Still Life : Train

The other day Miles wanted to draw a train, so we had a little lesson in looking at the shapes to create drawings.  He asked how to draw a train, and so I put together his little wooded train on the table and we looked at the shapes that make up a train.  Then we began drawing.

He started with the engine using rectangles and circles.  He referred back to his toy train to get the details correct.

After he drew the train we talked about where the train was, so he drew the train on a track on a bridge that is up on tresses.  

He added further details to the picture by added a few skyscrapers to the picture.  

Here is the finished product.  

Chugga chugga Choo Choo!!!