As we look closely, we might struggle with how to begin.  How do we communicate what we see?  Alongside the children we are researching tools for drawing, the strategies that help us capture what we see with paper and pen. 

We might begin as Ryan has suggested, drawing an outline.  We might begin by envisioning the shapes that we see.  Or we might break the object into parts, as Sevi has done with other tools.  We might draw the object’s faces, as Charlie did when drawing the camera. 

As children discover these strategies we make them visible to the group.  As they experiment with different tools, they uncover their own ways of seeing.  As they notice more details, they ask further questions, wondering what this object might be…