“Can you teach me how to draw?”

Greetings everyone! This is my very first blog post on How Abstract Edu! I created this blog for many reasons, however there is one reason that sticks out to me the most — well… it is more so a question that I get asked the most — especially by my students. Can you guess which question that is? Yes! It’s, “Can you teach me how to draw?” I love when others have a thirst to create and indulge in art, however, I do not have the time to give one-on-one lessons to those who are interested.  This blog is a free way for me to share my art knowledge and resources with you so that you can continue to develop, refine, and master your art skills! 

To begin to learn how to draw, it is best to get a good grasp of the 7 elements of art and 7 principles of design. I will begin with the 7 elements of art and begin to gradually introduce the 7 principles over time. Line and shape are the 2 most used elements within art. Some artist and art historians will even say they are the building blocks of all art creation. You see, every artwork, or majority, can be reduced down to its most basic elements which are lines and shapes. Therefore, I will start this blog off by talking about art elements Line and Shape! 

To the left are 3 free resources/worksheets I created to help you refine your fine-motor skills and introduce you to a variety of ways you can draw lines and shapes! Allowing yourself to practice drawing a variety of lines and shapes with the help of these worksheets will give you an understanding of how lines and shapes are used within artwork!

I created a google drive account where I will store the resources that I create and generate a shareable link for you to use. 

What’s a line?_Worksheet

Basicgeometricshapes_Worksheet

Organic Shapes_Worksheet

For my next blog post, I will post a short tutorial of how I use the worksheets above! Once you click the link it is a free jpeg document for your to download and complete digitally or you can print them out and complete them on paper (this is the option I opt for, but I have used them digitally as well). 

Thank you for allowing me to be your teacher!
Cheers to future blog post!
Happy learning and creating! :)