I asked my young artist to pick his favorite things from the pantry for this easy drawing activity. Of course, he picked all the junk food! We set up the items on some white paper and put a large sheet in the background to eliminate visual distractions. This was challenging […]
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Super Art Friday-“Using Your Imagination”
This was a piece of scratch paper that had been used to test paint colors. It didn’t look very interesting, but I gave my young artist a challenge for our Super Art Friday project. I handed her the paper and a black pen and said, “Use your imagination. What could this be?” She looked at […]
Doodle Books by Nellie Ryan
My 8-year-old daughter loves these doodle books so much I had to write a post about them. They are SUPER FUN! Each page has the beginning of a drawing that you complete and color. There are several different books available and each one is full of different designs: My […]
Photo of the Week–“Drawing Practice”
Here’s a photo I took last week when my daughter was drawing the roses. I didn’t include it in the post because I wanted to spend a little time editing it. It was my personal favorite of the bunch. I was trying to follow the Rule of Thirds for this one: […]
Drawing Your House
If you’re ever in need of a quick and easy art project for your young artists, look no further than your front yard. Take a chair out front and let them draw the house. This is an excellent exercise in looking closely at lines, shapes, and textures. Drawing a house […]