Summary
A gentle, follow-along art lesson for the youngest artists: Rob and one of his kids draw a chicken step by step, starting from a few simple shapes and adding details slowly so little hands can keep up. Pause and rewind as much as you need. Free on the official Art for Kids Hub YouTube channel -- a friendly art-time pairing with a birds unit.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Talk about the artist's choices before, during, or after you draw.
- What simple shapes did the lesson start with to build the chicken?
- Which details tell you this is a chicken and not another bird?
- How did the kind of line you used -- thick or thin, curved or straight -- change your drawing?
- A chicken lives in farms. What could you add to your picture to show its home?
Quick work-a-long
Art words: shape, outline, proportion, detail, texture.
Try it: 1) Follow along and draw your own chicken, pausing the video at each step. 2) Add a background that shows where a chicken lives (farms), then label one part of the animal (beak, wing, tail, or eye).