Draw a Nutcracker Step-Past-Step

*Grades 3-5, *Chiliad-2, Christmas, Cartoon, Winter

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Students will larn about using grids to programme out proportions and symmetry equally they create a step-by-step drawing of a nutcracker.

By Julie Moses [Julie is a homeschooling fine art teacher who runs Miss Julie's Art School in La Quinta, CA.]

What You Need:

  • paper
  • pencil
  • black Sharpie® marker
  • markers
  • crayons
  • metallic markers
  • scissors
  • Christmas wrapping paper

What You Do:

Kickoff past folding your paper in half lengthwise. So fold it into thirds, like yous would fold a letter. You should end up with six boxes.

Draw (in pencil) a rainbow shape in the middle of the elevation two boxes. Get out room at the top of the page for the decoration on peak of the chapeau. The ends of the rainbow should stop at the fold of the showtime third of the paper.

Draw a rainbow (arc) shape in the middle of the top two boxes.

Draw a horizontal line to close up the rainbow shape. Then depict two more horizontal lines in the rainbow – one close to the bottom creating a thin shape and the 2nd farther away creating a wider shape. In the acme function of the chapeau, describe a decoration. It could be a poinsettia like mine, a snowflake, a Christmas tree, star, or whatever you want.

Draw a horizontal line to close up the rainbow shape.

Describe a rectangle on the bottom of the chapeau simply inside the 2nd tertiary of the paper.

Draw a rectangle on the bottom of the hat just inside the second third of the paper.

Add a small circumvolve in the center of the box for the nose. On either side of the nose add a half circle and so draw a circle inside of those. For the mustache, draw a sideways 'south' but nether the nose on each side. Close these shapes up with a happy face bend.

Add a small circle in the middle of the box for the nose. On either side of the nose add a half circle and then draw a circle inside of those.

Draw a smaller rectangle under the nose that is halfway inside the face and halfway outside the face. Describe vertical lines to make the teeth.

Draw a smaller rectangle under the nose that is halfway inside the face and halfway outside the face.

Draw a long 'V' shape from the teeth to make the beard. From the corners of the face depict lines that camber in toward the centre of the newspaper so draw horizontal line to close up this shape. On the bottom of this shape draw a large 'W' to make the jacket bottom.

Draw a long 'V' shape from the teeth to make the beard.

For the arms brand a waterfall curve coming out from the left side of the caput where the hat and the face meet. The waterfall should cease simply earlier the fold that separates the 2nd and the final third of the paper. At the end of the waterfall, describe an oval, so draw a slanted line back up to meet the bottom of the face.

For the arms make a waterfall curve coming out from the left side of the head where the hat and the face meet.

Repeat on the right side. Depict a horizontal line on each side of the arms at the lesser of the face. This volition become the pilus. Draw a rectangle behind the beard for the shirt.

Draw a horizontal line on each side of the arms at the bottom of the face.

Describe in the jacket and buttons. The button tin can be fabricated with a series of backwards '5s' on the left and regular fives on the correct. Add texture to the hair and beard with wavy lines and add edging to bottom of the jacket. Outline pencil lines with black sharpie marker. Then colour with whatsoever medium you like most. Nosotros used marker, crayon and a bit of metal mark. If you have room on your paper you can add together in the legs of the nutcracker. Add in background of your choice or cutting him out and glue him to brightly colored wrapping paper.

Draw in the jacket and buttons.