Doodle challenge!
Do you always draw your dog, cat, or favorite flower the same way? Today is a great day to try something new! Your challenge is to take your favorite animal or plant to doodle and draw it in a different way. Here is what we mean:
Here are more examples to get you thinking and drawing
Giraffe:
Turtle:
Hibiscus:
Have fun and share what you create with your parents, friends, and teachers. They might want to give nature doodling a go too!
Notes for carers and educators
This activity is aimed at developing drawing and observation skills.
- Encourage kids to think about perspective: how to represent a 3D object on a 2D piece of paper. How can they create a sense of depth? How does an animal or plant look when viewed from the front, side, or back. Also encourage kids to think about proportion: the relative size of the different parts of an animal or plant.
- For animal drawings: Encourage kids to think about the different things that animals do. How do they move their bodies? What do they do during the day and at night? How do they find food? How do they interact with their environment?
- For plant drawings: Encourage kids to think about how plants change over time or respond to their environment. For example, deciduous trees have leaves that change color and fall to the ground. Some flowers close up at night. Encourage kids to think about flowers and leaves as parts of a whole organism. For example, instead of drawing just a flower, suggest that kids draw the whole plant. Another idea is to have kids think about — and draw — the roots attached to a tree or flowering plant.
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