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Awesome Art Challenges!

If you are interested in drawing animals, check out some of the videos below. There are tutorials on how to draw an elephant, a giraffe, an octopus, a squid, a jellyfish, fish and unicorn, dragons and many more. If you would like tutorials on any animals please email Mr Donaldson at alistair.donaldson@bristol-schools.uk as he is taking requests.

Often, when we do pictures and art work, it's tempting to try and get it done as quickly as possible. These challenges, although shown in very quick videos, are the opposite. It's a chance for you to really take your time and produce something that you are really proud of. It doesn't need to be done all in one go, you could produce a picture over many days - in 10 minute sections, half an hour sections and so on. Whatever suits you.

I would love to see some of the work produced so please feel free to upload some photos to me at

alistair.donaldson@bristol-schools.uk and I'll share some images on this page. Good luck and enjoy the creative process.

How to draw a lion

A simple video on how to draw a symmetrical lion

How to draw a fox - version 2

A simple fox video using colouring pencils and pen.

How to draw a fox - version 1

A simple video on how to create a fox with pen and felt tip.

Making comics Part 3 - panels

A video showing 3 different ways to show the same information when making comics.

Making comics part 2 - lettering

How to layout your title lettering.

Making comics - part 1

How to think about layout, captions and speech bubbles

COMICS - How to draw Batman

A simple video on how to draw Batman

How to draw a pirate ship

A short video on how to create your own galleon.

EASY - How to draw a unicorn

A short video on how to draw a unicorn

How to draw an awesome treehouse

How to draw a multi layered fantasy tree house

How to draw a waterfall scene

A simple video on how to create a waterfall scene

How to draw a mountain landscape

A quick video on how to draw a circular mountain landscape.

NEW CONTENT How to draw a ship wreck

A video on how to draw an underwater sea scape, including a ship wreck.

NEW CONTENT - Easy - how to draw a fish

A simple video on how to draw fish

NEW CONTENT Easy - How to draw a jelly fish

A simple video on how to draw a jellyfish

NEW CONTENT - How to draw a simple mountain landscape - colour version

An easy video on how to create a colourful mountain landscape.

NEW CONTENT - EASY - How to draw a simple mountain landscape

An easy and brilliant way to create an awesome picture.

NEW CONTENT - How to draw an awesome symmetrical monster

A short video on how to create a brilliant symmetrical monster head.

How to draw the Eiffel Tower - part 2 of 2

The second part of a series of videos on drawing the Eiffel Tower.

NEW CONTENT - How to draw the Eiffel Tower - part 1 of 2.

A short video on how to draw the Eiffel Tower - using a clever technique to create symmetrical images.

NEW CONTENT - How to draw a squid - Part 2

Part 2 of 2 of how to draw a squid.

NEW CONTENT - How to draw a giant squid - part 1

A short video on how to draw a giant squid. Part 1 of 2.

NEW CONTENT - How to draw an octopus

A short video on how to draw a blue ringed octopus.

NEW CONTENT How to draw a jungle Part 2

Part 2 of 2 of how to draw a jungle scene.

NEW CONTENT - How to draw a jungle - Part 1

A short video on how to build up a jungle scene. Part 1 of 2.

NEW CONTENT - How to draw 3D lettering

A short video on how to do graffiti style 3D lettering.

NEW CONTENT - How to draw a tropical island - suitable for all ages

A simple video allowing you to design your own tropical island picture.

NEW CONTENT - Tree Drawing

A short video about drawing a tree using colouring pencils.

NEW CONTENT - Do you want to draw a snowman? - Suitable for all ages.

A quick video on how to draw a simple cartoon snowman.

NEW CONTENT - Blob Monsters Drawing Tutorial - suitable for all ages

A short video showing how to drawing blob monsters and using a wider felt tip pen to cover mistakes.

Drawing Dragons!

A short video on how to design and draw your own dragon

Term 5 Art challenge - Davros

Inspired by Dr Who - here is a how to draw Davros. Enjoy

Term 5 art challenge - cute giraffe

A short video on how draw a cartoon style giraffe. Enjoy

Term 5 Art challenge 3 - Elephant

A short video on how to draw an elephant. Have fun and enjoy.

Term 5 Art challenge 2 - Drawing cats

How to draw quick cartoon cats and a more detailed version. Enjoy!

Term 5 challenge - Pirate Portrait

Term 5 - challenge 1 - Pirates!

Videos for the page are now uploaded to Youtube. Follow to link below to create your own fantastic pirate portrait!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwWf79ELRS8

Art Challenges Introduction

Castle challenge 1

Maze challenge 2

Treasure Map 3

Examples of work in progress

This video will show you an example of what challenges 1 -3 could look like as you work through them. Remember to take your time and enjoy the process. Fill your piece of paper with as much detail and interest as possible. Good luck!