Drawing Tips & Ideas
Explore drawing methods, ways to encourage creativity, classroom ideas and guides to choosing an art book.
Drawing guides for grown-ups
101 short, practical guides for parents and teachers. Start with a topic:
- Help your child learn to draw
- Tracing for kids: the guide
- How a How to Draw page works
- What is grid drawing?
- 12 benefits of drawing
- 100 things to draw when bored
- How to teach directed drawing
- Homeschool art if you can’t draw
- Why kids love dinosaurs
- Character design for kids
- Christmas drawing activities
- Best drawing books by age
Ready to put an idea into practice? Find a drawing or tracing book or try a free activity. Stuck for ideas? Try our drawing prompt generator or browse 100 drawing prompts for kids.
Drawing tips & ideas
Create Your Own Cartoon Character with the Shape Drawing Challenge
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