Draw on This—Day Six Imagination Day

A few weeks ago, when we had a wee bit of extra time at the end of one of our classes, I got the opportunity to show the kids how to use a simple pear shape to draw some fun cartoon bunnies and penguins.

Today I thought that we could have some fun using this same shape and some other fun shapes along with our imaginations, to create some fun new characters!

Using our pear shapes again, I asked our students to guess what creatures we could make with this simple drawing:

These students made some great guesses! Line by line, together we drew this cat and polar bear:

Once I walked them through these first two animals, I let them loose to see what they could come up with using their own imaginations! Here are the results—

After our pear shaped creatures, I gave them a second challenge. What can you draw with a the shapes created by the letters O, B, Q and R?

For a final bit of fun, we used random dots on a page. I asked each student put 30 to 40 dots on a paper and then connect those dots to create one solid form. Using whatever style they liked, students were asked to find monsters in their drawing and to bring it to life. Below is my initial sample and the student artwork—