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Easy2draw: Dolphins & Reef Animals!
Arts & Activities, March, 2008 by Peter Hiller
EASY2DRAW: Dolphins & Reef Animals! DVD/110 min./$19.99. Artragous Designs. Level: Elementary School through Adult.
Through the steady gifted hand of Cordi, several lessons about drawing marine creatures are made to look very easy. This experienced artist and art teacher uses a three-phase drawing process to instruct students in developing drawing skills. Instruction begins with an explanation of the materials to be used during the demonstrations, including charcoal, pencils, various erasers and blending tools, and continues with a discussion of layout ideas. As the lessons are presented, footage depicting the marine animals that are the subjects adds a real-life dimension to the DVD.
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Each of the drawing phases builds upon the other, as the techniques include sketching forms and lead to shading, blending, shadows, contours and adding texture. Intended for students to follow along, the program stops for "phase and draw" moments to allow the students to catch up with the instruction. Depending on the age and abilities of the students, these phases may or may not be long enough. The instructor's drawing talents make her examples look simple to follow, when, in fact, again depending on the students, they may not be. It is not as easy to copy her work as she makes it seem.
This video would be helpful to both an art teacher and classroom teachers who find themselves in the position of teaching drawing lessons--particularly of marine subjects. Cordi includes brief narration moments about the featured marine creatures and gives part of the profits from the sales of the DVD to ocean-related organizations.
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