List of Direct Links to Activity and Coloring Sheets

Since we have reached well over 300 posts in this blog, I have added a list of direct links to posts featuring activity and coloring sheets samples and templates on the column to the right side of this layout. Hopefully this will make it easier for fellow teachers and parents to find and print art activity sheets for their kids without having to navigate throughout a ton of posts.
Now you can easily find coloring templates, pop-up card template, sheets of Artist Trading Cards (ATCs), and sketching sheets with partial drawings to complete.

Mini Comics Fever

While I relied on this quick paper model from Glen to start making some mini comics for my cartooning class, you could check this video if you need further guidance on how to make the actual folds and single cut to create a 6-pages + front and back cover mini comic booklet out of a single sheet of paper. The neat thing about this simple Kirigami activity is that all you need is paper, scissors, and something to draw and color your story. No staples nor glue are needed to hold it together.
The mini comics are fairly close in size to the Artist Trading Cards (ATC) format.
Used the Sakura Pigma Sensei 0.4 and 0.6 mm pens to illustrate these mini comics.The goal here was to reinforce the concepts discussed during class, and to serve as a reminder to continue practicing.Quick rundown of popular manga genres appropriate for the students' age group.Kaiju (Strange Beast) pocket guide.The purpose of this mini comic was to illustrate how sketching and drawing can help students in learning scientific material.
Once an original was drawn, it was scanned and printed to try different coloring approaches for the cover. For this batch, I used some Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens.
A few mini comics with colored covers to serve as samples for my cartooning class later today.

Don't forget to bring some art supplies and coloring/worksheets to family gatherings

"Have art supplies, will travel", it's kind of the mindset I had when packing for two back-to-back birthday dinners. That way we could make the most of the quiet times with the children in the family.

Family gatherings often provide plenty of creative and learning opportunities. Coloring and sketching activities can easily be shared by different generations.
Good thing I brought the coloring sheets and markers to the restaurant, for it kept the group of nephews and nieces (ranging from 4 years old to teens) entertained and occupied as the adults finished their meals.
We had some sheets of coloring trading cards.
Single cards were easier to complete for the younger kids. Though care must be taken to protect the surface below from stray markers.



Reference coloring sheet and freehand drawing after it done by a 10 year old niece. Her current level of dexterity indicated that she was ready to make effective use of a Sakura Pigma Sensei Manga Drawing set that is typically recommended for 13 year old students.
Quite content with her manga-style portrait.
One of my older nieces drawing her favorite subject.
Pokemon sketches.
Examining the reference dragon manikin. This wooden model is an engaging teaching tool that appeals to many kids, both boys and girls.A Dry Erase board is quite convenient for some fun doodling as a group.Getting some inspiration flipping through my reference teaching binder.



Some colored trading card sheets.
Just finished coloring her fairy outline with some markers.
A couple more of finished colored sheets.
These last two were done by a 10 year old.
Following the example of her older cousins.
Quick cartoon portrait drawn while the kids were coloring their projects.
This was the only cartoon portrait that was drawn with Prismacolor and Copic Sketch markers, for it takes longer to complete them.
By the end of the evening, managed to make time to draw one last cartoon portrait.

ATC Manga template for Nuts About The von Liebig Family Day

One of the coloring reference sheets for the family day cartooning activities at the von Liebig Art Center later today. This page of manga-inspired cards were colored with Prismacolor double ended markers and some Copic Sketch markers.
Blank coloring template.

Cartooning Classes - Photo Journal 1

This student creatively used the dragon coloring template as reference to create this colorful picture of "Dragon Riders".
Fourth graders displaying their drawing/coloring sheets competed during class.



Fifth graders posing with their projects completed on their third cartooning session.





The dragon template was given as a take-home assignment the previous week.
From time to time, I pick a student photo at random and sketch cartoon portrait like the example above. It was drawn with Prismacolor Illustration markers and colored with the double ended markers.
6th graders class working on assorted sketching and coloring sheets depending on their interest.
The small size of the coloring artist trading cards (ATC), allow for their completion within the class period.
The coloring pages featuring 9 ATC designs each contained a mixture of character types and creatures often found in Shonen and Shojo stories. Thus providing the students with an assortment of characters, robots, and fantasy beasts that could be used for reference to create their own stories in future sessions.


Coloring their trading card templates with the Crayola Super Tip markers is a good way of fine tuning eye-hand coordination.

Students were encouraged to add their own drawing elements and color their ninja or mermaid sketching templates as an in-class exercise.