Egyptian Art Drawing Activities | Symmetry, Grid Drawing, Contour Line & Value
 
Explore the art and symbolism of Ancient Egypt while building drawing, observation, and shading skills in this engaging middle school and high school art resource. Students will study Egyptian artifacts, symbols, and designs through reflective symmetry activities, grid drawing, contour line practice, texture studies, and realistic value shading exercises inspired by museum artifacts.
This resource combines art history with hands-on drawing activities that strengthen observation, craftsmanship, contour line, texture, symmetry, and shading techniques.
 
What’s Included:
Intro page about Egyptian art and artifacts
Student discussion and reflection questions
Reflective symmetry “Draw the Other Half” Egyptian lotus activity
Reflective symmetry “Draw the Other Half” scarab activity
2 Egyptian mask grid drawing activities
Egyptian texture drawing and observation page
3 contour line and value drawing studies: Canopic Jar, Egyptian Cat Statue, Falcon Artifact each on 2 pages with contour line, value drawing, reflection questions, texture observation notes, value scale practice, label the drawing, and early finisher challenges
 
Why You’ll Love It:
Combines art history with technical drawing skills
Builds contour line, shading, texture, and observation techniques
Strengthens understanding of symmetry and proportion
Includes structured drawing support and extension activities
Easy to use for independent work or full-class instruction
High-interest artifacts help motivate students and spark discussion