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Mrs. Sainz from Victoria, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books to Help Create Confident Digital Artists

Help me give my students books on how to draw characters for their Digital Art and Animation class. These books have been chosen to fit my students desires to draw various styles and kinds of characters and animals.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Sainz's classroom raised $576

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are always eager to learn more.

They are like sponges, seeking out and soaking up all the knowledge that they find interesting about how to draw characters.

Our school serves students in grades 9-12 and provides rigorous academics, fantastic teachers and a safe learning environment. As a result, we are consistently one of the top-performing schools in our district every year. Our goal is to prepare our students for success in college. Our campus is comprised of nearly 2,000 amazing students, many of whom come from bilingual households and receive free or reduced price lunch.

My Project

These books will help students to learn how to draw different characters. I have chosen books that are of interest to my students. They are big into drawing comics, cartoon style characters, manga style, fantasy characters, realistic animals, and dragons.

These books will help students expand beyond drawing stick figures with the confidence they will gain from the activities in these books.

My students are constantly seeking out different types of inspiration on how to draw these different characters. Most of them are new to art and are still unsure about their drawings. They need a confidence boost so that they can get past the idea that they seem to have that they cannot draw. These books are sure to help my students become more confident and successful.

Mrs. Sainz Victoria East High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

144 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
71281-1002 - Big Book of Drawing Animals • Blick Art Materials $22.99 1 $22.99
66704-1001 - Fast Draw Manga Challenge • Blick Art Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
68167-1001 - The Art of Urban Sketching (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $18.89 1 $18.89
71281-1003 - Learn to Draw Action Heroes • Blick Art Materials $17.91 1 $17.91
66703-1001 - Mastering Manga 3: Power Up with Mark Crilley • Blick Art Materials $16.49 1 $16.49
68113-1001 - Walter Foster The Art of Drawing Dragons (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $15.96 1 $15.96
70299-1001 - Walter Foster Series, The Art Of Drawing Manga and Comic Book Characters - Paperback • Blick Art Materials $15.96 1 $15.96
68122-1001 - Walter Foster The Art of Basic Drawing (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $15.96 1 $15.96
69523-1020 - Learn to Draw Disney: Classic Animated Movies - Paperback • Blick Art Materials $15.96 1 $15.96
66702-1001 - Illustration Studio: Beginning Manga An Interactive Guide to Learning the Art of Manga Illustration • Blick Art Materials $15.96 1 $15.96
69357-1001 - The Realism Challenge - Paperback • Blick Art Materials $15.39 1 $15.39
70106-1126 - Pencil Drawing Cats • Blick Art Materials $15.19 1 $15.19
67715-1001 - Portfolio: Beginning Pen & Ink • Blick Art Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
70687-1001 - Monster Factory - Paperback • Blick Art Materials $14.89 1 $14.89
71270-1001 - Classic Sketchbook: Cats • Blick Art Materials $14.28 1 $14.28
67480-1001 - Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces - Paperback • Blick Art Materials $14.21 1 $14.21
68163-1030 - Learn to Draw Your Favorite Disney Pixar Characters Expanded Edition • Blick Art Materials $13.78 1 $13.78
66705-1001 - The Complete Guide to Drawing Action Manga • Blick Art Materials $12.51 1 $12.51
70282-1001 - Super Simple Cartooning for Kids - Paperback • Blick Art Materials $11.99 1 $11.99
69532-1001 - Kids Draw Anime (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $11.95 1 $11.95
69532-1004 - Kids Draw Manga Shoujo (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $11.95 1 $11.95
68163-1029 - Horses & Ponies Drawing & Activity Book • Blick Art Materials $9.76 1 $9.76
69391-1003 - Strathmore Learning Series Instructional Drawing Pad - Learn to Draw Manga • Blick Art Materials $8.18 1 $8.18
69555-1006 - Walter Foster Drawing Made Easy: Flowers and Botanicals (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $7.96 1 $7.96
69555-1011 - Walter Foster Drawing Made Easy: Horses and Ponies (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $7.96 1 $7.96
69555-1009 - Walter Foster Drawing Made Easy: Lifelike Animals (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $7.96 1 $7.96
69523-1012 - Learn to Draw Disney: Favorite Fairies (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $7.96 1 $7.96
69555-1005 - Walter Foster Drawing Made Easy: Dogs and Puppies (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $7.96 1 $7.96
69555-1008 - Walter Foster Drawing Made Easy: Lifelike Heads (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $7.96 1 $7.96
69555-1007 - Walter Foster Drawing Made Easy: Beautiful Landscapes (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $7.96 1 $7.96
69555-1015 - Walter Foster Drawing Made Easy: Forest Animals - Paperback • Blick Art Materials $7.96 1 $7.96
69555-1010 - Walter Foster Drawing Made Easy: Dragons and Fantasy (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $7.96 1 $7.96
70151-1008 - Starting Out Drawing (Paperback) • Blick Art Materials $7.16 1 $7.16
68163-1015 - Walter Foster Learn to Draw Safari Animals - Paperback • Blick Art Materials $7.16 1 $7.16
68163-1016 - Walter Foster Learn to Draw Forest Animals - Paperback • Blick Art Materials $7.16 1 $7.16
68163-1019 - Walter Foster Learn to Draw Series - Exotic Animals • Blick Art Materials $7.16 1 $7.16
68163-1017 - Walter Foster Learn to Draw Dinosaurs - Paperback • Blick Art Materials $7.16 1 $7.16

Materials cost

$452.58

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$489.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.36

Total project goal

$575.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $575.73

1 Donor

-$287.86

Donations toward project cost

-$244.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.18

match offer

-$287.87

Match offer toward project cost

-$244.69

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.18

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