Lesson 19: Sitting (Direction, Action, and Rhythm)
Instructors remind children there are five general groups of actions.
- Running group
- Standing group
- Walking group
- Reclining group
- Sitting group
Instructors show children the drawings of the sitting figures in the first image, noting how horizontal and vertical lines predominate, and follow the listed steps.
- Instructors demonstrate sketching one of the sitting figures.
- Children copy the sitting figure until they have perfected it.
- Children repeat the process for each sitting figure.
- A and B - Colonial Boys Sitting
- C and D - Kids Sitting on Stools
- E - Sitting Conductor Kid
- F - Sitting Kid Wearing a Tam O' Shanter and Holding a Ball
- G - Sitting Kid Wearing a Conical Hat
Children use their imagination to draw the following:
- Sitting Kid Playing a Piano
- Sitting Kid Playing a Board Game
- Sitting Kid Playing on a Computer
- Sitting Kid Rowing a Boat
- Sitting Kid Reading a Book
- Sitting Kid Paddling a Canoe