Twelve children are crowded around a small kitchen table, each reaching for the same blue crayon. You need a way to keep the peace and keep them busy while the pizza is in the oven. This article explains how to use printable coloring pages to organize your next birthday party without spending a lot ...
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Drawing a fox starts with capturing the triangular shape of the head and the thick volume of the tail. This lesson focuses on using construction shapes to build the body before adding texture. You will end with a shaded drawing of a sitting fox.
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Drawing a unicorn starts with the same anatomy as a horse. The challenge is balancing the heavy body with a delicate horn. You will create a shaded figure with a flowing mane and tail.
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Drawing this trophy requires balancing the large handles against the central cup. Use a vertical line to keep both sides even. You will end up with a bold, graphic representation of the silver cup.
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Drawing a dinosaur starts with balancing a heavy body against a long tail. Use light pressure for the first shapes so they can be refined or erased later. This lesson results in a standing long-necked dinosaur with soft shading.
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Each coloring tool is good at one kind of page and bad at another, and most of the frustration at the coloring table comes from the mismatch. What crayons, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, markers and gel pens each do well, and which pages to hand them with.
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Every one of our drawing tutorials is done in one of three kits: graphite, ink or marker. What each kit is for when the job is drawing the outlines, not coloring them in, and how to tell which one a subject wants.
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Owls often look like a single solid shape until you look closer at their structure. Starting with two overlapping circles helps keep the body stable on the branch. This lesson builds a perched owl using soft graphite layers for depth.
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A tin box of sixty-four crayons sits on a kitchen table, but half of them are missing their paper wrappers and the blue one is snapped in two. This happens because the tools we give kids often do not match the paper or the project they are working on. We want to show you how to pair the right marker...
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Six pages worth printing first, a table setup you only do once, and five ways to make one stack of paper last a whole rainy afternoon. All free, all sized for Letter and A4.
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Drawing a ninja starts with a strong pose hidden under loose clothing. You will use circles and lines to set the action before adding the mask and robes. The final drawing features a masked warrior in a dynamic stance.
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Drawing Labubu starts with balancing the large head against the long, upright ears. Beginners often make the ears too short or the body too stiff. This lesson uses construction shapes to capture the character's mischievous posture and furry appearance.
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