I found this really great pop-art piece by artist, Walt Curlee. I loved the colors and the simplicity of the design. It’s not always easy finding inspiration for my young artist, but this was perfect. I printed out a sample of the piece as a guide. He picked out the […]
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Easy Drawing Activity for Kids- Pantry Favorites
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 […]
Illustrating Poetry-“The Road Less Taken” by Robert Frost
Starting with a cardboard box, my young artist began to create a scene to illustrate one of the well-known poems we’ve read this week: “The Road Less Taken” by Robert Frost. She collected some twigs from outside and using some glue, added Flower-Soft to some of the small branches. She […]
Super Art Friday- “Sun Prints”
If there’s one thing we have lots of these days in Texas, it’s bright, hot, sunlight. It’s the perfect time for making sun prints! Today we tried out a small kit that came with everything we needed to make our very own sun photos. The kit came with 12 sheets […]
Cards Using Kid’s Spin Art
Much like the cards I posted recently using my kid’s leftover paint pallettes, these cards were made with their spin art. They looooooove spin art and want to make it all the time. I used the same punches but I used metallic gold paper for the butterflies this time. The […]
Super Art Friday-“Painting Redbud Branches”
The Redbud trees are so beautiful this time of year. I snapped this photo for my daughter to use as a painting inspiration. I gave her a piece of legal sized aged parchment paper. I can tell that she values an art project more when I give her quality art papers and supplies, […]
Super Art Friday- “Dot Paints”
Easy breezy dot paint pictures. We love ’em. Dot paints make pretty rainbows! And perfect polka-dots… Some gifted kids can dot paint with both hands at the same time. 🙂 A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow… Have a great weekend!
Heart Fish–A Valentine’s Day Craft
I set out lots and lots of hearts. Then I gave my young artists some blue paper and glue sticks and told them to fill up their paper with ‘heart fish’. And I can’t quite decide something. Does letting my 3 year old have total freedom with the glitter make […]
“Autumn Story” by Jill Barklem
Some of our favorite picture books are the Brambly Hedge series by British author and illustrator Jill Barklem. The illustrations in these books are as sweet as any I’ve ever seen. Every page is full of cute little woodland critters donning 19th century attire and going about their lives in quaint rural fashion. The […]