Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Monitor Progress: How to Draw Full Version


My Rating: 5/5

       This is a great app for learning artists. It teaches kids to draw specific things, step by step. Verbal instructions guide young artists through the process along with visual cues. The end result is a sketch done completely by the learner, with a lot of help from the app. In the end you walk away with the memory of how to draw certain objects and cute finished sketches that you can save and print. 

      The app is one payment of $1.99. 

This is an example of one of the drawings you can create, a dog.
On the left is the dog that they will teach you to draw,
and on the right is an example of a child's finished product.
Here are 3 more options of objects you can learn to draw,
a princess, a tank, and a space shuttle.
Monitor Progress
        This app is great for monitoring student work. The feature of being able to save, share and print your work would allow me to view their progress and make sure they are practicing sketching. It is a great app for young artists, and a great start to learning how to draw different objects. Once you practice drawing something a few times with help from this app, you will eventually be able to do it from memory. 
        
        The limitations that this app might create is a dependency on step by step intense direction when it comes to drawing new things. I would not want students to rely on a lot of direction when they want to draw. They should also be learning to draw objects by looking at them in real life.

2 comments:

  1. Paige,

    I really like the concept of this app. Not everyone is an artist like myself and something like this I would of loved to use in high school since I wasn't the best artist in the class. Also I agree with your comment on the dependency this app can create, but I feel like it can help kids become more comfortable to draw those objects by looking at them after they gain there confidence from the help of the application.

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    1. I agree, this app is great for building confidence in young artists. It creates a collection of images in the mind of the artist to reference in the future.

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