Edwards E.S. Home-Based Art Education

  LEAF MANDALA DRAWING This leaf mandala drawing is not only a beautiful fall art project but also explores art concepts like balance and pattern. Let’s make something! MATERIALS FOR A LEAF MANDALA…. The only real required materials for this fall art project are pencil, a black marker, and a compass. White paper either 8.5 x 11 or 12x 18 will be great- depending on how much drawing your students would like to do. At the end of this project I’ll show you a fun way to add a splash of color using washable markers. But if you prefer you could easily sub in watercolors or even crayon for this step! Use what you have! DRAW A LEAF… Step number one is to draw the outline of a leaf-BIG! If you have time step outside and gather a few real leaves to use as reference. If not a quick search on the internet will give you some nice leaf shapes to refer to. The shape of the leaf can be as simple or as complex as your student chooses but it must be big so there is plenty of room to draw on the inside.

  Follow along with this step by step directed drawing lesson to make your own easy turkey drawing. MATERIALS FOR A TURKEY DRAWING… This is easy, so easy. You and your children will need pencil, paper, and crayons. That’s it! STEP ONE OF YOUR EASY TURKEY DRAWING… This turkey drawing starts out with a simple hand tracing- just like an old fashioned hand turkey! Trace your child’s hand or ask them to trace their own hand.  Then reposition your hand about forty five degrees and trace only your last two fingers.  This step is totally optional but creates a couple of extra “feathers” so you’re turkey is nice and full! GRAB A CRAYON… Grab a crayon now, any color that you want to use as an outline.  I chose black but your outline could be any dark-ish color. Outline the traced hand, connecting the additional fingers to the bulk of the body. Erase any interior pencil lines. DRAWING A FEW DETAILS ON YOUR HAND TURKEY…. We’re going to add a few additional lines with this same dark outlining crayo