Drawing Power! With Michael Moodoo

Gr 3 Up—Clad in a Mad Hatter-type hat and an airbrushed suit, Michael Moodoo, a professional animator and former elementary school art teacher, explains and demonstrates how to draw wizards, castles, and dragons. The animation and background music is a bit hokey. Moodoo offers clear, concise, step-by-step instructions. Teachers and students should be aware that there are lots of "secret shapes" (egg, mountain, ice cream cone) that need to be practiced before drawing the final products. Make sure students have a big pile of scrap paper and pencils with erasers so that they can practice. Once these shapes are mastered, students will have no problem drawing these objects. Moodoo does a fine job of explaining concepts such as 3-D design and perspective. A great video for art units on fantasy figures.—Ivy Miller, Wyoming Seminary Upper School, Kingston, PA