Under the body, draw two thick legs using long rounded rectangles. Keep the legs slightly wide to give the dinosaur a strong, ...

Begin by sketching a long oval shape in the middle of the page. This will be the butterfly’s body. Add a small circle on top ...

Mark Kistler as “Commander Mark” from his public television series The Secret City. Plenty of Houstonians who grew up in the 80s and 90s probably remember turning on their local PBS station and seeing ...

An award-winning app, courtesy of the folks behind Khan Academy, Draw and Tell boasts a whole bunch of digital tools—crayons, paint brushes, stencils stickers and more—that encourage kids to ...

Combining music and drawing can be a fun way to boost creativity in kids. Both activities stimulate different parts of the ...

A first-grader's quick doodle can tell researchers plenty about what's happening — or not happening — at home. When children reach 6 years old, their drawings matter. Not because of those purple ...

At age 4, many young children are just beginning to explore their artistic style. The kid I used to babysit in high school preferred self-portraits, undoubtedly inspired by the later works of Joan ...

Aaron Zenz is an author and illustrator who creates his own versions of kids' monster drawings. He enjoys creating "fan art" and encouraging creativity. He's made over 300 illustrations so far. Some ...

Imagine asking a classroom full of elementary school students to draw a scientist. Now try to guess how many of them would sketch a female or male scientist. In the decade that spanned 1966 to 1977, ...

The best adults are experts at feigning excitement over a toddler’s drawings. Kind, loving grown-ups know how to make a big deal about a tyke’s art so that children think they’ve made something ...

You can draw in Google Docs by using the built-in Drawing tool. The Drawing tool allows you to create and manipulate lines, shapes, colors, text, and more to add an artistic touch to your documents.