How to Draw: Candle

How to Draw: Candle

Ages 5–10 · 3 minutes · Art

Light up your life!

Required materials: pencil, paper, coloring utensils

In this step-by-step directed drawing, students will be guided through a candle drawing.

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Standards alignment

Alabama

  • ELA21.K.38 — Improve pictorial and written presentations, as needed, by planning, revising, editing, and using suggestions from peers and adults.
  • MA19.K.22 — Model shapes in the world by building them from sticks, clay balls, or other components and by drawing them.

Alaska

  • K.G.5 — Build shapes (e.g., using sticks and clay) and draw shapes.

Arizona

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Arkansas

  • K.GM.5 — Compose and draw shapes found in the world using objects (e.g., straws, toothpicks, clay balls).

Colorado

  • RWC20-GR.1-S.1-GLE.2-EO.d — Give and follow simple two-step directions.
  • RWC20-GR.PS-S.3-GLE.1-EO.c — Use scribbles, shapes, pictures, and letters to represent objects, stories, experiences, or ideas.
  • RWC20-GR.PS-S.3-GLE.1-EO.a — Experiment with writing tools and materials.

Connecticut

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Delaware

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Florida

  • SC.K.N.1.4 — Observe and create a visual representation of an object which includes its major features.
  • ELA.K.C.1.5 — With guidance and support from adults, improve drawing and writing, as needed, by planning, revising, and editing.

Georgia

  • K.GSR.8.3 — Use basic shapes to represent specific shapes found in the environment by creating models and drawings.

Hawaii

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Idaho

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components/materials and drawing shapes.

Illinois

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Indiana

  • 2.CC.6 — Give and follow oral directions with three or more steps.
  • 1.CC.7 — Give and follow oral directions with two or three steps.
  • K.CC.5 — Follow simple two or three-step oral directions.

Kansas

  • K.G.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g. sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Louisiana

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Maine

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Maryland

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.
  • L.PK.2.d — Develop fine motor skills necessary to control and sustain handwriting.

Massachusetts

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Michigan

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Minnesota

  • K.3.1.3 — Use basic shapes and spatial reasoning to model objects in the real-world. For example: A cylinder can be used to model a can of soup. Another example: Find as many rectangles as you can in your classroom. Record the rectangles you found by making drawings.

Missouri

  • 1.SL.1.A.c — following two-step instructions, according to classroom expectations
  • 2.SL.1.A.b — following three-step instructions, according to classroom expectations

Montana

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world from a variety of cultural contexts, including those of Montana American Indians, by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Nebraska

  • LA.2.SL.1.e — Complete a task following multi-step directions.
  • LA.1.SL.1.e — Complete a task following one/two-step directions.
  • LA.K.SL.1.e — Complete a task following one/two-step directions.

Nevada

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

New Jersey

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

New Mexico

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.
  • SL.1.5 — Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

New York

  • NY-PK.G.4 — Create and build shapes from components.

North Carolina

  • NC.K.G.1 — Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of objects using positional terms.

Ohio

  • K.G.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components, e.g., sticks and clay balls, and drawing shapes.

Oklahoma

  • 1.1.L.2 — Students will follow simple two- and three-step oral directions.
  • 2.1.L.2 — Students will follow multi-step oral directions.
  • K.1.L.2 — Students will follow simple one- and two-step oral directions.
  • K.GM.1.6 — Use basic shapes and spatial reasoning to represent objects in the real world.

Oregon

  • K.GM.B.5 — Represent shapes in the world by building shapes from components and drawing shapes.

Pennsylvania

  • 3.5.3-5.C — Follow directions to complete a technological task.
  • 3.5.K-2.Q — Apply skills necessary for making in design.
  • 3.5.K-2.P — Discuss that all designs have different characteristics that can be described.

Rhode Island

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

South Dakota

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Tennessee

  • K.ETS1.2 — Describe objects accurately by drawing and/or labeling pictures.

Texas

  • K.6F — create two-dimensional shapes using a variety of materials and drawings.

Utah

  • P3.SL.1.b — Follow one-step directions.
  • P4.SL.1.b — Follow two-step directions.

Washington

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

Washington, D.C.

  • K.G.B.5 — Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

West Virginia

  • ELA.PK.WR.EW.1 — Use scribbles, shapes, pictures, and letters to represent objects, stories, experiences, or ideas.
  • ELA.PK.WR.EW.5 — Experiment with a variety of writing tools and materials (ex: pencils, chalk, markers, sand, developmentally appropriate technology)

Wisconsin

  • ELA.K.SL.5 — With guidance and support, create an original or utilize existing visual displays to support descriptions.