Draw Today - Complete Plus

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2 Customer Reviews Average rating: 5

This item has been discontinued.

Draw Today is great! It is EASY to use, very professional, of the highest quality. The author studied the old masters: DaVinci, Dürer, VanGogh, and others, and both adapted and adopted the methods and tools these men used throughout their lives to provide you a "can't fail" art training experience.

Draw Today student sample

This before-and-after example was submitted by an 11 year-old.

Draw Today is not meant to teach creativity, but rather to teach a number of skills: how to draw, use basic art tools, practice the concepts of gridding and scaling, use various erasing and blending techniques, apply color tinting, and more. Students will also learn the importance of positive and negative space, how to appreciate the thinking and work that goes into making good drawings, and understand their historical reference.

Who should use the program? Sixth graders on up or anyone from third grade (absolute minimum) who expresses frustration with his or her drawing skills. Please note: If your son or daughter expresses no great internal frustration, don't attempt this program until about 6th grade. Younger students will succeed only if, and because, they are highly motivated. The program requires a concentrated effort, (and a fairly long attention span) as well as the ability to follow precise, specific directions.

Kit contains:

  • 90 minute instructional DVD video (We no longer carry the VHS version.)
  • Curriculum guide and 55-page student instruction book/workbook with 25 sample pictures
  • White charcoal pencil
  • Soft charcoal pencil
  • 6 colored pencils and pencil sharpener
  • Compressed charcoal stick
  • Stick eraser, block eraser, kneeded eraser
  • 2 ea small, medium and large tortillons
  • Blending stump
  • Drafting tape
  • 3 single sided grid rulers: one for 9"x12" paper and one for 11"x14" paper
  • 2 vellum papers
  • Transparent grid
  • 3 printed practice sheets
  • 10 sheets ea 9" x12" and 11"x14" 100% cotton professional charcoal paper
  • 12"x16" cardboard drawing surface
  • 12"x16" custom-cut frame

Why do we call this the complete kit plus? Because we have upgraded the standard Draw Today program, available from everyone else, to include:

  • two additional practice grid sheets (only one comes in the standard pack)
  • seven additional sheets, each, of the large size papers instead of 3 sheets each which are included with the standard pack

We found that these were the supplies we ran out of first and that we wished we had more of.

Besides all this, there is a 75-minute instructional video that demonstrates the techniques you're supposed to use. You get to watch someone actually do what you are being called upon to do yourself. The instructor gives helpful hints and pointers while he and his students do the projects.

Have questions? Talk to the real experts in our Sonlight Curriculum Discussion Forums -- other families who are using this very curriculum right now:

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5 out of 5 stars by Elizabeth R on 2011-02-22
This program is fabulous. My son was drawing so well so quickly that I had to give the program a try. Right away, I did a realistic charcoal portrait of "The Mona Lisa" within the first week--me, someone with virtually no artistic ability whatsoever!

5 out of 5 stars by AUDREY O on 2009-10-21
Great program. My 14 year old son loves this. He even entered an art contest and everyone was amazed that he could draw so well after just using the program a few times.