3rd Grade Wild Cat Drawings using Simple Shapes
I usually start the year off with these simple shape drawings. It’s a great review of building a drawing from large to small shapes and good practice drawing circles.
Materials: Crayola Construction Paper Crayons, pencil & eraser, black marker, 1/2 sheets of drawing paper.
I create a version of these animals for different grade level as a review of drawing at the begining of each school year. For 2nd grade they get to draw two wild cats, side by side. Lion, Tiger, or Cheetah
On a half sheet of drawing paper we begin with 2 circles for the heads, then draw in the shoulders, and a smaller circle on the face for the snout for each. We can also draw the nose, mouth, eyes, ears and little lines on the body for the arms.
At this point, I let them decide which 2 animals they would like, as I give examples of each one. The Lion has a mane and a little poof of hair at the tip of the tail. The Tiger has stripes on the top of his head, the sides of his face & shoulders, a wavy tail with a few stripes. The Cheetah has 3 ovals on the top of his head, the sides of his face & shoulders, a wavy tail with a few ovals.
Outline everything with marker and the erase the pencil lines. We fill in the stripes of the tiger and outline the ovals of the cheetah. We color in lightly with one color for each animal. I separated out just a few color choices to keep it simple and not take away from the line drawing.
I’ve posted before about Crayola Construction Paper Crayons, my favorite crayons. I use my old incomplete sets and break them in to about inch long pieces. They are great for shading in lightly, by using the sides of them. I can easily sort out colors for projects.