Hi and welcome to Lesson 5! The week has flown by... if you've fallen behind, don't worry! All of the lessons are up and available to you forever... and keep posting to the FB group, too! I will still pop in regularly through the end of next week! Our last... Continue reading

Hi and welcome to Lesson 4! Today we have a wonderful guest instructor, Luna Russell (14). Get ready to make some cute critters! Have fun! Carla ______________________________________________ Lesson 4 Supplies: • typing paper (or thin paper), trimmed to a square format • pencil • scissors • markers • index card... Continue reading

Hi and welcome to Lesson 3! Thank you for sharing all of your birds and butterflies! You are the best! Today's project is a "rainbow" animal made with tape and oil pastels. Have fun! Carla ______________________________________________ Lesson 3 Supplies: • watercolor paper • oil pastels • painter's tape (or masking... Continue reading

Hi and welcome to Lesson 2! I really enjoyed seeing your wonderful birds from Lesson 1. Thank you to everyone who posted them at the FB page, and you can also email them to me as well if you aren't on FB... I love to see them! Today you are... Continue reading

Hi and welcome to Lesson 1! Today you will make some watercolored birds from "blob" shapes, and add layers of marker and colored pencil to finish. Have fun! Carla ______________________________________________ Lesson 1 Supplies: • watercolor paper • paintbrush • watercolors • colored pencils • markers ______________________________________________ Lesson 1 Video: Kids... Continue reading

Hi and welcome to our fourth annual Kids Art Week! We are so happy you are here! Please head over to our private Facebook Group... there you can upload your assignments and see what other kids from all over the world have done, too! And please introduce yourselves! Facebook Group... Continue reading

Hello and welcome to Lesson 5, our last lesson! Today we are going to create an elephant inspired by the work of several "Outsider Artists." Hurray! Let's get started! Carla P.S. Steve and I want to thank you again for signing up for Kids Art Week 2017! We so enjoy... Continue reading

Hello and welcome to Lesson 4! Today we are going to create a cat watercolor painting in the "Cubist" style. Now we're going to get really crazy! Hurray! Let's get started! Carla ____________________________________ LESSON 4 SUPPLIES Today you will need: -- a sheet of watercolor paper, about 8"x10" -- watercolors... Continue reading

Hello and welcome to Lesson 3! Hurray for all of YOU! Thank you for sharing your beautiful Dürer rabbits! Today we are going to take inspiration from a drawing by Marc Chagall, a famous Russian/French painter. But instead of a "Master Copy," we will just take some ideas from his... Continue reading

Hello and welcome to Lesson 2! I totally loved all of your blob animals from yesterday. Thank you to everyone who posted and please feel free to post them anytime. Today we will do what's called a "Master Copy" of a famous painting. This one is called "Young Hare" and... Continue reading

Hello and welcome to Lesson 1! Thank you so much for signing up... kids and "kids-at-heart" too! Before we get started, I want to encourage parents of younger children ESPECIALLY (but really, all of us), to remember to try and make this lesson a positive experience, even if that means... Continue reading

Hi Kids!! Thank you so much for being here! Head on over to the class Facebook group and ask to join... and then introduce yourselves! https://www.facebook.com/groups/113731115940913 Parents, you are welcome to join in the fun as well. ;) Get ready for your first lesson bright and early Monday morning! xoxo... Continue reading