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This is an update to the column from the September 2012 issue of Children’s Technology Review.

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All links and videos have been refreshed. When Walt Disney a young he loved to draw. After studying at the Chicago Art Institute, he made drawings for newspapers before experimenting with animation. See one of his first drawings https://dailym.ai/2G8jl0i. Want to learn to draw like Walt? Here are some sites and videos to show you how.

1. How can a wire help you learn to draw? At Artsy you’ll learn how a 15 inch length of wire can help you pay attention to drawing lines. You can also try sketching something upside down. Here’s the link http://bitly.com/2rrWiU7z.

2. How do I draw a horse? There are a lot of sites dedicated to drawing creatures … birds, cats and dogs. If you like horses or ponies, visit http://bitly.com/2G783JJ for some good tips.

3. How do you make curly hair? At Creativebloq http://bitly.com/2rtmVYL you can discover some easy visual sketching tricks, like how to make any two lines look like curley hair.

4. How do I make a cartoon? Start with a sack of flour, and then start adding features. Learn more at http://bitly.com/2G5TQN6

5. Draw a cartoon of yourself At the Artist’s Network bitly.com/lc1218link1 you’ll learn how to turn a selfie into humorous cartoon. Once you learn this trick, you’ll have an endless supply of birthday gifts.

APPLICATION: Grab some oil paints (here’s an affordable kit for $30 from Amazon.com https://amzn.to/2rvOO2o, and follow along with artist Bob Ross. He’s the guy who appeared on the PBS television series “The Joy of Painting.” See http://bitly.com/lc1218link2. If you want to try a follow along with watercolors instead of oils, we found this winter scene https://youtu.be/VmHc3xbqcGA

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