What is Drawing?

Drawing is when you use tools to make pictures on surfaces like paper or a wall.

Imagine you have a pencil and a piece of paper in front of you. When you move your hand, the pencil leaves marks, just like when you draw with crayons on a coloring book. These marks are called lines, and they help you show what something looks like.

When you make circles or squares, you're using shapes to build things, like drawing a face with eyes, nose, and mouth. It’s like building blocks: each shape is a block that helps create the whole picture.

Drawing also lets you show what you see around you. If you draw a tree, you might make some lines for the trunk and some curves for the leaves, just like how you might describe a real tree to your friend using words.

Sometimes, drawing feels like telling a story with pictures instead of words, and it’s all made possible by moving your hand and leaving marks behind!