A revised and expanded tenth anniversary edition of a best-selling guide designed for parents and teachers of children of all ages presents easy-to-follow lessons for building artistic skill and for using drawing in other scholastic subjects. Simultaneous.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Very worthwhile teaching tool:
I used this book 3 years ago with a group of teachers who were interested in improving their art instruction. We found that it vastly improved our own drawing skills. I like that the specific instructions for drawing techniques really helped my students (grade 3 to 5) to express themselves through their drawing in a very satisfying way!
"when you read you begin with A, B, C; when you draw you begin with dot, circle, straight line, curved line, angle line":
Mona Brookes' "Drawing with Children" is one of three book which I purchased--the others being "Art for the Absolute Beginner" and "Art for the Utter and Absolute Beginner"--to get myself back into drawing, an activity which I enjoyed as a young person. Each book is different, and I have learned from each of them. Brookes begin with the premise that art can be taught, even to very young kids (toddlers) by teaching them to observe and reproduce the "Five Elements of Shape": dot, circle, straight line,... more info
My kid learned nothing, but Look at ME!:
Home school, two years ago, I failed horribly teaching this to my son who was "not at all interested" and didn't apply himself. However, I who have never even doodled, trained my eye to see shape and flow of line in everything. Look at me now: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindielee/
I started with stick figures and great embarrassment - forget ever playing pictionary! Total lessons in last two years:
One Adult Ed. Summer Class - 8 sessions aprox.
One Prophetic Art Class - 6... more info
Not for a classroom:
Hi, when I went through this book I was excited with it. It really teaches theory and gives great lessons to develop your skills. If I was using it to teach my own children or just one or two kids at a time I think it would be great. But it seems to need a lot of one on one time with the child, or at least several more sessions than I had available for my class.
Be aware that this book requires a lot of preparation (in my opinion)to be able to sit down and teach a child even if you only have one or... more info
