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 […]
I can’t believe it is almost February. I thought I would start the month with an easy watercolour painting tutorial on how to paint a heart with flowers around it. It is something slightly different to try and it is good fun. Simply draw a heart filling up a whole page and then do designs […]
Hi There, In a sea of Black Friday emails I thought I would do something different this year and ask you how I can help you. Don’t worry I will still have some deals in December! I have been thinking a lot about the art courses I want to run in the new year. Usually I […]
So many people have said how hard it is to create in 2020 with everything going on in the world. You may have the time at home but not the energy to create. I have definitely felt less motivated this year and I have really made an effort to keep painting. Here are some ways […]
