Kid’s Art from Australia

This beautiful Picasso drawing comes from 8 yr. old Mikayla who lives in Australia. It’s really good Mikayla – I hope you continue to draw ...
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Kid’s Art from Canada

This adorable painting comes from Kelly Cannon’s 2nd grade class in New Westminster, B.C. It looks like a family of fuzzy black cats, sitti...
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Kid’s Art from Florida

This art comes from two 9-year old girls in central Florida who made Summer Art booklets. They are beautiful girls, and I hope make many mor...
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Kid’s Art from Texas

Thanks to Sandra for sending in some of her classroom art from Texas. Th ere’s the DeMuth Abstract Numbers (5th graders), Miro Painting (als...
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Drawing Class Tips

I’ve been holding afterschool drawing classes for a few semesters now, and I’d love to share a few things that seem to be working pretty wel...
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How to Paint a Clown Fish

I’m finding that I really like black Sharpies for tracing when it comes to painting with young students, like kinder and 1st grade. They jus...
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“Stained Glass” Holiday Candle

  I’ve found that a candle theme works well for the holidays as so many religions celebrate with them. This is simply drawing candles and th...
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Kid’s Art from Arkansas

Thanks to Andrea Ratcliff from Monticello Elementary School in Arkansas who sent in Colorful Spiderwebs from her 1st and 2nd graders. I love...
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Gingerbread Man Drawing

My graphic design days taught me that simple shapes take on much more interest when cropped or positioned in unusual ways. This gingerbread ...
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Dino Plaster Casts

This was a big hit, and I think I worked out a system where 20 to 30 casts could be poured in about 50 minutes without any tears ... especia...
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An APFK Butterfly in Haiti

I recently received this amazing email: Hi Kathy, As a fellow art teacher and a fan of your fabulous blog, I wanted to share with you some ...
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