the thumb.  Draw a sloping line for the back of the hand

DEVELOPING FORM
Use ovals to get the other three fingers in place.

Go around all the ovals to make the lines flow smoothly.

Use a line for the bottom of the palm; it will be horizontal but curve up slightly.

DETAILS
Add fingernails and wrinkles where the skin folds at the knuckles and in the palm.

FINISHING TOUCHES
Draw the bottom of the quill-like a diamond, and the shape of the feather is oval at the top with lines that go outward from the guideline.
Add a sleeve cuff, or watch.

SHADING
Use shading to give the picture depth. There will be shadows on the bottom of the palm, wrist, and fingers. Don't go overboard on shading.

(c) Adron D. 10/25/15

How To Draw Dracula, Free Printable Worksheet

How to draw Dracula, a drawing lesson and worksheet.

 This free printable how to draw worksheet will help the young artist draw a picture of the Vampire Dracula.  This gives encouragement in drawing a face and hand and a few basics about character drawing.  This is perfect for Halloween.

In researching this project I combined features of different versions of Dracula. The ancient painting of Count Vlad Dracula III shows him with long hair and a big mustache. The idea of the hand grasping is from "Laurel and Hardy meets Dracula," the general face was inspired by Luke Evans' portrayal in "Dracula Untold."

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How To Draw Count Dracula Worksheet.

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PRINTABLE PROJECT NOTES.

BEGINNING
Start by drawing lightly so you can erase later. To get a bony skull-like face draw a circle for the top of the skull and then draw a "U" out of straight lines for the jaw below.  Use a guideline going up and down the middle of the face to keep things even. Draw a line across the center for the eyes. The neck connects right below the curve of the jaw. The hand starts out as a stick figure hand with circles for the joints and lines for the bones.

DEVELOPING THE HAND
Give the fingers and hand thickness. Use ovals to give the fingers bent shapes then go around the ovals to define the fingers. At the base of the thumb is a large oval for the muscle in the palm. Don't forget the claw-like fingernails.

DEVELOPING THE FACE
Use straight lines wherever possible.
     * The eyes are a straight line for the top eye lid, then straight lines tilting down on either side.
     * The end of the nose is like a rounded "U" with short "(" ")" shapes on each side.
     * The mouth is almost straight across on the top and a curving line below.
     * Normally the eyebrows are last but they are a big feature of the face so draw them early.
     * The mustache is scribbled over the upper lip.
     * The ears are no lower than the nose.

DETAILING THE FACE
     * The eyebrows are bushy toward the middle and thinner at the outer edge. The look like a big "W" on his forehead.
     * There are a lot of wrinkles and worry lines on the face, especially around the eyes.
     * Outline the hair before you start to draw it in.
     * There are dark circles under the eyes.
     * There is a shadow below the nose and the jaw, below the cheek and above the eyes.

CLOTHING
Draw the clothing last. To make the face look light then make the cape dark,  The neck-scarf or ascot has a big jewel in it draw it like a hexagon with a smaller hexagon inside. The cape has laces that tie below the jewel. Make the cape black.

I hope you draw a scary masterpiece!

(c) Adron D. 10/18/15

How to Draw A Sleeping Cat, a Printable Worksheet

How to draw a sleeping cat drawing lesson and worksheet.

This printable art lesson and worksheet will help the young artist draw a favorite subject.  Cats sleep a lot and are very cute. This worksheet will be useful to teachers, parents, and home-school families to use in class as an extra activity or a self-guided lesson. It can be given out as a take-home to encourage the artist to continue to draw outside of class.

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Printable How To Draw A Cat Sleeping Worksheet.

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Thank you!

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PRINTABLE PROJECT NOTES.

Start by drawing lightly so you can erase extra lines later.

BEGINNINGS
Use basic shapes to develop the outline. Use a large oval for the body and a smaller circle for the head, then a little circle for the paw under the outside cheek.

HEAD
Lightly draw guidelines to divide the head into thirds, and use a guideline down the center to keep things even. The ears are triangles on the top third, they have a line going down inside them. The center third is blank. The face is in the bottom third. The eyes are closed and are just a line that connects to the line of the nose ridge. Use a smaller circle to show the shape of the upper jaw. The nose is two lines going down ending with a down-pointing triangle at the bottom. The upper lip is just two curving lines like a rounded "W."

BODY DETAIL
The hind leg is a curved line like a stretched out letter "S."  The tail is a line that follows the curve of the oval. There is a hump at the shoulder.

The ears have fur coming out of them.

The paw has two lines dividing the toes. They are rounded.

SHADING
The shading gives the cat the rounded look. Put some shade above the leg and above the tail. Use shading below the chin and shade the back where it curves under. Shade the floor under the cat.

Our cat has tiger stripes. There are three going between the ears, two on each cheek. Put stripes on the tail, the back, and the leg. When you do the stripes start at the line of the back and work inward.

(c) A. E. Dozat 10/8/15

Printable How To Draw A Gypsy Wagon Worksheet

How-to-draw a Gypsy Wagon drawing lesson and worksheet.

This free printable how-to-draw worksheet is for the traditional gypsy bow-top wagon that they used for centuries to travel and live.  The top is a cloth-covered wooden frame to make it lighter than an all-wood construction, and that makes a big difference for a tired horse pulling it.

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Parents and teachers can use this in class and at home; it could be part of a social studies or history lesson. It can be an extra credit classroom assignment or a take-home project.

How to Draw A Gypsy Wagon Worksheet.

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PRINTABLE NOTES

FIRST STEPS

Begin by drawing lightly so you can erase later. Draw the basic shape of the wagon as two rectangles since it is viewed at an angle, but these are not true rectangles since they taper slightly on the outside to allow for perspective. The top is formed as two circles connected by a line at the top. Some will be erased later.

Draw a guideline for the ground so the wheels and steps all line up.

Add two circles for the wheels. One is bigger than the other since the smaller one is on a turning axle and is lower to the ground. The wheels are below the wagon and not beside. Draw the wheels as two circles so there is an inside edge and an outside edge.

The door has a curved top. Use a long horizontal guideline for the bottom of the shutters and the top of the dutch door.

The steps are curved.

ADDING DETAILS

Add a hub cone at the center of each wheel. There are six to eight spokes.
Draw the shutters on the door as half arches pointing away from each other.
The door bottom is divided into sections; draw them as squares.
The side of the wagon has wood squares.
Use two lines to draw each step.
The back has wood slats going up and down; draw them as vertical parallel lines.
There is a stovepipe that looks like the letter "T" protruding from the top.
Under the wagon are wooden axles and scissor springs. Draw the axles like long rectangles and the scissor springs like the letter "V" sideways. 

FINISHING TOUCHES
Put drapes in the window. Draw a person standing inside looking out. Have some camp stuff sitting around like a campfire, buckets, pots, and pans.
Draw a background like a row of bushes and a row of trees. Have some tree branches and leaves hanging over the wagon.

(c) A. E. Dozat. 9/29/15

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