Today I am going to show you how to draw an alien in six simple steps. The first step is to draw a curved line for the head and thorns on the back. Then you make a big mouth. Then make another curved line under the mouth and a reptillish eye. If you are a girl do the face shown on the bottom of step one and don't do details or muscles. Step two is the body. Make two lines. Then make a collar of a shirt. Then you make the start of the arm then make two more lines under the start of the arms. Step three is the arms. First you draw metal armpads. Above the arm you put the three fingers. Step four is the belt and the thighs. Step five is under the thighs you put cloth and three toes on the foot, two in front and one in back. The last step is the details like shading on the arms, the legs and the top of the head. The details are also the ribs. And that is how you draw an alien. By Nathan Pederson
Nathan did his "How to.." 3rd grade speech on Friday. I was so proud of him coming up with his own idea and making the poster and practicing again and again. When I asked him how he felt right before he did his speech he said he felt really nervous and was going through his speech in his head over and over. Then I asked him how he felt after his speech and he said "I felt like the most popular kid in school. Everyone was clapping and one girl asked for my autograph and bought one of my pictures for $1. (which by the way I am not totally sure if they are allowed to actually sell things at school, but he was really excited). Nate you are awesome! My favorite part is drawing the reptillish eye. 
