You ARE an Artist!
Today we are going to paint a very simple scene but with a new technique. It will be a “less is more” technique. Once you get the idea, you can use it again and again with other scenes! We are not going to DRAW clouds, but use our pastels AROUND the clouds to make cloud shapes. So let’s get started with chalk pastels less is
Fresh with visions of roadside lace in our heads, Nana led us in a very quick pastel lesson. We’d brought our Audubon First Field Guide: Wildflowers with all its photos plus the Handbook of Nature Study with all its narrative. Queen Anne’s Lace: A Pastels Tutorial Nana first sketched the flower herself, so the children would have a guide. Then she passed out colors. Showed
In these days from Memorial Day leading up to Independence Day, we celebrate freedom! I often think of one of our national hymns, America the Beautiful. Of course fireworks are wonderful for the new year as well. O beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain… FREE Music and Art Lessons Music and art are the perfect combination for a patriotic celebration. You, too,
We’ve seen quite a few hummingbirds this summer. At dawn, when a few of us would go out on the back porch, we would find the hummingbirds already perched in the mimosa tree. Or a hummingbird or two flitting about, making their familiar little chirps. What amazing birds they are! Nana offers you a Hummingbird Video Chalk Art Tutorial so you can enjoy making those
We are in birthday season here at Hodgepodge! In honor of all birthdays, Nana shares a birthday cake chalk pastel art tutorial in video form. It is simple art lesson and fun for all ages! Art in just FIVE minutes! If you have been looking to add the joy of art to your days, try this! Beautiful results in a short amount of time encourage
A lemon is just so refreshing! So we thought that a lemon chalk art tutorial would be a wonderful thing to enjoy any time of the year. Now a lemon is a fairly simple shape. You can sketch a whole lemon or a lemon slice. We did both. This tutorial is wide open to possibilities. Of course the lemon is yellow. But you might want
In honor of the Masters Golf tournament and all the blooming azaleas there in Augusta, Georgia (and beautiful azaleas in our own backyard), Nana offers you an Azalea Video Chalk Art Tutorial! Azalea Video Chalk Art Tutorial We have quite a range of ages in this video – from ages 12 down to three. When you are using your chalks, feel free to add your
With a nod toward spring time sports and also painting a pastel that would be appreciated by boys and girls alike, my students and I have enjoyed working on a baseball and bat chalk pastel tutorial! Baseball and Bat Chalk Pastel Tutorial This is very simple and can be completed in about 15-20 minutes with only four steps! >Download your free Baseball and Bat Chalk
