Ian's Corner: Kindergarten Pictures

These are pictures of monsters I drew in kindergarten. I didn't make them in normal class; I made them in art class. For this first one, we read a book about monsters called Where the Wild Things Are and were informed to draw pictures of wild monsters.

I just want to talk about why I drew it the way I did: Well, in the book Where the Wild Things Are, there was a monster kind of like this but it lived in the water, not on land. I was trying to make it a little more different than the one in the book. I changed the color, the element it lives in, and its jaw--it is very bizarre because there was no mandible (the bottom jaw). I'm kind of upset with the color choice, though, because you can barely see it in the picture and its arm looks like it's covered with skin although it's just that color scales.

This picture: I first drew the outlines in pencil, and then traced the pencil with permanent marker. Then we colored it in, and it was supposed to be mixed up (out of two or more animals). I picked a crocodile for the body and tail, and a bat for the wings and head.
Unlike the other picture, this one has a mandible, just like a bat. I picked it because I like reptiles and I also like flying things. Because a bat is the only flying mammal, and a crocodile can't fly, I combined them and the picture looks magnificent. I was behind on the picture, though, for four weeks. That's because I was working on the scales for two entire classes (not to mention it was just in pencil) and then I had to copy it all over in permanent marker.

I still like to draw monsters in first grade, not to mention I still like to draw reptiles like chameleons. I mostly draw dragons, but once in a while I draw Bionicles or I start writing books. And that's all about my drawing experiences for now.