He Can Draw

Paul likes to draw. He sketches every day when he comes home from school. His mum buys him big art books to draw in.

Paul starts with three shapes. He draws a larger circle with two smaller circles above it. It is fun to guess what a drawing will be.

He can always think of something cool to draw. He fishes things out of his mind. What is this? Has he drawn two eyes?

He fills in the big circle. Paul is very neat. He does not go out of the lines. It is hard to do, but he keeps his hand still as he works.

Now he is drawing a box to the side of the other shapes. Is this going to be a car? A car with eyes? Or is it a living thing?

I think it is a living thing. Paul has drawn legs with feet. Each leg matches the other. He is very good at drawing things the same height and width.

He searches a picture up on his laptop to check something. Now there is a smile coming off the big, black circle. What kind of animals have a smile like that? Is it a cat?

Paul wants to know if we can guess what he has drawn. He says that he has one more thing to add that will help us to guess.

A tail! It sticks up. I think that this is the sort of tail that wags when an animal is glad. What kind of animal does that?

Yes! Paul has drawn a dog. It is such a cute dog! I like the lines that he drew to show the fur. It makes the dog look soft.

You can draw your own dog, just like Paul did! Follow the steps in this book. You might like to make your own animals out of shapes as well!