Week 1
- Vampire Coloring Page
- Baby Snake Coloring Page
- Draw-and-write: give one character from this week a name and a short story.
Homeschool art
A free 36-week drawing curriculum
One school year of drawing, three short sessions a week. Kids start by tracing, learn to break characters into simple shapes, and finish the year copying drawings by grid. Every activity is free to print, and most have a video.
How it works
- Two drawing days a week (15–20 minutes each): open the activity, print it or play the video.
- A creative day to finish the week: write, remix or free draw.
- Ages 5–10, with tracing pages for younger kids and grid pages for older ones.
You’ll need
- Pencils, erasers, crayons or markers
- A printer, or paper and a screen
- A folder to keep every drawing: it’s fun to compare week 1 with week 36
Unit 1: Lines and confidence weeks 1–4
Skill focus: Pencil control: trace slowly, stay on the line, then color.
Week 2
- Burglar Coloring Page
- Jellyfish Coloring Page
- Free draw: spin the drawing prompt generator and draw what it says.
Week 3
- Mutant Penguin Coloring Page
- Christmas Penguin Coloring Page
- Gallery walk: lay out the week’s drawings and pick a favorite detail in each.
Week 4
- Baby Camel Coloring Page
- Candy Cane Coloring Page
- Remix: redraw one character from this week in a new place or outfit.
Unit 2: Shapes become characters weeks 5–8
Skill focus: See circles, ovals and rectangles inside every drawing.
Week 5
- How to Draw an Angry Bald Man
- How to Draw a Grumpy Old Man
- Draw-and-write: give one character from this week a name and a short story.
Week 6
- Shape Drawing Challenge 6
- Shape Drawing Challenge 5
- Free draw: spin the drawing prompt generator and draw what it says.
Week 7
- How to Draw a Shocked Expression
- Shape Drawing Challenge 4
- Gallery walk: lay out the week’s drawings and pick a favorite detail in each.
Week 8
- Shape Drawing Challenge 3
- Shape Drawing Challenge 2
- Remix: redraw one character from this week in a new place or outfit.
Unit 3: Pets and farm animals weeks 9–12
Skill focus: Follow steps in order and check each step before the next.
Week 9
- How to Draw a Corgi
- How to Draw a Chicken
- Draw-and-write: give one character from this week a name and a short story.
Week 10
- How to Draw a Snail
- How to Draw a Silly Cartoon Dog
- Free draw: spin the drawing prompt generator and draw what it says.
Week 11
- How to Draw a Baby Elephant
- How to Draw a Baby Capybara
- Gallery walk: lay out the week’s drawings and pick a favorite detail in each.
Week 12
- How to Draw a Karate Cat
- How to Draw a Teddy Bear
- Remix: redraw one character from this week in a new place or outfit.
Unit 4: Wild animals and the sea weeks 13–16
Skill focus: Big shapes first, small details last.
Week 13
- How to Draw a Hippo
- How to Draw an Anglerfish
- Draw-and-write: give one character from this week a name and a short story.
Week 14
- How to Draw a Lion
- How to Draw a Tropical Fish
- Free draw: spin the drawing prompt generator and draw what it says.
Week 15
- How to Draw an Axolotl
- How to Draw a Rhino
- Gallery walk: lay out the week’s drawings and pick a favorite detail in each.
Week 16
- How to Draw a Koala
- How to Draw an Alligator
- Remix: redraw one character from this week in a new place or outfit.
Unit 5: Dinosaurs weeks 17–20
Skill focus: Long necks, tails and spikes: draw the body, then add the parts.
Week 17
- How to Draw a Brachiosaurus
- How to Draw a Stegosaurus
- Draw-and-write: give one character from this week a name and a short story.
Week 18
- How to Draw a Silly Dinosaur
- How to Draw a Pterodactyl
- Free draw: spin the drawing prompt generator and draw what it says.
Week 19
- How to Draw an Ankylosaurus
- How to Draw a Baby Dinosaur
- Gallery walk: lay out the week’s drawings and pick a favorite detail in each.
Week 20
- How to Draw a Cute Stegosaurus
- How to Draw a Cute Cartoon T-Rex
- Remix: redraw one character from this week in a new place or outfit.
Unit 6: Robots weeks 21–24
Skill focus: Straight lines, boxes and bolts: use a light hand, then go over the lines you keep.
Week 21
- How to Draw a Cute Girl Robot
- How to Draw a Robot Pterodactyl
- Draw-and-write: give one character from this week a name and a short story.
Week 22
- A Robot Dinosaur Coloring Page
- How to Draw a Robot Dog
- Free draw: spin the drawing prompt generator and draw what it says.
Week 23
- How to Draw a Robot T-Rex
- How to Draw a Refrigerator Robot
- Gallery walk: lay out the week’s drawings and pick a favorite detail in each.
Week 24
- Trace Then Color A Baby Robot
- How to Draw a Flying Robot
- Remix: redraw one character from this week in a new place or outfit.
Unit 7: Monsters and aliens weeks 25–28
Skill focus: Change one detail (eyes, teeth, horns) to invent a new character.
Week 25
- How to Draw a Cheese Monster
- How to Draw a Cute Bug Monster
- Draw-and-write: give one character from this week a name and a short story.
Week 26
- How to Draw a 5-Eyed Alien Cyborg
- How to Draw a Cartoon Alien
- Free draw: spin the drawing prompt generator and draw what it says.
Week 27
- How to Draw a Skeleton
- How to Draw a Jack-o’-Lantern
- Gallery walk: lay out the week’s drawings and pick a favorite detail in each.
Week 28
- How to Draw a Vampire Bat
- How to Draw a Candy Corn Monster
- Remix: redraw one character from this week in a new place or outfit.
Unit 8: Fantasy and mashups weeks 29–32
Skill focus: Combine two ideas: a unicorn horn on a raccoon, a mermaid tail on a kitten.
Week 29
- How to Draw a Unicorn Panda
- How to Draw a Raccoon with a Unicorn Horn
- Draw-and-write: give one character from this week a name and a short story.
Week 30
- How to Draw a Mermaid
- Trace and Color a Turtle Flamingo Hybrid
- Free draw: spin the drawing prompt generator and draw what it says.
Week 31
- How to Draw a Unicorn
- How to Draw a Fairy
- Gallery walk: lay out the week’s drawings and pick a favorite detail in each.
Week 32
- Trace Then Color A Mutant Turtle Cyclops
- Trace Then Color a Unicorn Jellyfish
- Remix: redraw one character from this week in a new place or outfit.
Unit 9: Grid drawing and observation weeks 33–36
Skill focus: Look closely: copy one square at a time and compare as you go.
Week 33
- How to Draw a Baby Bottle Robot The Easy Way
- How to Draw a Robot Dinosaur with Grid Drawing
- Draw-and-write: give one character from this week a name and a short story.
Week 34
- How to Draw a Dolphin Dude
- How to Draw a Bird Robot
- Free draw: spin the drawing prompt generator and draw what it says.
Week 35
- How to Draw a Baby Lobster
- How to Draw a Wrecking Ball Robot
- Gallery walk: lay out the week’s drawings and pick a favorite detail in each.
Week 36
- How to Draw Santa Claus in an Easy-to-Follow Grid
- How to Draw a Robot Triceratops by Grid
- Remix: redraw one character from this week in a new place or outfit.
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