I've seen loads of shaky painting projects all over the internets, but we've not tried it yet. Sometimes I forget that my kids actually have their own ideas of what looks fun to make, so when my main main Beckett and I were scrolling Pinterest, and we spied shake painting, he got a little excited. Luckily for him, I own every art material on the entire planet, so we had everything necessary to shake up our own paintings. Materials for Shake Painting Paint - we used craft paint from ... continue reading...
Spotlight on: Cool Bee Stuff
Bzzzzzzzzzzzz. Did I scare you? Are you one of those people who screams at the top of their lungs and runs for the hills whenever a bee presents itself? Or maybe you step into your giant protective bee suit as often as possible to spend long, lazy afternoons reading bee stories out loud as your pack/flock/hive/group produces honey. Whatever the case, there's no denying that bees are pretty cool. Not only do they produce the only food that does not go bad, they produce one of my favorite ... continue reading...
Quick and Easy: Draw Some 3D Shapes
This is truly a quick and easy little tutorial, created by my 15 year old, Fen. I love watching her draw and doodle all over everything in our entire house. Ahem. No, but really! It's inspiring to see the cool little things she draws, and I find myself copying her drawings much like I used to copy the drawings of teenagers when I was 10. Weird. Drawing 3d shapes is a fun little thing to show your kids, and they can practice it on veritably any shape they feel like drawing, as you will ... continue reading...
Art Spaces For Kids: 8 Art Spaces Your Kids Would Give Up Dessert For
Ha! That's a total lie. Nobody gives up dessert. But these art spaces for kids would make us consider it. Okay, maybe for a day. An hour. Even if you can't swing giving up an entire room for your kids in which to make art, there are plenty of amazing art space ideas here to inspire you to even carve out a corner or a nook somewhere. Chances are, if your kids have a special area where they can grab art supplies at a moment's notice, they will make more art on a regular basis. Now onto ... continue reading...
Van Gogh Meets Oil Pastels: Make a Van Gogh Oil Pastel Project
I'm not sure why I haven't done an oil pastel on black paper project yet, but now that it's here, it's fantastic. We've got a little Van Gogh, a few sheets of black paper, and a whole pile of luscious, color-infested oil pastels. That's a recipe for pure art magic, right there. (And messy hands, so no nose-picking during this project.) To begin, check out this sunflowers painting by Vincent Van Gogh. It's famous, it's cool, it's fun to copy. We didn't print it out, but you could if you ... continue reading...
How to Make a Tape Resist Flower Pattern
Long, long ago, on a planet far, far away, I made a watercolor tape resist flower project. It was fun, and people loved and adored it. Well, at least I did. Here's another one! In pattern form. Who likes patterns? I do! I made this as part of my 100 day project challenge, and here's what I did: Grabbed a piece of 5x7 Strathmore Printmaking paper Ripped up little pieces of blue painter tape (I love obsessive art projects) Made tape flowers Watercolored in red, yellow, orange ... continue reading...
Day 7/100 of the 100 Day Project
I made it to day 7. Each day of making a small drawing feels like a big accomplishment, and actually makes me feel proud of myself. Today I played with some of the art supplies ooly sent me. I used these fat weird paint sticks called Chunkies, and yes, I did say Chunkies out loud a bunch of times in a deep voice while I was using them. Then I used the the Chroma Blends watercolor brushes over the Chunkie dots, and got what resembles exploded pansies. I love purple and yellow ... continue reading...
How to Draw a Really Cool Coloring Page
Do you all get the feeling that the coloring book market is slightly saturated? HAHAHAHA of course it is! Everybody and their pet mini giraffe has a coloring book out. Because I am so edgy, yet slightly lemming, I made my own coloring book, too. However! Mine makes you draw your own pages. This is a million times more fun than coloring some other doofus' drawings in, and you can proudly show your completely-100%-made-by-you artwork off to everyone, and then frame it and hang it and blow it a ... continue reading...
The 100 Day Project – Day 4
I am capable of being consistent!!! This is exciting news to me, and here's the drawing to prove it. I'm riffing on the same idea as yesterday's drawings, and enjoying the hell out of it. In fact, I popped in some earbuds this morning, and listened to some Abraham while I sat and drew. then I found a pretentious marble surface to shoot on, propped it with a faux succulent, and BOOM. Day 4 sketchbook page complete. ... continue reading...
Spotlight on: Rieko Koga
Swoon-diddly-oon. This woman is amazing. If you like art that is gorgeous and subdued, but smart and tactile, you'll love this work by Rieko Koga. I discovered her on Pinterest and was inspired by one of her embroidered pieces for my day 3 drawing in the 100 day project challenge. Then I got totally sucked into the vortex of clicking through her site and oohing and aahing over all of her work. which spans from incredible installation work to embroidered linen. Rieko ... continue reading...
The 100 Day Project – Day 3
Well, look who's the superstar and made it all the way to day 3 of #the100dayproject? Today I made an abstract Sharpie drawing, and I based it off of this awesome pin of a piece by artist Reiko Koga. It was so fun to translate into drawn marks what she made with embroidery. I think I need to do more of this style of drawing. My thought process for this day of the project was interesting in that I was thinking this morning that I wanted to get into alignment mentally before I started ... continue reading...
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