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Learn how to draw an acorn with this easy step by step tutorial. The texture is perfect for some simple pencil sketching practice.

Drawing doesn't get more basic than just making a good old pencil drawing. No markers to add boldness, no colors to add interest. No, it's all about capturing the shape of something, and then adding a hint of texture or shadows to imply something is either bumpy or smooth.

If you'd like your students to get more pencil drawing practice, then a simple acorn is a great vehicle for many reasons.

1. It's simple. Students know what one looks like without it being in front of them.

2. The cap has a kind of pattern to it that is easy to replicate.

3. It has just two basic textures, bumpy and smooth, which makes for great contrast.

In the end, the goal is for students to learn how to draw with three values: the medium gray they begin with, then the dark gray accents, and the places that are left just white. That's plenty to focus on when you are just getting started.

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Time needed: 35 minutes.

How to Draw an Acorn

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Pencil Sketching: How to Draw an Acorn · Art Projects for Kids

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Drawing doesn't get more basic than just making a good old pencil drawing. No markers to add boldness, no colors to add interest. No, it's all about capturing the shape of something, and then adding a hint of texture or shadows to imply something is either bumpy or smooth.

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Below you'll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Squirrel and a Squirrel Coloring Page. A simple side view will let you see all of his trademark fluffy tail.

Squirrel Drawing

When it comes to learning how to draw a squirrel, there are lots of tutorials out there that are either super cartoon-like, or super realistic. The cartoon versions don't really teach students about their slender and graceful bodies, and yet the more advanced versions aren't really appropriate either. Especially for elementary school.

This tutorial focuses more on getting the shape of the head and legs and tail right, and not so much about tiny details of their claws. That's more than enough to take on when you are just learning how to draw.

Getting Started with Drawing Guides

The best way to get students off to a good start to any drawing lesson is to show them how to use guides as a reference point.

You may have noticed that all of the tutorials on this site have a dashed line running through the center of each step, in both horizontal and vertical directions. If students make their own centered lines on their own paper, before drawing, they will have an easy reference to follow.

Drawing skills are all about getting the size and placement of lines on paper, so having some visual reference point to get started, will always help anyone learn how to be a little more accurate.

So does that mean students need to get out a ruler to draw a big fat line down the center of their paper before they start? Goodness no, please don't! That will most likely be hard to erase and distract from any finished art. No, simply fold the sheet of paper in half both ways, make a crease, and unfold. The beauty is that by the time the drawing is done and colored in, the creases will disappear.

And now, on to the squirrel drawing project.

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Squirrel Coloring Page

How to Draw a Squirrel Materials

Drawing Paper. This is the good stuff you can buy in bulk for a good price.

Pencils. I like how this brand always makes nice dark lines.

Black Marker. A permanent marker will give you a dark black color.

Crayons. The larger packs are nice for more color choices.

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How to Draw a Squirrel Step by Step

Time needed: 30 minutes

Learn to Draw a Squirrel in 9 easy steps

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Male wild turkeys can weigh a little over 20 pounds and up to 4 feet tall. Females on the other hand are half the weight and can grow up to 3 feet tall.

Males have "beards" that grow about nine inches long.

Besides its brown feathering that allows it to blend into the woods, they also have a very large field of vision as their eyes are on opposite sides of their head. This gives the wild turkey 270 degrees of vision and the ability to see three times better than humans.

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Male wild turkeys can weigh a little over 20 pounds and up to 4 feet tall. Females on the other hand are half the weight and can grow up to 3 feet tall. Males have "beards" that grow about nine inches long.

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Below you'll find a step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a fall tree and a fall tree coloring page. I'll even show you how you can change the size of the leaves to give your students a quick lesson in perspective. Let's get started!

Fall Tree Tutorial Video

A simple rule of perspective is included in this lesson about how to draw a fall tree. When students change up in the size of the leaves that are swirling around a tree on a fall day, they can see how this idea works, while making a really pretty fall drawing.

This fall tree, for instance, is set off to the side so that some colorful leaves can easily fill in the open blue sky. When students add just one or two leaves that are much larger than the rest, they will get some instant depth in their drawing.

It's helpful to remind students that when they draw their leaves, they need to be all the same type, or kind of shape. That's the best way for the viewer to be able to understand they are all coming from the same tree, and are not just bigger leaves from somewhere else.

Getting Started with Drawing Guides

The best way to get students off to a good start to any drawing lesson is to show them how to use guides as a reference point.

You may have noticed that all of the tutorials on this website have a dashed line running through the center of each step, both in a horizontal and vertical direction. If students make their own centered lines on their own paper, before drawing, they will have an easy reference to follow.

For instance, as seen in Step 1 below, the drawing starts with a hill and a large trunk shape on the right. It's important that trunk shape extends above that center horizontal line so students end up with a large tree that fills their paper.

When students get their drawing off to a good start, there's a better chance of them feeling successful by the time they are done. Drawing skills are all about getting the size and placement of lines on paper. Having some visual reference point to get started, will always help anyone learn how to be a little more accurate.

So does that mean students need to get out a ruler to draw a big fat line down the center of their paper before they start? Goodness no, please don't! That will most likely be hard to erase and distract from any finished art. No, simply fold the sheet of paper in half both ways, make a crease, and unfold. The beauty is that by the time the drawing is done and colored in, the creases will disappear.

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Fall Tree Coloring Page

Materials for Fall Tree Drawing

Drawing Paper. This is the good stuff you can buy in bulk for a good price.

Pencils. I like how this brand always makes nice dark lines.

Black Marker. A permanent marker will give you a dark black color.

Crayons. The larger packs are nice for more color choices.

Note: All of the above are Amazon affiliate links.

Directions to Draw a Fall Tree Step by Step

Time needed: 30 minutes

How to Draw a Fall Tree

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Learn how to draw a turkey with an easy step by step tutorial. This bird is made with just a few simples shapes that students can embellish.

This bird has proven to be a very successful drawing project over the years, and one that I would bring out for just about any age level. Most kinders can navigate drawing an oval, neck and fan shapes, and older students are free to get more experimental with different media.

The sample above is made with crayons, but below you can see some turkeys created with markers, both on white paper and black. And if the white paint markers are not in your budget, then try metallic. Crayola and Prang make some that are safe for kids, and really look amazing on dark paper.

There's also a paint idea that uses instant coffee. The brown color is built in, and students can practice playing around with the value. The more water they add, the lighter the colors get.

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Time needed: 45 minutes.

How to Draw a Turkey

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Learn how to draw a cartoon turkey and add some extra personality to this iconic bird. A fun and simple hat will do the trick.

There's certainly more than one way to draw a turkey, they just tend to have different levels of complexity. Drawing one from the front is great for symmetrical drawing, but a side view lets you see more of their distinctive profile too.

This one is great for younger elementary students as the shapes are all pretty basic, and the added hat gives permission to be a little silly.

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Time needed: 35 minutes.

How to Draw a Cartoon Turkey

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Students learn how to make a line art project with a leaf theme. Works great when studying about Lines as one of the Elements of Art.

There are seven Elements of Art that are considered the building blocks of art, and finding art projects that connect to one or more of them helps students understand them better.

The official list of Elements is: Line, Shape, Color, Space, Form, Value, Texture. Some websites may have a few less, but believe this is the list that most art teachers follow.

As you can imagine, this project works really well for learning about LINES. Learning how to put lines down on the paper in the way students want will always help them improve their skills.

This idea of making shapes with lots of lines is easy to adjust for many grade levels. The main project shown above would probably work best for those that feel pretty confident in their drawing, and the variation below would be good for those just getting started.

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Time needed: 1 hour.

How to Draw Line Art Leaves

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Learn how to draw a cute turkey by adding a bit of anime style art to his head and face.

A turkey drawing project is a kind of given, in any class or art room every November. But that shouldn't mean you have only one choice, or that you have to do the same one every year.

Here's a new tutorial that attempt to mix things up a little.

You have your fairly realistic body, but the face has kind of been put through the anime cute filter with an oversized head, beak and eye. Most students these days have been exposed to the look with Japanese cartoons, and most love to draw eyes with the little shiny spots inside. It is a fun way to feel like an actual cartoonist, so I don't blame them!

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Time needed: 30 minutes.

How to Draw a Cute Turkey

Add a circle for the head.

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Learn how to draw a Cornucopia with this easy step by step tutorial. It makes for a lovely still life drawing with lots of fall colors.

A cornucopia is a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and more. And as the season of thanks draws closer, it is a nice to time be thankful for what we have, especially if it is more than what we need.

That being said, a cornucopia has lots of little elements to it, and the best way to approach drawing one is with layers. Students first draw what I call the basket in the back, then the largest pumpkin, then medium and so on. For that reason, remind your students before and during to draw LIGHTLY. It kind of goes against their nature at a young age, but with practice, can be done. All the required layers in this drawing mean that lots of inside lines will need to be erased. Light ones will be about a thousand times easier to remove than dark ones.

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Time needed: 35 minutes.

How to Draw a Cornucopia

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