• Get out your sketchbook, a mirror, and a pencil.
• Place the mirror in front of you.
• Draw your eye.
• Pay attention to the details of your eye, capture all the unique elements that makes it your eye.
• Think about:
  • What your eyebrows look like.
  • What texture your iris has.
  • What the lines around your eye look like.
  • If you have time, add color.
  • Fill the page!

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• What would it look like if a chicken turned into a merhen?
• Add details:
  • How would the scales blend into the feathers?
  • What would it look like swimming?
  • What do you think a merhen tail looks like?
  • If you have time, add color using colored pencils.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Draw a triangle, draw a line from the top point, to below the bottom line at a slight angle.
• Draw straight lines from the bottom corners to the bottom of the line you drew.
• Erase the lines that go through the shape (except the first line you drew).
• Erase the lines that cross. Your triangle has become a pyramid.
• Add value to your triangle shape to create a pyramid form.
• Think about:
  • Where the highlight, or the lightest area, is.
  • The darkest area will fall on the opposite side of the highlight.
  • The cast shadow should touch the bottom of the shape.
  • Remember, lines should not cross. Lines closer together will create a darker value, space them out to create a lighter value.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Draw a picture of your pet or the pet you wish you had.
• Close your eyes, think about:
  • What type of animal it is.
  • What type of texture it has, fur, scales, smooth.
  • Distinguishing features.
  • Patterns it has.
• What their personality is like.
• Add details:
  • Add value to your drawing.
  • If you have time, add a background scene.
  • Try to fill up your page!

• Get out your sketchbook and pencil
• Draw this vase outline in your sketchbook
• Add a unique design to the vase
• Think about:
  • Using lines and shapes to create pattern
  • Playing with the thickness of line and contrast through value
  • Use value to add interest
  • If you have time, add color

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Place a stack of books in front of you.
• Draw the books.
• Pay attention to the perspective, or the lines going back in space.
• Think about how you create the cube and how those techniques can apply to drawing this stack.
• Think about:
  • How to capture the perspective.
  • Add details such labels and text.
  • Add value, or light and dark areas, to your drawing.
  • Fill the page!

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Create your dream vehicle.
• Add details:
  • Is it a car, motorcycle, scooter, bicycle, truck, plane?
  • What designs does it have?
  • What color is it?
  • What makes it unqiue?
  • If you have time, add color using colored pencils.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Create a value scale.
• Draw 6 squares in your sketchbook.
• Use dots to create a dark value in the far-left box.
• Space the dots out in the next box to create a lighter value.
• Continue to go lighter until you have even steps from the far left to the far right, leave
the last box the white of the paper.
• Using dots or small marks to create value is called STIPPLING.
• A strong sketch includes a range of value, reference this scale in future sketches to
make sure you have a range of darks and lights.

• Get out your sketchbook, a pencil, and colored pencils.
• Draw a picture of your favorite planet.
• Close your eyes, think about:
  • Which planet you like best and why.
  • What colors it has.
  • What type of planet it is (rock, gas).
  • Distinguishing features.
  • How warm or cold it is.
• Add details:
  • Use pencil to create the base sketch.
  • Use colored pencils to add color, have fun, push the color!
  • Try to capture a rocky, gas, warm, or cold feel.
  • Try to fill up your page!

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Draw 2 Parallel lines in your sketchbook.
• Create a drawing, design, object that somehow connects the lines together.
• Fill the space between the two lines.
• Think about:
  • Using lines and shapes to create a pattern.
  • Adding an object that creatively connects the lines.
  • Use value to add interest.