Hello friends!
While I’m working on some new lessons and resources for our creative community, here’s one that was a lot of fun to put together. Sometimes the relationships between colors are challenging to understand and communicate, and I hope that these posters will give you some new ways to talk about color families with your artists. Put them up in your art space for quick reference and fun decoration. Sign up below to get this FREE download.
I love printmaking!
In this lesson, we’ll be making some easy and colorful mitten designs using a really fun print-making technique.
Follow along with me as I show your young artists step-by-step how to create their own unique designs.
This project is great for kids of any age and includes an instructional video, downloadable template and a supply list.
Use the form below to get your free lesson.
2024 is going to be an awesome year of creating together!
Best,
Beth
Each Happy Camper Summer Art Box is $47 plus shipping.
Here are some of our favorite home art activities in an easy-to-follow PDF with instructions, supply lists and some extra tips on setting up your home art space. They are lots of fun and leave plenty of room for individual designs and creativity. I hope you’ll try them with your young artists! Grab this FREE resource by filling out the form below.
Grab some supplies, some popsicle sticks and some kids and try these fun and easy puzzles.
Below is the full step-by-step video lesson including a supply list.
Here’s a snowy day challenge – I’d love to see some of your kids make these for a local preschool or share them with little friends. Post a pic of your projects on your social media and tag @discoverartstudio and I’ll share it to inspire us!
Have fun with this project!
Beth
Many of us have experienced the overwhelm of choosing paint brushes for our kids or even ourselves for our home art time. From size and shape to bristle material and cost, the options are endless. Today, I want to offer a few tips and some resources for you to, hopefully, streamline your search and get your kids painting.
Your young artist needs 2, maybe 3, brushes to be successful in their art. They need one large brush with round bristles. Round brushes are sized with a number like 10, 12 or 16. These sizes are inconsistent among manufacturers, so just get one that’s between 3/8” and 1/2″. They need one small round brush size 2 or 4, one that’s between an1/4” and 3/8”. And, you can add a large brush with flat bristles –1/2” to 3/4” for painting areas like backgrounds. Paint brushes for kids are best with short handles. Fine art brushes, sold individually, are not what you want for your little painters. There are lots of brush sets, but some have way too many brushes, including some you’d never use. And some don’t have the combination of flat and round brushes. So, here are some links to what I think are good brushes, in a set, at a good price.
Generally, plastic handles are the way to go – brushes with wooden handles left sitting in water never do well. Having said that, these brushes from IKEA are awesome.
This set by Crayola has good sizes of both round and flat brushes and can be found in several stores as well as online. Here is one link.
Here is a set by Mondo Llama with the same good points as the Crayola one. Visit this link.
If you have more than one painter, or just want more brushes to choose from, this set from Artist’s Loft has 25 brushes for $5.99. Check it out here.
I have used all these brushes with good results. There are, of course, lots of others that will work well. I want to mention the brushes that come in some craft kits and watercolor sets. These usually aren’t awesome for painting. The bristles are either plastic or too soft or too coarse to hold paint well. I keep them, though, and use them to spread glue.
I hope these tips help you with your art at home supplies. If you have any other ideas about brushes that have worked for you, please share them here in the comments!
Best,
Beth
Hi there and happy Fall!
Whether you’re team pumpkin spice latte or team apple pie, we all love things about this time of year and fall art projects are one of them for me. I’ve been working on some new designs and lesson ideas and I want to share one of them with you today.
Pop Art Candy Corn is an easy project you can explore at home with your kids. In this teaching video, I go through this project, step-by-step, including a bit of art history and pop art technique as we work together. This lesson is great for elementary age kids and gives them lots of room for creativity and individual expression. Pause the video anytime to go at your own pace! Give this one a try and let me know how it goes for you. Check back in for more video art instruction, and tips and resources for creating a fun and relaxed art space at home. Click on the picture to go to the “Pop Art Candy Corn” teaching video and supply list.
Have fun!
Beth
