The Ultimate Icebreaker Cartoon Lesson. It works with every age group range and class
Lesson Outline
- Students need at least 4x pieces of A4 blank Paper and a Black Pen or Dark Pencil
- Have them listen and follow video instructions. Pause/replay video if you need too
Step 1: Watch the video with class and have them participate. Pause/replay if needed.
Why people believe they can’t draw – and how to prove they can – 15min approx. https://youtu.be/7TXEZ4tP06c
Step 2: Once completed initial cartoons from the video, have students draw your portrait. If you’re shy, have them cartoon one or more of the students in the class, or choose their own person. There is usually always one or two willing.
Step 3: Have fun! Make sure you compliment regardless of skill levels. They will love it!
During the lesson, jot down on the whiteboard, the short steps Graham Shaw takes to draw his cartoons. Alternatively have some prepared sheets to hand out after the video has completed and they have completed there first drawings with video assistance.
This list of cartoon drawing key steps will assist students and reinforce the activity for later on. Some might take notes on it as well. You can do this ready and hand it out when they have finished working with the video.
Future Lessons
In future lessons, you can use this skill to have them draw very simple cartoons with a topic theme or with some basic dialogue between two characters. Or a simple meme.