Teaching a Kid's Drawing Class

This summer, I had the pleasure of teaching a small drawing class for elementary kids over at the Salvation Army community center here in the area.  It's not the first time I've worked there as a camp counselor for their day camp program they offer every summer.  The class wasn't terribly intensive, but I was able to touch on some basic fundamentals.

It was certainly an interesting process gauging exactly what easily distracted kids who come and go from week to week can handle in a 45 minute block.  I brought in my guinea pig to sketch, which was a huge hit.  They also liked drawing characters from cartoons and designing their own from simple shapes.  Who doesn't love simple shapes and designing characters?  No one.

Near the end of the summer, I thought it would be cool to do a final larger piece that everyone could have a part in while still being able to draw their own thing.  So I gave each small group of kids a sheet of 8.5 x 11 white paper (that I had defined the areas they couldn't draw within) then told them to go crazy.

The camp is run by The Salvation Army, hence "The Salvation Army".

Of course, I had to draw some things too.  And since this is MY art blog...

I'm proud of my minions.  I think they did a great job.

This generation is clearly raised by the internet.
Both terrifying and kind of hilarious.

Hey that globe face thing
 looks familiar...