This cardinal drawing project is from way back when, but I never made a PDF drawing tutorial for it. No time like the present to fix that. ? View and ...
Alberto Giacometti (1901?1966) was a Swiss sculptor, famous for his strangely elongated human forms. I?ve discovered that drawing these figures with...
Here?s one of my favorite cartoon drawings in my new PDF tutorial format. It?s super simple and great for kids as young as kinders. ? View and downloa...
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I?m in love with these pom poms! Save all those scraps of yarn ? you can make these large or small with tons of different colors. I always thought I &...
Here?s an adorable matchbox house made yesterday by Nya, a fifth-grader. I showed students how to draw a simple droopy roof line and some candy window...
Thanks to infarrantlycreative.net for this great mini food art idea. My kids loved making them last week, the only catch was having enough bottles of ...
Finally, my promised Matchbook Art Template and instructions. I tried this on several different papers and ended up liking a heavy 110 lb. card stock ...
If you want to spur a little more creative thinking with a gingerbread cookie painting project, try asking students to add some clothing. Older studen...
This cardinal drawing project is from way back when, but I never made a PDF drawing tutorial for it. No time like the present to fix that. ? View and ...
One more new character from my Cartoon Book, a little guy I call Cartoon Boy. ? View and download Cartoon Boy Tutorial
Throughout Van Gogh?s career, he painted everything around him: landscapes, people in his town, even the shoes he wore. In Van Gogh?s ?Bedroom in Arle...
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I?m in love with these pom poms! Save all those scraps of yarn ? you can make these large or small with tons of different colors. I always thought I &...
Winter brings bare trees, and the chance to study and draw them without any worries about leaves. I?ve posted my favorite method of drawing “Y T...
Ever hear of Flat Stanley? Well, here?s a flat reindeer for your kids to draw. I’ve always thought the real ones are pretty tricky to draw, so m...
Here?s an idea for a winter painting, a good old-fashioned townhouse. Try using a cardboard rectangle template just to help students get the basic sha...
Making scratch art with oil pastels is not new, but have you tried making different color combos on one piece of art? Or tried coloring three layers t...
I still recall a student telling me a few months ago how much he LOVED making 3D things in art class. This was after the Black Cat paper sculpture pro...
I?m working on a few more characters for my upcoming Cartoon Drawing book, so I thought I?d share the latest ? a little French girl. I hope it might i...
Happy New Year everyone! Here?s a cartoon face tutorial that I made up awhile back, and seemed to work well for my students. I wanted to encourage the...
I call this my ?minimalist? tree card. Art stores like Michael?s have lots of pretty scrapbook paper these days; I prefer ones with a small scale prin...
I wouldn?t guarantee that these are ?spill proof? cups, but they will beat a totally open cup any day. I needed to distinguish between some similar wa...
The good and bad news is that oil pastels like to smudge together, especially when black is around. But rather than fight it, why not embrace it in th...
This abstract landscape was drawn with Elmer?s glue on black cardstock paper, and later filled in with Crayola Color Sticks. I promise this is not a p...
I often see students use oil pastels like crayons, as in lightly coloring and shading with them. Unfortunately, that doesn?t let pastels show their ?t...
Kelli from Orangevale Adventist School shared the Van Gogh Sunflower Mural that her students recently finished. The artwork is amazing enough, but the...
There?s nothing like a homemade holiday card. I tried this method to make a quick ?quilted? card that didn?t actually call for any sewing. 1. Start wi...
I call this my ?minimalist? tree card. Art stores like Michael?s have lots of pretty scrapbook paper these days; I prefer ones with a small scale prin...
There are a few really simple ways to add texture to a watercolor painting. You can sprinkle salt while it?s still wet and let sit for a few minutes. ...
I made this Christmas ornament drawing using a set of fine tip markers. If you draw the edges of a shape lightly in pencil, fill in the inside with li...
I saved this Gingerbread House project for my 3rd and 4th graders so they could practice making a house with ?form? and not just ?shape?. A one sided ...
