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Secret City Drawings: 3rd & 4th Grade

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Learn shading!  Practice drawing cubes, spheres and more.  Add dimension and depth to your drawings!  All this can be achieved with SECRET CITY DRAWINGS.  Check out this awesome video.  GUYS, LOOK AT HIS CLOTHES!  amazing.

Once in awhile I will show the kids this goofy video and have them draw along for kicks and giggles. If I’m running low on time, we’ll skip the video and just use handouts from his book  (affiliate link to Amazon).

The kids practice drawing all these forms and then stack them on top of each other, add shading and include fun details to make a “secret city.”  So, what do you think?  Do you have any good ways to introduce drawing forms and shading?

Sketches of mechanical structures and geometric shapes, including a police box and various abstract figures. Two abstract, monochromatic drawings featuring geometric shapes, pipes, and figures exploring surreal environments. Four abstract pencil sketches composed of various geometric shapes and interconnected structures within frames.

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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

3 Responses to Secret City Drawings: 3rd & 4th Grade

  1. Kathy says:
    July 29, 2014 at 11:24 am

    This is too funny. I haven’t thought about the Draw Squad in years. I think it was ’93-94 that I used to show these to my students. I think it would be fun to do this on a fun day now. Thanks for the good memories.

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