At the beginning of all my art classes, the children learn to draw something, some times we ink & color it. The younger the child, the simpler the subject. I usually chose animals. Animals that can be drawn by using basic shapes. Yesterday, I had three boys. The youngest is in kindergarten. The oldest is a 2nd grader. It is a tradition, every drawing has to be dated, signed & they have to name their artwork. Ok. These boys can get silly with names. Diaper, just the word, is hysterical. Dirt bag (I say no, use nice names) But someone always sneaks in a “dirty” name when I am usually spelling something for another. Yesterday, I had them draw a “cartoon” cat. I draw mine upside down, so that they can follow along with the shapes. The first one is mine, it’s the others that ROCK!
