Drawing: Lines, Shapes and Everyday Things
Primary 1 · Creative Arts
Drawing: Lines, Shapes and Everyday Things
Lesson 8 of 8
12 min
Let's begin
Umutoni helps wash up after supper.
A cup, a plate, a spoon and the big cooking pot sit by the basin.
She looks hard at the spoon and sees two shapes hiding inside it.
Today you will draw the kitchen, shape by shape.
Draw a big circle. That is the whole plate.
Draw a smaller circle inside it, near the edge. That is the rim.
Colour the middle and leave the rim white.
Step 1 Draw a long thin rectangle for the handle.
Step 2 Draw an oval on the end of the rectangle.
Step 3 Make sure the oval TOUCHES the rectangle. Let the two shapes hold hands.
Step 4 Rub out the little line where they meet, so it becomes one spoon.
Step 5 Colour it grey.
Careful! If the oval floats away from the rectangle, you have drawn two loose shapes and not a spoon.
Step 1 Draw a big circle for the round body of the pot.
Step 2 Add a small rectangle on the side for the handle.
Step 3 Push the rectangle right against the circle so they touch.
Step 4 Colour the pot black, like a pot that has sat on the fire.
A cup is a rectangle with a curved handle on one side.
The handle bends smoothly, so it has no corners.
You looked after these things while you drew them. Now look after them for real.
We keep cups, plates and spoons clean so that we stay healthy.
We put them away carefully so they last a long time.
Do the same with your pencil and your crayons. Wipe them and put them back.
Watch a cup being drawn: the big shape first, then the handle, then the small parts.
Tip
Let the two shapes hold hands
A spoon is a rectangle and an oval, touching each other.
If there is a gap between them, it is not a spoon yet.
Do each one, then tap Show answer to check.
Which two shapes make a spoon?
Answer: a rectangle and an oval, touching each other.
Which shape do you start with for a plate?
Answer: a circle. Round all the way, with no corners.
Keza drew her oval far away from her rectangle. What should she do?
Answer: move the oval so it sits on the end of the rectangle.
Draw a cup with a handle.
Answer: a rectangle for the body, and a curved handle with no corners.
Why do we wash the cups and put them away?
Answer: so we stay healthy, and so the cups last a long time.
What you learned today
Here are three short books to look at with a grown-up.
Amabara is written in Kinyarwanda. It names one colour on every page. It comes from African Storybook.
Amabara y'umukororombya is in Kinyarwanda too. It shows the colours of a rainbow, with something you can find in each one. Also from African Storybook.
Circles is in English. It hunts for circles everywhere, just like your own shape hunt. It comes from Book Dash.
Quick check
A plate is one shape. Which one?
