Imagination Draw Along: a low stimulation drawing show for kids

Today I want to draw a lemonade stand. We'll draw a big table with a banner. Our table will have a pitcher and a bowl of lemons and some extra bonus fruits. Today's episode is inspired by the ongoing heat that many of us are facing across the globe. Remember to take breaks from the sun and sip lots of water! Here are 3 ideas your imagination can wonder about based on our drawing today: If you coul...

Today I want to draw a collage of classic good luck charms from across the world. I'll show you how to draw them and I'll tell you who feels good luck from them. We'll draw a horse shoe, a four leaf clover, a hamsa, and a waving, beckoning cat. These are all good luck symbols from Europe, the Americas, Japan, and countries across the Middle East. Here are 3 ideas your imagination can wonder about...

Today I want to draw fireworks over a picnic blanket to celebrate the Fourth of July. We'll draw a picnic blanket and I'll show you how to draw people from behind as they sit down and look up at the sky. We'll also draw some classic American snacks. And of course, we'll draw a sky full of colorful fireworks. We also talk about how even though fireworks are beautiful and fun, sometimes fireworks ca...

Today I want to draw a cowboy riding a horse. This was an artist submitted idea! Thank you so much, Emi :) We’ll draw a horse of course, and a cowboy wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots. We'll also give our cowboy a lasso so he can wrangle his cattle. In this episode we'll try a technique of noticing which parts of the picture to draw first so that your cowboy looks like he's on top of his horse...

Today I want to draw a Let's draw a yellow submarine floating by an octopus's garden. This is a Beatles inspired episode, indeed. We'll draw a yellow submarine in the ocean with windows. a periscope, and a captain. On the bottom of our under water song scene, we'll draw an octopus tending her garden. We'll talk about how The Beatles are artists used their imaginations to come up with songs. Here a...

Today I want to draw a monster truck rally with a giant monster truck jumping from a ramp and flying through the air. The truck will fly over some squished cars. The driver will wear a big helmet. And artists will design and decorate the truck in any way you want. It's your artist's choice. Here are 3 ideas your imagination can wonder about based on our drawing today: Do you think it would be fun...

Today I want to draw a camping trip. Today's picture will have a tent, a camp fire with logs around it, some s'mores and hot dog roasting sticks. We'll also have a water bucket for fire safety, a flashlight, and a book. We'll talk about how there's no electricity or iPads in the woods, just good company or family, friends, and nature. Here are 3 ideas your imagination can wonder about based on our...

Today I want to draw giraffes munching on leaves in a tree. Today's episode is extra special because it's the first time an artist has sent in an idea! Special thank you to artist Addy who came up with this idea. Today's picture will have big trees with lots of leaves, a tall giraffe with spots, and a few fun giraffe facts. Does your resident artist have an idea? Send it over to https://www.imagin...

Today I want to draw a basketball player jumping up toward the net to make a basket. He or she will be very strong and you get to decide what their uniform colors are. I am feeling inspired by the Men's NBA Finals. I wonder if you are an artist as well as a basketball player or fan. Here are 3 ideas your imagination can wonder about based on our drawing today. Why do basketball players work hard t...

Today I want to draw a flag that represents you, and all of your favorite things. We will draw a collage of our favorite things, including favorite color, food, weather, animal, game, and book. Our paper will become a flag, and each of our flags represent ourselves. This episode will include many artist choices because I bet we don't have the same favorite things. It's cool that we're all so diffe...

Today I want to draw a cool spaceship landing on earth, with two friendly aliens. Since I've never personally seen a spaceship or an alien, we will be using extra imagination to add details to a giant spaceship--in today's case flying saucer style. Then we will create 2 very wacky looking creatures who are visiting earth. We will also draw signs that these aliens have visited before! 🧠 Here are 3...

Today I want to draw a wedding scene, inspired by the wedding I am going to this weekend. We'll draw a bride and a groom, and some flowers to decorate. Your artist choice will be draw clothes to make the bride and groom feel fancy on their special day. In my culture, brides usually wear white and grooms wear a suit and tie or bow tie. If you prefer to dress your happy couple in lehengas and sherwa...

Today I want to draw a baseball player standing at home plate, holding his bat, ready to swing. You're in charge of designing his uniform and decorating his bat with your artist choices. We'll also draw the baseball coming his way! And the dugout, where he'll sit when it's not his turn to bat. Here are ideas your can wonder about based on our drawing today: Why do baseball players wear uniforms? H...

Today I want to draw a monarch butterfly's metamorphosis. We'll fold our paper into four sections. In each section, we'll draw a part of the metamorphosis. This picture will have an egg laid on a milkweed plant, a caterpillar, a chrysalis, and finally a monarch butterfly. I'll let you know which colors appear in nature, but if you don't want to use those colors, that's your artist's choice. Imagin...

Today I want to draw monkeys swinging in the tree branches. We'll draw two big, strong trees with lots of branches so the monkeys have a place to play. We'll draw three silly monkeys, swinging and leaping! It will be your artist choice to decide what you should draw below the trees on the ground. Here are 3 ideas you can wonder about based on our drawing today: Why do monkeys like to play in trees...

Today I want to draw a magician pulling a rabbit from his hat. A magician does a lot of interesting magic tricks. We'll draw a magician on stage, his top hat with a rabbit coming out, a magic wand, a magic box, and a magic scarf of many colors. What types of magic will you draw in your box? Until we draw together again next time, here are some ideas your imagination can wonder about based on our d...

Today I want to draw a Venus flytrap. These are carnivorous plants, which means they are plants that eat bugs. I'll walk you through drawing a few Venus flytraps and tell you a little bit about them. We'll draw some flies buzzing around, and it's up to you if the Venus flytrap catches one. Here are 3 things your imagination can wonder about based on our drawing: Venus flytraps and flies have diffe...

Today I want to draw a desert scene. This scene will show the flat, sandy desert with two cacti. a butte with sedimentary layers, a rattle snake from deserts of the western hemisphere, and a camel from the eastern hemisphere. We talk about how some artists like drawing with accuracy and some like drawing abstract and both are cool! Here are 3 things your imagination can wonder about based on our d...

Today I want to draw a chicken crossing the road. This drawing is based on one of my favorite jokes, which I can't wait to tell you! We'll draw a chicken, a road, a chicken coop, and a basket of eggs that the farmer collected. Here are 3 things your imagination can wonder about based on your drawing: Can you think of other reasons for the chicken to cross the road? How can you help the chicken cro...

Today I want to draw a fancy princess. She'll have a fancy dress that we get to imagine and design, and of course fancy hair and jewelry. She has gems on her crown that were passed down to her from the queens before her. But what else was passed down? She'll be holding one object in each hand, both representing what type of ruler she is. Here are 3 things your imagination can wonder about based on...

Today I want to draw a chef, cooking in his kitchen. We'll draw his classic hat and apron. We will make a big pot for soup and lots of veggies and other ingredients. You get to come up with a secret ingredient for the recipe. Here are 3 things your imagination can wonder about related to our drawing today: Do you think the soup your chef made will taste good? Why are chef’s hats tall? Can you imag...

Today, in honor of Earth Day and Earth Month, I want to draw a before and after picture of cleaned up pollution. We'll fold the paper in half to divide the picture. On one side of the paper, we'll draw a polluted scene, with a sad tree and a sludgy pond. Then, we'll imagine the scene cleaned up. On the other side of the paper, we'll draw a tree and a pond thriving in a clean environment. Until we...

Today, in honor of Earth Day and Earth Month, I want to draw a racoon digging through the trash bin to eat some discarded food. We'll draw a trash bin, a cute and mischievous raccoon, and lots of garbage. We'll wonder about where so much garbage comes from and if we can do anything to create less trash--even if it makes the racoon a little sad. Why do raccoons and trash pandas like to eat from hum...

Today I want to draw a tree house. The tree house can be a place call our own and feel safe. We'll start with a big strong tree trunk and branches. Then a tree house with a door and window. And we'll add a few different creative ways to get up and down. There will be lots of artistic choices to be made, like the shape of the window, and what kind of swing the tree house should have. Here are a few...

Today I want to draw a scientist, or better yet a scientist version of you! We'll think about how we'd feel if were making something. We'll add classic crazy hair and safety goggles. Of course, we'll have a table full of different beakers. The artist's imagination will decide what the scientist is concocting. Oh, and we'll draw a special tiny helper for the scientist. Here are 3 things your imagin...