To learn to see the size and shape of a line within a defined space.
In order to draw, one must be aware of the size, shape, and location of the lines that make up the subject in relation to imaginary vertical and horizontal reference lines. The boxes that are around the images in these handouts serve as the horizontal and vertical lines. The student should be instructed to pay attention to the location, angle, and shape of the lines inside the boxes. It is not the image as a whole that the student should draw, it is the lines. With practice the student should learn to see as an artist sees.
Because the sheets on this page are exercises and there is little room for personal creativity, they are easy to evaluate. Basically, you should compare the following points with the original:
The drawings do not have to be a perfect match. If there is a dot in the middle of the square, then the child should draw a dot of similar size in the middle of the square, not on the top, the bottom or the sides of the square. You may need to reinforce this observing of space with hands-on activities if your child does not understand what he is supposed to be focusing on.
One activity that comes to mind is laying out a clock with pennies or pebbles. Make a big circle (12 inches may be big enough) in sand or draw it on a white board that is laying flat. The child should use pennies or some object to make the places of the clock or if you are using a white board the child can draw the places of the clock. The child should place a penny where 12:00 should be first, then 6:00, 3:00, and 9:00. You can move on to 1:00, 2:00, and 4:00, 5:00, and so on, if your child is old enough. I am sure that there are more activities that you can think of that will reinforce placing an item in a particular location inside of a defined space.
These handouts are in Adobe Acrobat format. You will need the free Acrobat Reader version 4 or newer to access these files.
The lesson format is replacing the old format.
There are 5 lessons per sheet. Each day the student is to draw the same
image 3 times. The practice exercises should not take long, depending on
the student's interest they can take from 5 to 10 minutes. These lessons
can be considered warm up exercises for other art activities or for
handwriting practice. The lessons that have an M in the name are mirror
image practice.
The practice sheets are listed in order of difficulty. The files are 
PDF
Some sheets have evaluation samples, they are denoted below.
| L01 | L06 | L11 (eval) | L16 | L21 | L26 | L31 | M01 | M06 | M11 | M16 |
| L02 | L07 | L12 (eval) | L17 | L22 | L27 | L32 | M02 | M07 | M12 | M17 |
| L03 (eval) | L08 | L13 | L18 | L23 | L28 | L33 | M03 | M08 | M13 | M18 |
| L04 (eval) | L09 | L14 | L19 | L24 | L29 | M04 | M09 | M14 | M19 | |
| L05 | L10 | L15 | L20 (eval) | L25 | L30 | Blank | M05 | M10 | M15 |
