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in Art· Hands On· High School· Highschool

Complete-A-Sketch Technical Art for Homeschoolers

If you have kids interested in drafting and computer-aided design you will most likely want to start with technical drawing. Insight Technical Education has a series called Complete-A-Sketch to help your kids do just that.

Complete-A-Sketch from Insight Technical Education is a series of technical art books that help form a base for drafting and CAD work. A review from The Curriculum Choice

Complete-A-Sketch Technical Drawing Books

Complete-A-Sketch is a series of books for technical drawing that start simply and then build in difficulty. They begin with a brief explanation of orthographic projections, isometric projections, and perspectives, and then it’s drawing, drawing, drawing.

Complete-A-Sketch author, Mel Peterman, has spent years doing drafting and CAD work in architecture, piping and electrical blueprints, and machinery design. Mel’s idea is to give students the foundational work of doing technical drawing manually so they may have a better “feel” and “style” when progressing to CAD programs.

My boys unanimously agree that they like the Complete-A-Sketch workbooks from Insight Technical Education.

These have been a great tool for both my sons as part of their drawing skills curriculum. The workbook is set up so there is a small completed sketch in one corner and then there are several guide marks on the larger portion of the page where the child will duplicate the sketch from the top. The back of the book describes it as “complex dot-to-dot”, but I have found them to be challenging for my very technically apt middle and high school age boys.

They have learned to use a straight edge and circle template with these workbooks. I have expected neat and careful work. Even so, these assignments are considered “fun” by my boys.

We have completed: Orthographic Volume 1 and Perspective Volume 3.

We will be ordering and completing the Advanced Complete-A-Sketch program later this year. One aspect of this program that I especially like is that now you can purchase the books as an ebook. The ebook version allows me to print a page for my son on demand which will be very handy.

Complete-A-Sketch Samples

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I would recommend these workbooks for middle school age students and above. I purchased my Complete-A-Sketch curriculum from Rainbow Resource. If you purchase the print edition, I would recommend getting one workbook for each child since this is something you can not share.

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Originally published October 2009, written by Barb-Harmony Art mom.

Barb (48 Posts)

Barb McCoy- Harmony Art Mom writes about homeschooling their teens on her blog Harmony Art Mom. and taking family outdoor adventures on her other blog, Handbook of Nature Study. She is the author and host for the Outdoor Hour Challenge and a series of ebooks helping families get started with simple nature study. Barb also founded Harmony Fine Arts which helps homeschoolers with their art and music appreciation.

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Filed Under: Art, Hands On, High School, Highschool Tagged With: Art, drawing, electives, High School, junior high school, updated by Heidi C, Written by Barb

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  1. Brenda says

    October 1, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    I’ve never heard of these before. Thanks for sharing! I will look into these for my boys as they get older.

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