Lesson 15: Running (Direction, Action, and Rhythm)
Instructors tell children there are five general groups of actions.
Running group
Standing group
Walking group
Reclining group
Sitting group
Instructors show children the drawings of the running figures in the first image, noting how the oblique line predominates, and follow the listed steps.
Instructors demonstrate sketching one of the running figures.
Children copy the running figure until they have perfected it.
Children repeat the process for each running figure.
A - Kid
B - Boy with Spiky Hair
C - Girl with Braid
D - Kid Wearing a Beanie and Holding a Stick
E - Kid Wearing a Tam O' Shanter
F - Kid Wearing Fez
G - Pirate Kid
H - Colonial Kid
I - Girl with Hat and Braid
Instructors show children the drawings of the running figures in the second image, noting how the oblique line predominates, and follow the listed steps.
Instructors demonstrate sketching one of the running figures.
Children copy the running figure until they have perfected it.
Children repeat the process for each running figure.