Little Artists, ages 5 to 7, shapes into pictures
Shape Friends
A circle becomes a sun, a square becomes a house: pictures made from shapes you already know.
- Level
- First steps
- Lessons
- 13 in 4 units
- Time
- 2 hours of lessons
- Pace
- About three weeks
Already drawing with Lapis? Open the course in the app
The goal
What you’ll be able to draw
See the big shape inside a thing and build pictures from circles, squares, triangles, ovals and rectangles; draw big; colour in one direction.
How you’ll see the progress
A house drawn your way at the start and again at the end.
Skills
- Shapes
- Lines
- Colours
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Sunny the Sun -
Snowman -
Happy House -
Friendly Fish -
Kitty Face -
Rocket Ship - My Shape Monster
4 units, 13 lessons
The syllabus
The whole course is free.
- 6 watch and draw
- 3 checkpoint
- 2 then and now
- 1 draw from life
- 1 project
- Free
Unit 1
Circles
One circle can be a sun, a snowman or a teddy bear.
- 01 Then: A House Then and now, 5 min Then and now 5 min
- 02 Sunny the Sun Watch and draw, 8 min Watch and draw 8 min
- 03 Snowman Watch and draw, 10 min Watch and draw 10 min
- 04 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 5 min Checkpoint 5 min
- Free
Unit 2
Squares, rectangles and triangles
Straight sides and corners make houses, cakes and tents.
- 01 Happy House Watch and draw, 10 min Watch and draw 10 min
- 02 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 5 min Checkpoint 5 min
- Free
Unit 3
Ovals and faces
Ovals make fish and mice, and a face sits on a round head.
- 01 Friendly Fish Watch and draw, 10 min Watch and draw 10 min
- 02 Kitty Face Watch and draw, 10 min Watch and draw 10 min
- 03 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 5 min Checkpoint 5 min
- Free
Unit 4
Tall shapes and your own shapes
Tall shapes, shapes you find at home and shapes you make up.
- 01 Rocket Ship Watch and draw, 12 min Watch and draw 12 min
- 02 Shape Hunt Draw from life, 12 min Draw from life 12 min
- 03 My Shape Monster Project, 20 min Project 20 min
- 04 Now: A House Then and now, 5 min Then and now 5 min
When you finish
A certificate for the fridge
Finish every lesson and Lapis makes a certificate to print or download, with the nickname, the course, the date and a drawing from it. Children get one too.
Lapis certificate
Shape Friends
finished by
your nickname
and the date you finish
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