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NEW! This handout shows students how to draw and shade the eye, nose, ear and mouth from both the front (anterior) view and profile (lateral) views. Clear, step by step directions that will show students how to draw complex facial features. Of course everyone has different shaped features, but students can learn basics of form and shading from guided practice.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-to-Draw-and-Shade-Facial-Features-front-and-side-view-2906228

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I can’t wait to use these! This is going to be a good summer...

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Drawing a dream. Watercolor, graphite on paper. 

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A drawing I’m working on. Nature I’ve collected in the past 2 months. Graphite, watercolor and dirt on cotton paper. 

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Sketching in my moleskine on a beautiful day in Delray Beach! Watercolor + pen.

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Cows are moo-ing, Roosters are cock-a-doodle-doo-ing, scarecrows are scaring, and Sarah and Grizzafor are going to draw it all! Let’s go to the Farm and draw the animals, scarecrow and barn. Well, as soon as Grizzafor gets out of the mud. I Heard You Can Draw Farm Animals© (Book #3) is HERE!

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Sarah loves to draw animals! Draw with her: http://www.amazon.com/Heard-Draw-Animals-Step---Step/dp/0989649067/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1440647651&sr=1-15&keywords=art+class+with+ms+s

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Like our new book display?

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Giving Back

We support the animals in our community. A portion of our proceeds from the sales of books #1 and #2 (I Heard You Can Draw Animals and I Heard You Can Draw Wild Animals) will go to a local animal shelter this summer. 

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Head over to my store on TeachersPayTeachers for the SALE on How to Draw Wild Animals - the PDF downloadable version! Great Summer activity for kids. And who doesn’t love a sale?Woohoo! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-to-Draw-20-Wild-Animals-2-1658586

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Perfect activity for spring! How to draw a butterfly’s life cycle: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-to-Draw-a-Butterfly-Life-Cycle-1559565

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Enter to win one of 5 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Apr 06-Apr 08, 2015. Let your child's imagination escape into the wild as they learn how...

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Sarah and her little cat, Grizafor, admire Sarah’s animal drawings in an art gallery...which looks a lot like a zoo! LOL

Sarah, AKA the “class artist,” is back to show you how to draw 20 wild animals in the book I Heard You Can Draw Wild Animals here!

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Hey there! Check out my SECOND How-to-Draw Animals eBook! Keep this How-to-Draw animals ebook (printable PDF file) handy in your classroom or at home for students to use as a reference. Keep in a binder in science center. Includes interesting facts about each animal! Learn how to draw the following 20 animals step-by-step: Mandrill, Pheasant, Deer, Finch, Komodo Dragon, Camel, Muscovy Duck, Crane, Zebra, Lion, Turkey, Rabbit, Barbary Sheep, Patagonian Cavy, Elephant, Rhinoceros, African Penguin, Aardvark, Rattlesnake and an Alligator!

Paperback, available here!

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Traditional and Digital Art

When I create any type of art, I love using a variety of materials. Depending on what I want to make, one day I will want to use charcoal to draw a portrait, and the next day I will feel like painting with oils. Other times I am happy to draw in my sketchbook with a pen and add splashes of color with watercolor. Basically, I am not tied to any one material.

A few years ago, I took a trip to California and stopped by an old friend's art studio. She had been drawing these amazing digital paintings on a Cintiq tablet, and she let me try it out. Drawing on the Cintiq was amazing, and I knew that I had to have one, too! I did not know how I would get one, but for the past three years it was what I was dreaming about! It felt like you were drawing directly on the screen, and you could easily switch between different "media" such as marker, watercolor, pencil, etc. It was so easy, accurate and fun to use. 

Recently, I was extremely fortunate to get one. I started working on the illustrations to my second book using it. The first two days that I set it up I did not stop drawing for 12 hours each day! I was so engrossed in what I was doing that time seemed to stand still. Actually, I did not know where the time went at all. I was able to finish two illustrations to the book I am tentatively calling The Smock. Although I will probably be making some revisions to these later, here they are: 

I used the Cintiq to sketch, color, and "paint" using the different settings. The Cintiq allows so much control and accuracy that it feels like a real pen, pencil or paint brush when you're using it. I am not going to give up drawing on paper any time soon because that is something that I will always love. Sometimes you just want to express your thoughts that way. But for someone like me who likes to incorporate different materials into one drawing anyway, the Cintiq makes it easy to do just that. I am looking forward to creating more books with it, while completely losing track of time in the process.

What about you?

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Working on some sketches for the next book, tentatively called "The Smock." 

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