We give our young people plenty of opportunities to write during their 13 years of primary schooling. They write their names. They write sentences. They fill in blanks with words.
No matter what the writing we give them opportunity and techniques to practice.
Not so for drawing. So when we ask our young people to create with images they rely on their own knowledge and experimentation, unless they are lucky enough to have an instructor guide them with techniques to practice.
Fast forward to my working with teachers...these same students have grown up into talented adults who disparage their own art creation...because they haven't been given techniques to practice...and so they are self-conscious about their art...
HAVE NO FEAR! Creativity can be CULTIVATED and taught! You may not feel like DaVinci, but you can share making and using shapes, shading, perspective, colours, and placement to create images.
You also can play with photography where your art direction determines the image and the technology "draws" it for you.
There are lots of resources on the web to teach drawing for (you)th.
Explore for yourself and be okay with making messy projects or projects you don't deem successful. It's practice and helps you build your skillset. Then share your work and techniques with your students and watch them grow in their art skills as well as their writing skills!
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