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Encouraging Art – DIY Easel

DIY Art Easel We have homes filled with markers, colored pencils, colorful clay, scraps of patterned paper and much more.  Sharon is an artist and I am the daughter of an artist with my own blooming artist, my youngest son, Carson.   While you may not have lots of art supplies,  a few basics will do.   […] Read more…

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Winter Kids Art Project using Tape and Paint

  This is a good example of how the contrast of white on dark can really have a lot of visual impact. 1. Tape a border around the edge of a square of watercolor paper with 1″ painter’s masking tape. Cut thick and thin strips for trees that touch the top and the bottom of […] Read more…

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Kids Bubble Wrap Art Project to Make a Colorful Journal

I finally had a chance to try printing with bubble wrap, and loved how it worked in my art journal class this week. There were so many colorful variations of my sample shown here. 1. I cut panels of bubble wrap that were smaller than the journal pages so that the paint wouldn’t go all […] Read more…

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Learn How to Make Money Online as an Artist

Are you an artist trying to understand how to make money doing what you love?  You are not alone.  And whether you are a self-taught artist or a schooled artist, the challenges are the same. Although there are many opportunities to sell your work at local and national art shows, there are many, many more […] Read more…