Here are our regular class drawing steps:
Tracing the dots of the object (just for junior )
Making a sketch of the object
Coloring the objects
Making black contour
Finally, adding watercolour for the background
Darma Art always stresses making a sketch as an important part of drawing...
It's easy and simple to teach a student to be "a painter " just by teaching the student to color a set of coloring books using various attractive colors.
However, in Darma Art, we have a goal to produce an innovative, creative, and independent student that doesn't just depend on the sketch made/printed by others; the student must be able to draw the picture from the beginning by him/herself, express various imaginations and ideas on a blank white paper. Although some beginner students have difficulty to make all the sketch by themselves, we help them by giving a group of dots forming objects to be traced, so they will not just coloring, but trained to make a sketch...