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From the lens Using Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes.

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  • sdakin May 14, 2012 @ 10:26 pm | delete
    An artist friend of mine recommended using this book with my kiddos. I love being able to see some of the concepts etc. that are taught. Thanks for this great lens!
  • Trish Oct 19, 2011 @ 8:05 am | delete
    Hi,
    I used Mona's methods in a Junior school in Zimbabwe. The Senior school art mistress told me that I had sent her the best set of students ever! However the Junior school teachers were up in arms. They did not think children should be taught to draw, mainly because they wanted me to decorate their classrooms, I think. I was pilloried but the head supported me, but it was an uneasy experience at teatime to sit with these dragons and knowing how much the children were enjoying and learning from these lessons. I used the idea of 'no criticism' by putting up all the words we were not allowed to us on the walls of the art room and it really did draw out the nervous pupils when they felt safe.
  • Ginette Apr 3, 2011 @ 6:21 pm | delete
    Thank you so much for your information. I have been looking for Monart resources to use in my lessons and found your worksheets extremely useful. I have just found out about Monart and am excited about teaching it in my lessons.
  • Janiece Feb 14, 2011 @ 3:41 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing your daughter's art with us, and telling us about the book Drawing with Children! Blessed!
  • jonart Nov 27, 2010 @ 11:49 pm | delete
    I really like the idea of homeschooling and your approach to teaching drawing is great. Thanks for the super lens. John
  • HarmonyArtMom Nov 4, 2010 @ 5:22 pm | delete
    Lensrolling this one too! This is such a great journal of your using the book...wish I could start all over again with my boys. :)
  • GramaBarb Sep 17, 2010 @ 10:37 pm | delete
    Brilliant ideas on this lens. Blessed.
  • saritajain86 Sep 10, 2010 @ 12:12 pm | delete
    Good job done on this lens...
  • Terry Holliday Giltner Aug 22, 2010 @ 7:01 pm | delete
    Wow Jimmie: Very impressive site. Thank you so much for including a section for Art For Homeschool.
  • beatriz Apr 20, 2010 @ 2:21 pm | delete
    cool I like it
  • melissa Apr 20, 2010 @ 2:12 pm | delete
    cool
  • JoyH Jul 30, 2009 @ 11:01 pm | delete
    Jimmie, your page was helpful for me in finding info to teach drawing using this book. I've used the warm up pages off of donnayoung.org and another freebie that has been helpful is this book, What To Draw And How To Draw It. It is for in the beginning stages when young children need to be copying step-by-step. http://www.archive.org/details/whattodrawhowtod00lutz If the link doesn't come through well, googling the title will get you the link. It is a PDF that you can download, look in the top left sidebar. Hope that is helpful to someone. We are really enjoying learning to draw!
  • Ami Jun 13, 2009 @ 7:07 pm | delete
    We are starting our lessons with this book soon. I spent about three hours today with the book. I am excited but scared! We'll see how it goes...I decided today to wholeheartedly commit nine lessons (nine weeks) to this philosophy before I make any kind of decision.

    Thanks for this lens; you've inspired me once again! :) Ami
  • C-Joy Mar 13, 2009 @ 12:17 am | delete
    Sounds like a fabulous book - I could certainly use some help honing my own drawing skills. My classroom kids are young enough though that they think EVERYTHING I draw is amazing:)
  • SusanFaye Feb 27, 2009 @ 9:55 am | delete
    What a wonderful tutorial about drawing for all ages... It's fun to see actual results from young artists! I love seeing creative self-expression in action. Thanks
  • HarmonyArtMom Jan 13, 2009 @ 11:53 pm | delete
    You know how much I love using this book with my family. I wish more people would really give it a serious try and follow the steps! Sprite is doing a great job on her drawing.

    Great lens,
    Barb-Harmony Art Mom
  • JudyDunn Dec 12, 2008 @ 4:08 pm | delete
    Very cool. Some great exercises. I will be teaching drawing to teens starting after the first of the year. I might have to check out the book recommended by Lilliputstation. Another great drawing exercise, is to take half a picture, from a magazine, or what ever...and then fill in the other half. It gives you a place to start, but you have to fill in much of it with your imagination.
  • lakeerieartists Dec 12, 2008 @ 8:06 am | delete
    Loved this lens. Of course, being an artist, I am somewhat biased.
  • LilliputStation Nov 13, 2008 @ 10:11 am | delete
    I ordered Drawing With children many years ago and my mother-in-law has been using it to teach the children. She starts when they are four and they are all doing really good. My two youngest are actually having their first lesson this afternoon. I don't know what we'll do after we move. I guess I will have to come back here for ideas so I can teach them myself.

    In case you didn't know, this book actually has a sequel called "Drawing With Teens and Adults."
  • debnet Nov 11, 2008 @ 1:54 pm | delete
    I'm sure Sprite is a budding artist! I use 'Drawing on your emotions' with some of the children I work with and drawing gives children ways to express themselves when words often fail them. 5* for you and one of my special gold stars for Sprite!
  • Jewelsofawe Nov 11, 2008 @ 12:15 pm | delete
    What cool drawings! My girls draw. I did a lens of their artwork. I love this lens and am going to lensroll it to theirs- Creative Artists

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