Help! My significant other wants me to teach them art!!!

I'm an artist and I just recently got into a serious relationship. My significant other wants to spend more time together and has asked me to teach them how to paint. At first I thought this was a good idea but we're supposed to have our first "lesson" in a few days and I have no idea where to start or what to do. I need advice.
Also something to note I have no formal training and taught myself through trial and error. Anything will help. Thanks in advance

 

This was posted some time ago so I don't know if still relevant(?)
My Art teaches used to use the KISS (Keep It Succinctly Simple) philosophy.:-
* Draw a circle, Draw a square (on lined paper - freehand)
* Get comfortable with the flow
* Access key Points (Circles as a Clock face, Squares = half, quarter points on a line)
* Use of Pencil to gauge degrees of shading
and
* Practice
Hope this assists

 

Sketching is my best guess. You know... as with a face; horizontal line across where the eyes will go. An oval for the shape of the head.

 

Get the book. Drawing on the right side of the brain - Betty Edwards

follow the lessons in it.

 

Are we raising the Titanic this week?
I keep seeing old threads. lol

 

well it was posted back in September. Not as old as it could be, but if someone was looking for the same thing or the OP is still needing help. it is a good and solid book to use if wanting to learn, or even improve.

 

True I was teasing.
I paint anyway.
I have two threads.

 

you have two threads! What does that mean? I paint too.

 

It means I posted some of my paintings.
I would love to see your work.

 

Just show them what you know about art!

 

Make it fun. Model naked for them.

 

Look through books and magazines together and see what kinds of images strike a chord with either of you. Find out what you both like to see when you look at art and then try to create something similar. Use a small canvas to start, in case it doesn't work out. That way you won't have to spend too much time on one thing. Keep it simple, move on and keep trying new things.

 

plenty of good tutorials on the net. get a downloader though so they don't have to stay online. also once you have them on your/their computer, you/they can slow them down or go back over parts that weren't entirely clear.