When it comes to biological drawing skills, practice, practice, practice!
When I first introduce these skills, we start by drawing fruit, vegetables, and leaves. It is easy to set up several stations with different specimens. This gets your students moving and they will end with a variety of diagrams.
When we move on to drawing cells and tissues, I start by giving them photomicrographs to practice from.
After that, we move on to the microscopes. Introducing these drawing skills is much easier if you start by using a digital microscope or a virtual microscope. You can then show your students what they should be drawing. I’m sure all of us have received some drawings of cells that look nothing like anything that should have been on that microscope slide!
Here is a sample of my Drawing Skills packet to use with your students!