Draw Harold and Hog with Dan Santat
From Kennedy Center: Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems · 2020
20 minK1st2nd3rdReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
Episode 8 is a special collaboration: Mo is joined by Caldecott Medal-winning author-illustrator Dan Santat, co-creator of Harold & Hog Pretend For Real! Together they demonstrate how shapes become characters and discuss what it's like to work with another artist -- a rare look at two illustrators thinking and drawing side by side.
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Discussion
- What did it look like when two illustrators worked together? Did they agree on everything?
- Mo and Dan each have their own art style. How could you tell which lines were Mo's and which were Dan's?
- Have you ever made something with a partner where you each did a different part? What was hard about it -- what was fun?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: collaboration, illustration, style, Caldecott Medal.
Try it (partner activity): Each person draws half a character -- one does the head, the other does the body -- without looking at each other's work. Put them together. What happened?