Drawing from the world around us

In this drawing class we drew with all types of drawing tools from chalk and charcoal to pencils and oil pastels.  The first drawings are some examples of the contour line drawings that we practiced almost everyday.  The students lived up to the challenge.  By the end they were doing blind contour drawings (they didn't look at their drawings, hands, or pencils while drawing the image).  We also practiced how to add depth and shape to our drawings (hand print drawings and the snakes, pencil, and paint brushes).