Activity: Draw Your Initials

1. Before you start, plan out your drawing. Here we plan a letter G.

• What color do you want to use? If you want red:  pen red
• What direction should the turtle point? Turn a bit left:  lt 60

pen red
lt 60

2. Draw the first line. If it is a curve, think about:

• Does the arc curve left or right? We use "lt" to curve left.
• How much of a circle do we want? We use 240 degrees.
• How big should the circle be? We pick 50 pixels as the radius.

pen red
lt 60
lt 240,50

3. Turn and then draw the next line.

• Remember to turn the turtle to point it the way you want.
• Experiment with sizes until the line is the length you want.
• Keep adding lines until your initial is finished.
• You can use "pen null" to turn off the pen.

pen red
lt 60
lt 240,50
lt 60
fd 30
lt 90
fd 20