Teaching children about different cultures and celebrations around the world is important to expand their world view. Each year, people in China and around the world celebrate Lunar New Year with festivities that last for 15 days. Lunar New Year is a celebration that starts at the beginning of the calendar year that is based […]
A vision board is a visual representation of your dreams and goals. It goes well beyond just cutting and pasting images on a board….it is a tool that helps you focus on what’s really important in your life. How to make a Vision Board Suggested Art Supplies-It is recommended to have a background surface […]
The free art lesson on creating mugs of hot chocolate art was a great success! 35 families signed up. It warmed my heart to see so many families creating together. I am amazed at how well kids do learning over zoom. They are polite…they know when to mute during a demo…they know how to […]
Happy New Year. I started an art club for kids 6 months ago mainly because families were asking me to run some kind of program while their kids were out of school….or dealing with stresses about covid…. or parents wanted to create with their kids and didn’t know where to start. I didn’t think […]
Merry Christmas! I wanted to send something special to you for Christmas. Thank you for supporting my art business. It warms my heart when people send comments or pictures of art that has been inspired by a blog post or You Tube or art club lesson. These Christmas colouring pages are for you to enjoy […]
I love the Olympics! I am going to be doing quite a few art activities around the Summer Olympics starting with a painting tutorial of a Japanese Crane (red crowned crane) carrying the Olympic torch. This art activity can be done with markers or paints. I wanted to come up with something unique for the […]
Father’s Day is around the corner and this is a fun, unique card idea that your kids will want to do over and over! It is a simple way to transfer an image to the inside of a card. Fold a piece of paper in half and draw on the back of the cover with […]
I recently did a zoom art birthday party for a lovely family that wanted to learn to draw and paint animals from Minecraft. The characters in the Minecraft game are all pixeled and made out of simple shapes. They look complicated at first, but when you break them down into simple shapes, any age of […]
I hope you are having a nice Easter weekend. I did a free live painting session with one of my daughters on Facebook and it was so much fun. I love seeing all the creativity that comes out when you allow kids (and adults!) to add in their own details and use their imagination. […]
You don’t need a lot of art supplies to be able to create at home. Here are some of my favorite art activities to do and all you need is markers or pencil crayons, a pencil and paper. You can do these with any age….from adults to kids! Favourite’s Jar Draw a jar and fill […]
