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Drawing Foundations (Grades 4+)

🍎 Video Art Lessons for Elementary and Intermediate Students


12 Art Projects Designed for Classrooms and Online Learning!

Drawing Foundations is a complete art program to empower teachers and homeschoolers to guide students to learn their art FUNdamentals! This 12 pack of online drawing projects is a full art course designed for kids to explore different drawing materials, techniques, and styles. Buy it once and get unlimited access! 

Each module in this program is a new project that will introduce art concepts and techniques to explore the essential elements of art and principles of design, and how to use them throughout the creative process. Each lesson will show students how to complete a themed drawing project with step by step instructions to create meaningful artwork they are proud of! 

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Difficulty: Junior - Intermediate (Grade 4+)

Suitable for kids and youth with some prior art experience, each module blends step by step learning with theme-based projects to nurture imagination and design innovation. Drawing Foundations projects include learning how to draw faces, people, animals, objects and environments. Students will have the creative freedom to customize their artwork and choose their own subject matter.

Note for teachers: Younger students may need adult / classroom supervision. Only basic materials are required, and art supplies may always be substituted, keeping it flexible and open.

Enjoy fun, engaging, and modern art projects with proven results!

☑️ Teach in-person and online seamlessly by sending the videos to your students.

☑️ Access different levels of art lessons so you can challenge your advanced students and support beginners who are struggling.

☑️ Unique NERD teaching method integrates art foundations with design thinking, allowing students to apply creativity to other fields of study.

☑️ Lessons are integrated with other school subjects for cross-curricular marks!

☑️ Supplemental step by step art techniques set the foundation for future creative freedom and success.

Beginner Drawing Island Lesson


Teach and plan art lessons easily with the help of experts!

☑️ Lessons use basic art materials that are common and affordable — and include options for modification.

☑️ Pre-written scripts and instructions make online teaching a breeze!

☑️ Save time with expertly designed templates, worksheets and rubrics that you can easily modify.

☑️ Students may learn at their own pace, and those who are absent can review the lesson on their own time, pausing in between steps.

☑️ Teachers can learn art fundamentals with their students, and get more time to focus on supporting each individual’s creative journey.

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✍️ 12 Drawing Projects for Young Artists


Engaging bite-sized video lessons designed to teach emerging artists drawing techniques and art concepts -- putting the FUN in learning Art FUNdamentals! 

  1. Drawing Realistic Eyes - create realistic eyes through the use of shapes, space and values

  2. Learning about Value -  study the importance of values and how to apply them to their your object drawing

  3. Scientific Bird Drawing - learn about this technical style of drawing and try creating birds in different poses

  4. Leaf Cut Out Scene - create your own scenes within an illustrated leaf, inspired by nature 

  5. About the Artist Challenge - What makes you YOU? Create a simplified character inspired by your unique characteristics!

  6. Lions and Cubs Family Drawing - create a lion & cub family drawing using shapes and lines to create realistic texture

  7. Giant Object Illustration - play with proportion by creating your own giant object illustration

  8. Roy Lichtenstein Landscape - explore Lichtenstein's infamous comic style in a landscape considering foreground, middle ground, and background

  9. Poppy Study - learn about the significance of poppies, and how to draw them utilizing different techniques and mediums

  10. Sock Design - get creative with pattern and colours to create your own unique sock designs!

  11. Hand Holding Object - draw a hand holding an object of your choice, considering balance and proportions

  12. Animal Poses - learn about animal poses with focus on shapes, space, proportions, line and value

👀 Preview a Video Art Lesson


Here is a sample of lesson 1 of our Bird Scientific Drawing which focuses on planning ideas, space, and shapes. 

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🙌 A Complete Teaching System to Support Each Art Lesson


Our video lessons are bite-sized and guided step by step from professional artists to accommodate shorter class periods and online learning. This course also comes with teaching resources for every project:

📺 Step by step bite sized videos - pause, speed up, slow down or replay the lessons

👩‍🏫 Proven and unique N.E.R.D. Teaching Methodology - for learning the creative process

🖥️ Templates for Blended Learning - copy and paste instructions into your online classroom

📝 Printable Assignments & Worksheets - distribute our handouts or post online assignments

💯 Grading Rubrics & Assessments - handy curriculum guidelines for easy marking


All Winged Canvas programs are designed to the Ontario Arts Curriculum standards, supplemented with teaching techniques and design thinking to nurture student success, confidence, and self-expression. 

🎯 Unique & Proven Teaching Methodology


At Winged Canvas, all of our art programs are founded on our four pillars of learning:

Our N.E.R.D. Teaching Method

All courses use our unique N.E.R.D. teaching methodology to teach the creative process with proven results — leading to more confidence, well-being and creative expression. Lessons teach art concepts including the essential elements of art and principles of design, as well as techniques such as sketching, composition, blending, shading, colour theory, and digital art.

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🎨 Simple Art Materials


Only basic drawing materials are needed, and art supplies may always be substituted, keeping it flexible and open! Here is a list of the essentials, most of which may already exist in your classroom:

  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • Pencil Sharpener
  • Coloured Pencils
  • Black Pen / Fineliner
  • Markers (optional)

✊ YOU can change the life of a young artist, even with no art experience!


Every project in this course was thoughtfully planned and executed by professional art educators, then curated and edited into bite-sized modules with learning supports for teachers. Each video lesson was tested in live classes, and only the best lessons are curated into video modules containing bite-sized step by step lessons that are flexible enough for teachers to use all at once, or over the course of the semester.


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🙌 100% Satisfaction Money Back Guarantee


We are so sure your students will enjoy their learning experience that we’ll give you your money back within 30 days if you are not fully satisfied.
The value of this program speaks for itself -- buy this course once and get unlimited access to use them with future classes again and again!

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👩‍🎨 About the Instructor


Arruniya Mohendran is a visual artist, passionate educator, and certified Ontario Teacher. She holds a bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting at OCAD University, and a Bachelor of Education at York University. She is the Education Supervisor at Winged Canvas, specializing in kids art classes, curriculum planning, and working with our education team and teaching partners to design world class online art enrichment programs. When Arruniya is not teaching, you can find her working on personal art (usually inspired by nature) or exploring the outdoors with friends and family.

🏫 About Winged Canvas

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Winged Canvas
is an online art school based in Ontario, Canada. Their online enrichment programs include live weekly classes, virtual camps, video courses and art mentorship taught by professional artists who are passionate educators. They also host online events, parties and custom art workshops for schools and community partners. Attending an art class has never been easier. Start learning from anywhere, and join a live class in seconds!

🏆 Voted Toronto’s Top Arts Educator in 2021 and 2022, Winged Canvas has 150K+ subscribers on YouTube and earned hundreds of 5 star reviews from happy parents. Their mission is to make art education easily accessible to everyone, ensuring that no child is left behind. 

Our mission is to make art education easily accessible to everyone.


12 Modules

Drawing Realistic Eyes

Students will have a chance to create realistic eyes through the use of shapes, space and values! A step-by-step demonstration will be shared to support the base of their artwork, while allowing for creative interpretation. 

Scientific Bird Drawing

In this module with 4 step by step lessons, students will learn how to create their own scientific bird drawings. 

Leaf Cutout Scene Drawing

In this module with 3 step by step lessons, students will learn about leaf cutout art and and how to create their own scenes within an illustrated leaf. 

About the Artist Challenge

In this module with 3 step by step lessons, students will learn how to create a simplified character inspired by themselves. Students will brainstorm and exemplify characteristics about themselves to communicate their relationship to the project. 

Lions & Cubs Family Drawing

In this module with 4 step by step lessons, students will learn how to create a lion & cub family drawing using shapes to build their animals, and lines to create realistic texture. 

Giant Object Illustration

In this module with four step by step lessons, students will learn about and create our own giant object illustrations! They will consider space, shapes, and emphasizing their large object using smaller details. 

Roy Lichtenstein Landscape

In this module with 4 step-by-step lessons, students learn about Roy Lichtenstein and how to plan and execute their own landscape inspired by Lichtenstein's comic style. Students will think about space (foreground, middle ground and background) along with colour, line, shape and balance to create their landscapes. 

Poppy Study

In this module with 4 step by step lessons, students will learn the significance of poppies, and how to draw them utilizing different techniques and mediums. Students will build poppies considering space, shape, and a variety of lines and values to create contrast in their artworks. 

Sock Design

In this module with four step by step lessons, students will plan and design their own socks. Students will focus in on planning their composition, creating base shapes together, and executing their pattern and colours to create their own unique socks. 

Hand Holding Object

In this module with 4 step by step lessons, students are introduced to how to draw a hand holding an object considering shapes, proportions, values and balance. Building a hand sketch together first will support them in building hands holding an object or idea of their choice. 

Animal Poses

In this project, students will learn about creating their own animal poses with focus on shapes, space, proportions, line and value. Students will brainstorm different animals and poses before starting their own animal pose artwork. Follow this step-by-step project to build base shapes and details on animal poses.

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