Develop your design skills as you create this beautiful summer beach scene in Google Drawings. In this lesson, we explore using gradient fills, creating custom shapes, duplicating, grouping and layering so that you can create amazing digital artworks of your own!

• Access Google Drawings: https://docs.google.com/drawings
• Buy merch at Redbubble: http://redbubble.com/people/teachwonderful
• Check out our website: https://www.teachwonderful.com/
• Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teachwonderful
• Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/teachwonderful
• Watch us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/teachwonderful

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction to Google Drawings
0:24 Naming your document and page setup
1:07 Applying a gradient fill to the background
2:27 Creating shapes
5:21 Duplicating objects with copy and paste
6:31 Grouping objects
11:35 Layering and reordering objects
13:56 Adding additional design elements
14:20 Summary of design skills

Theme music
/”Success Resolution Video Game Fanfare Sound Effect/” by FunWithSound
Licensed under Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0).
https://freesound.org/people/FunWithSound/sounds/456968/

Colour Palette
/”Photoshop Swatches Library for Flat UI Design/” by Alex Kolpikov
https://dribbble.com/shots/1070680-Photoshop-Swatches-Library-for-Flat-UI-Design

Recommended for Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 and Year 7 students.
Recommended for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6 and Grade 7 students.

See https://teachwonderful.com for ideas on how differentiate this task for your students. #googledrawings​ #googleclassroom #designforkids #teaching #characteranimator​
© 2022 by Teach Wonderful. All rights reserved.

Please take the opportunity to connect and share this video with your friends and family if you find it useful.