Art lessons

Free step-by-step art lessons for students and their teachers. Each lesson shows every stage in pictures, with tips, common mistakes and a ready-made lesson plan.

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Lessons

Enlarge a drawing with the grid method
Copy a picture square by square to get the shape right, then make it your own. Step pictures, tips, a lesson plan and printable grids.
Ages
Ages 9–16 (grades 4–10)
Time
1–2 lessons (60–120 minutes)
You need
Pencils (HB, 2B), ruler, soft eraser, paper, a picture to copy

More lessons are on the way.

Art tools

Printable grid makerMake a drawing grid to print at true size: US Letter, Legal or large sheets up to A0, squares in inches or millimeters, with labels and diagonals.

For teachers

Every lesson lists the National Core Arts Standards (visual arts) it supports, plus Common Core math links where they fit, and has a lesson plan with timings plus easier and harder versions. To plan your own art lesson, use the lesson plan maker.

In the UK? See the UK version, with cm grids and the national curriculum for England.