One of my favorite things to do when I visit schools is to create a bear Character. I draw the bear while the kids decide what it is wearing. This is the same process I go through when I draw characters in my books. This page shows the steps in drawing the bear and presents a few ideas for things the bear might wear. Please have fun using it in your classes. The steps:
  1. TopOfHead
  2. Head
  3. Eyes
  4. Nose
  5. Mouth
  6. Head And Face
  7. Neck
  8. Trunk
  9. Sleeves
  10. Arms
  11. Pockets
  12. Shorts
  13. Legs
  14. Left Shoe
  15. Start Right Shoe
  16. More Right Shoe
  17. Finish Right Shoe
  18. Start Shading
  19. Final

This Animation show how these steps fit together.

Things the Bear might wear:

These images are also available as a PDF file. This file has a higher resolution collection of the steps and is great for printing out the steps, but it is fairly large (1.7 megabytes) and a PDF reader is required to read it.

Return To Janet's Home Page
Suggestions or Questions? Please send me a message at rhinoink@aol.com