You ARE an Artist!
It’s always fun to paint outside! And this snowman is doing just that. We love that this tutorial offers such a wonderful amount of space for individual creativity. This snowman paints whatever YOU want him to! Enjoy Nana’s Snowman Paints Chalk Pastel Art Tutorial. Not only can you make the snowman just like you’d like him, you can design your background, plus – decide what
Oh there are so many possibilities with this Happy New Year Chalk Art Tutorial! You can write ‘Happy New Year’ or simply ‘2018’ – even ‘Celebrate!’ Have you noticed that we’ve been using black construction paper often lately? It just shows off the beautiful chalk colors! Plus I think construction paper simply ‘holds’ the chalk pastels so well. Remember how Nana has taught us –
Shall we kick off this season of Christmas art with a Nutcracker Art Lesson? Let’s do! Enjoy a pre-recorded Nutcracker video art lesson – led by Nana – on the ChalkPastel.com Facebook page during our usual weekly art lesson time: Wednesday at noon ET. I placed the video below for you to enjoy at any time! So, join us on November 29th at noon ET
One of our favorite ways to make memories at Christmas is to drive around town and see Christmas lights at night! And so, in honor of the favorite, glowing Christmas tree you spot on your drive around town – we have a chalk art tutorial. This tree is off in a snowy field. The sun has set and it is dark, yet the glow of
What’s on your Thanksgiving Table? Thanksgiving is just around the bend, or shall I say, “Over the river and through the woods”…so I thought that we might indulge and paint what would be part of your Thanksgiving feast! On our table: Down in the southern states, where we are from, we have “Dressin’”, not ever, ever called “stuffing” in the south! That’s what is in
It’s a tradition at our house to watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving each year. You too? And in anticipation of doing just that we decided to search some images of Charlie Brown Thanksgiving for artistic inspiration. There are many images to choose from – check it out for yourself. YOU are the artist – so you choose which Charlie Brown you’d like to paint! We
If you or your students are serious about continuing to work with pastels, it makes sense to protect the pastel sticks with storage. We’ve had a few questions from artists so I am sharing more on soft chalk pastels storage and cleaning. Soft Chalk Pastels: Storage and Cleaning This week I decided that the children needed a nicer storage box for their pastels. I have
