In a Galaxy Far, Far Away...Imagine yourself as a Jedi character. Wield a lightsaber as you defend the galaxy! Use the Force to focus on each pencil stroke in this directed drawing beginner art class. Challenge yourself to build your Jedi art skills. 

Drawing is fun AND trains our brain to think clearly. 
Drawing makes us slow down, be patient, and pay attention! 
Sound familiar? It's like a real Jedi using the force to focus! Our brain is amazing!

Does this sound like skills that will be useful to be successful in life? You bet! 
And you thought this was just a fun art class!
Instead, it is a REAL-LIFE CHALLENGE to build skills for success.

Join Jedi Master Zia in the DRAW YOURSELF AS A JEDI ART COURSE today!

Drawing and coloring develop Jedi skills that help us be successful in other ways, such as:

•	Fine motor coordination
•	Spatial reasoning
•	Visualization
•	Self-discipline
•	Creative problem-solving
•	Growth mindset

Art techniques in this course:

•	Identify simple shapes in your own face
•	Practice colored pencil shading tricks
•	Contrast color pencil, sharpie and highlighter pen 
         to give your sketch more dimension 

DRAW YOURSELF AS A JEDI ART COURSE SCHEDULE:

1.	Sketch of a cartoon style Jedi body design with 
        direct drawing instruction from Jedi Master Zia

2.	Look at a photo of yourself or reflection in a small mirror 
        to identify the simple shapes in your own face

3.	Practice on an extra piece of paper to design your head, face and hair 

4.	Add your head, face and hair to the sketch of your Jedi body

5.	Trace with a Black Sharpie

6.	Use colored pencil shading tricks to make your
        Jedi sketch come to life!

7.	Color your light saber with a highlighter pen 
        to make it glow!

8.	YOU ARE NOW A JEDI! 

9.     If we have time we may draw different Jedi poses for you to finish on your own!

10.	Optional: 
        Use scissors to cut out your Jedi drawing.  
        Glue onto a construction paper background of your choice. 
        Proudly display your artwork!

FOR PARENTS:
Did you know that drawing and coloring activates the brain to learn and understand? 
It creates new neural pathways that helps us better retain an idea or encode information. 
Our fingers and hands have the most of the nerve endings and muscles of our bodies. 
Controlling all that fine motor movement makes our brain work hard!

Our brain is challenged as it coordinates visualization, imagination, and movement. 
CHALLENGES make us stronger. Even when we make mistakes, our brains strengthen other 
neural pathways to creatively problem solve. As part of the artistic process, our drawings 
can even turn out better than we expected! As a bonus, the brain also releases dopamine as we draw. It relaxes our body and rewards us to be motivated to finish what we started.  We WANT to find out how our finished artwork will turn out!