Kids tend to get very excited when they learn how to draw something new. Macaroni is a common object found in a lot of kid craft, but did you know that kids enjoy drawing macaroni, too? These pictures are easy to draw and give children confidence in their art skills. The only materials you will need to make this craft are paper and pencil!
To start the macaroni drawing, make two eyes. These eyes should be rather small for a standard drawing. A few centimeters a piece would work well. These eyes should resemble craft eyes: wide and goofy.
Next, approximately a half inch above the eyes, make an oval shape. This will be the opening in the macaroni. The shape should not be very round, but rather flat as if a circle had been squished down. You can even have some macaroni on hand for your kids to look at as an example.
The body of the macaroni will be made next. This will consist of two, curved parallel lines. One line should start from one end of the oval that you just made. The other should start from the other end of the oval. These lines should curve like a macaroni noodle curves, and they should be parallel so that the shape of the noodle remains consistent.
When you have to lines, you should start to see the shape of the macaroni. To finish the body, add a rounded line to the bottom of the two lines that you just made. This curved line should be perpendicular to the aforementioned lines.
Next, draw small arms on the sides of the macaroni. These arms can be as simple or as detailed as you like. Stick arms are just as cute as detailed muscular arms!
The next step involves shading, and this is the part of drawing macaroni that makes it look the most realistic. Start shading on one side of the macaroni; start by pressing hard with your pencil. The further away you get from your starting line, the less you should press with your pencil. This will give the illusion of light, depth, and shadow in your picture.
Finally, make a shadow underneath your piece of macaroni. This is done by drawing an oblong shape to one side of the macaroni noodle and coloring it in entirely with a pencil.
You have just created your very own macaroni drawing masterpiece! Kids will be very impressed with their own artistic talents. This drawing also helps students learn a bit about perspective, shape, and shadows. Do not be surprised if students start drawing their macaroni in different positions! Kids seem to enjoy experimenting with this shape, and often have their macaroni jumping all over the page by the end of the art project.
If you want to make this art project more in depth, you have several options. You could move students from pencil and paper drawing into painting to see if their skills transfer from one medium to another. Also, you could have students make a comic strip out of their macaroni figures.
