Drawing Curriculum

It doesn't matter if the student is in early childhood or upper elementary—all children should start with these key lessons.

This curriculum meets and exceeds the national and international core arts standards for children. It teaches the Elements and Principles of Design and the artistic process through the Science Art Method™.

Drawing independently is the goal.

The curriculum goal is NOT to teach children to copy art.

The goal is to demonstrate how to draw using elements and principles of design and to practice these lessons in sequential order. When students practice the physical fine motor movements, they will acquire spatial understanding and memory of these movements and elemental concepts as they develop art literacy.

Once children work through all the lessons, they will be able to make the movements independently. They will acquire the building blocks of how drawings start and end, and then they can draw from their own imagination and skill.

How do I know what grade to choose?

This curriculum starts with very basic beginner-level lessons in a unique order, developing foundational drawing skill sets.

These lessons are in small, digestible parts, building one skill onto the next in a sequential order. The curriculum starts with learning line concepts, then progresses into realistic, three-dimensional drawing.

It does not matter what age the student is—from 4 years to adulthood, every artist should start from lesson one.

Early childhood learners can generally understand the first 16 lessons. any child over the age of 7 can move to the other lessons because their fine motor abilities and visual perception are further developed.

That is why you see two offerings of an early childhood version with 16 lessons, and an offering for older students with 41 lessons.

If you will use this curriculum to teach students over the age of 6, then I recommend the elementary drawing curriculum.

Hi, I’m Spramani.

I’m an artist, homeschool mom, art teacher, and art studio owner.

When I decided to teach art to children over twenty years ago, I struggled to find any art curriculum to follow that was appropriate for children.

Today, I’ve taught tens of thousands children art through my traveling art studio by attending some of the largest education conferences in all pedagogies, hosting the largest homeschool conferences nationally, and offering school visual arts programming.

I became really good at teaching children, which has led me to write 9 art education books.

I now travel internationally and train teachers how to bring art literacy into their classrooms.

I’ve spent thousands of hours perfecting art lessons for children of all ages.

Now I want to help you offer your students art lessons with my proven method!

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