Form Drawing Resources

I'm moving this article off the website and onto here so that people are able to comment and share additional links.

First, some Form Drawing background information:

Excellent Form Drawing article by Rosemary Gebert

“Form Drawing with Rick and Jennifer Tan” interview transcript from the Waldorf Connection

My original Form Drawing Notes (PDF)

Teaching 2nd grade? Here's a complete list of 25 suggested stories to accompany the 25 running forms in volume 1 of Form Drawing for Better Handwriting - which you can download from my website

Form Drawing blog post by Ducks in the Pond

Here are some additional resources:

Form Drawing Curricula

Form Drawing for the Homeschooling Parent - from Waldorf Without Walls

Beginning with Form Drawing - from Live Education!
(in my opinion, this one is the best)

Form Drawing for Beginners - from Christopherus Homeschool Resources

Form Drawing: Grades One through Four by Laura Embrey-Stine & Ernst Schuberth

Form Drawing by Hans R. Niederhauser & Margaret Frohlich

The "Write" Approach: Form Drawing for Better Handwriting book 1 by Joen Gladich and Paula A. Sassi

The "Write" Approach: Form Drawing for Better Handwriting book 2 by Joen Gladich and Paula A. Sassi

Creative Form Drawing by Rudolf Kutzli
Book One
Book Two
Book Three

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Sources for Forms

Remarkably, most parents feel there is a "specific guide" to teach the "mysteries" of form drawing. Initially, it was translated as Form Designing; the simplicity of the name of this way of drawing is the answer to the mystery. You are simply designing and then drawing forms!

Once that realization is established, it's easy to locate sources.

British & Celtic Forms

Celtic Design : The Dragon and the Griffin : The Viking Impact



Celtic Design : Animal Patterns



Celtic Design : Maze Patterns



Celtic Design : The Tree of Life



Celtic Design : Spiral Patterns



Celtic Design : Knotwork : The Secret Method of the Scribes



Celtic Design : A Beginner's Manual



Celtic Knotwork Designs



Celtic Art : The Methods of Construction



Celtic Designs from the British Museum

Dover Publications (Dover Pictoral Archive Series)

Spanish Tile Designs in Full Color



Treasury of Ironwork Designs: 469 Examples from Historical Sources



Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design



Arabic Art in Color



Islamic Designs in Color



Islamic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople



Geometrix: 161 Patterns and Motifs for Artists and Designers

Check your local library system for the Dover Pictoral Archive Series; mine has 17 titles. Then simply photocopy the pages you need. Or wander the nonfiction system using the Dewey Decimal System: try looking around 741.

Picture Books

Verdi by Janell Cannon