Rachel created a major project where she learned to draw different animals each week by watching YouTube tutorials. Each week she drew the animal three times and made a video of her final drawing as proof of learning. Over four weeks she learned to draw a green sea turtle, polar bear, great horned owl, and bearded dragon. She was proud of improving her drawing skills and gaining confidence in her artistic abilities.

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Major Project
By Rachel Huffman

2. Drawing
S For my major project, I chose to learn how to draw using
YouTube. Each week I picked a different animal and drew
that animal three times throughout the week. At the end
of each week, I made a video of me drawing the animal
to prove that I have learned how to draw them on my
own. In this presentation I will show you what I learned
each week, starting with the video I learned from, then
showing you the three drawings I made, and finally the
videos of my drawings. I hope you enjoy 

3. Materials

4. Week 1: Learning
S Here is a link to the video I watched to learn how to draw
a Green Sea Turtle: VIDEO

5. Week 1: First Drawing

6. Week 1: Second Drawing

7. Week 1: Third Drawing

8. Week 1: Video/Assessment
S Here is a link to the video that I made for week 1 on the
Green Sea Turtle: VIDEO

9. Week 2: Learning
S Here is a link to the video I watched to learn how to draw
a Polar Bear: VIDEO

10. Week 2: First Drawing

11. Week 2: Second Drawing

12. Week 2: Third Drawing

13. Week 2: Video/Assessment
S Here is a link to the video that I made for week 2 on the
Polar Bear: VIDEO

14. Week 3: Learning
S Here is a link to the video I watched to learn how to draw
a Great Horned Owl: VIDEO

15. Week 3: First Drawing

16. Week 3: Help From a Friend
This week I was having trouble drawing the owl, because it
is pretty difficult to do. I had my friend, Amber, help me. She
gave me some helpful hints that you will see improved my
second drawing of the owl. Anyways, here is her image of
the owl (without shading).

17. Week 3: Second Drawing

18. Week 3: Third Drawing

19. Week 3: Video/Assessment
S Here is a link to the video that I made for week 3 on the
Great Horned Owl: VIDEO

20. Week 4: Learning
S Here is a link to the video I watched to learn how to draw
a Bearded Dragon: VIDEO

21. Week 4: First Drawing

22. Week 4: Second Drawing

23. Week 4: Third Drawing

24. Week 4: Video/Assessment
S Here is a link to the video that I made for week 4 on the
Bearded Dragon: VIDEO

25. Summary
S All in all, I really liked learning how to draw and it made
me feel really good. I have always felt like I was never
artistic and it always felt like one of my weakest traits.
Doing these drawings and videos made me realize that if
I just take the time to learn it, I can do it. I am really proud
of myself for sticking to my project and feeling great
about my drawings. I will admit that weeks one and three
were much harder than the other two, but I feel a lot more
proud of those difficult drawings. Now I am confident that
I can draw and I am artistic, because I tried and I learned.

26. Blog
S You can check out all of the content I’ve added to this
video on my blog. It is all nicely embedded for you there
so if you’re not fond of clicking on the link you can check
out my progress and my silly comments there. Here is a
link to the major project page on my blog: BLOG
S Thank you for sticking with my whole project for this long,
I hope you enjoyed it and who knows, maybe you’ll try
some of the drawings too!