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Theme weeks: one subject, five ways to draw it
Pick a subject your kid loves. Each day uses a different kind of drawing, from easy tracing on Monday to a comic of their own on Friday. About 20 minutes a day.
- MondayTrace it
Follow the lines, then color your way.
- TuesdayBuild it
Draw it yourself in six easy steps.
- WednesdayGrid it
Copy it one square at a time.
- ThursdayInvent it
Turn a random shape into a new one.
- FridayComic day
Put the week’s characters in a story.
Choose a week
Why five different ways?
Each day builds on the one before. Tracing gets the pencil moving with nothing to get wrong. Step-by-step drawing shows that a character is just a few simple shapes. Grid drawing trains the eye to look closely. Inventing from a shape asks for an idea of their own, and the comic puts it all to work in a story.
Younger kids (3 to 4) can stop after Monday and Tuesday. Older kids often want to repeat Thursday and Friday.
Plan your own week
Pick any subject and use the free planner.
Theme weeksTheme week planner
Plan five days of art around one subject your kid loves. Parents and teachers.