Drawing Hands

By Paula Briggs

I plan to do some work this term with my 7, 8 and 9 year old students to explore concave shapes such as nests and bowls, exploring drawing and making. To settle into the first session of the term, we tried making some simple continuous line drawings of cupped hands.

Continuous line drawing of hand
Continuous line drawing of hand

 

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