Easy Symmetry Art for Primary Grades

Easy symmetry art is a great art project to add into your classroom or home school setting that involves limited prep and countless hours of fun! Whether you are looking for a drawing activity for a holiday or season, I have lots of themes and easy symmetry art to choose from! Here are some easy symmetry for primary school worksheets you can do with your students in grades K-3 to learn about art or math!

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7 Painting Skies in Acrylics Videos to Try!

Painting skies in acrylics is probably my favourite thing to paint. Painting clouds is fun to experiment with texture and colour mixing. If you haven’t tried painting skies in acrylics or if you have before and you are looking for some inspiration of what to paint next, you will want to keep reading.

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Nature Bulletin Board Ideas

Nature bulletin board ideas are a great way to make your classroom look calm, inviting and natural. You can bring the outdoors in on your bulletin board. To check out the nature bulletin board ideas, keep reading! 

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Teaching Colour Mixing Tips

Teaching colour mixing can be a challenging task for students but a really important and foundational skill. It’s important to teach colour mixing to inspire your students to play and experiment with the joy of creating new colours. To learn more about teaching colour mixing and my tips for teaching colour mixing keep reading.

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Small Art Studio Ideas

I have a small art studio and want to share some small art studio ideas that help you make the most out of the space that you have. Here are some small art studio ideas to get you thinking about when creating your art studio space!  

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Drawing of Food Ideas

Drawing of food is a fun activity to do with kids ages kindergarten to high school. These drawing of food worksheets are great for students who finish work early, who need practice drawing or love drawing.

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Paint a Picture of a Campfire

You can paint a picture of a campfire in a few easy steps. This beginner acrylic painting tutorial is perfect for beginners or kids to try! Painting a picture of a campfire is a fun summer painting to try with your group of friends.

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Art Portfolio Ideas Easy

Creating an art portfolio for college or university can be challenging. I want to give you some art portfolio ideas easy to start today. To learn more about these art portfolio easy ideas you can use today, keep reading!

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9 Night Sky Painting Ideas

I love painting night skies, and wanted to share some night sky painting ideas with you! Painting night skies is more than just painting a black sky. You can infuse your night sky paintings with clouds, stars, moons and colour to create a really interesting painting. Here is a list of night sky painting ideas to try for your next painting! 

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What Type of Easel Should I Buy?

What type of easel should I buy? Is a question I get asked all the time. Let me help you make the decision by explaining the different types of easels and the pros and cons for each one. I don’t want you to have to ask what type of easel should I buy? Again. Learn about the different types of easels.

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How to Do a Painting of a Wheat Field

This painting of a wheat field is a fun and easy beginner painting tutorial to try. In this painting of a wheat field, you will focus on mixing colours and adding texture to the wheat field. This painting also includes details like painting a hydro pole and wires.

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How to Paint Clouds in Acrylic with a Palette Knife

Learn how to paint clouds in acrylic with a palette knife. You can learn how to paint clouds in acrylic as a beginner painter. By painting better clouds you will be able to paint better landscape paintings. Painting clouds in acrylic with a palette knife allows you to paint some really nice texture.  Keep reading to learn how to paint clouds in acrylic!

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Classroom Decor on a Budget

Classroom decor on a budget can be tricky. You don’t want to spend too much of your own money, but you want your classroom to look cute and be a calming and welcoming space for your students. I have a list of classroom decor on a budget ideas to help you create a classroom of your dreams. Here are some classroom decor on a budget ideas to get you thinking about setting up your classroom this fall. 

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How To Do Zentangle Colour Art

Learn how to do zentangle colour art to help you relax and unwind. The art of zentangling is a fun and repetitive art practice that includes drawing, patterns and doodles to make intricate designs. The steps for zentangle colour art are not hard. Zentangle colour art is a great activity for beginners or kids to try.

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Drawing in Classroom Ideas

Drawing in classroom ideas are a great way to incorporate more drawing into your classroom or into your art classroom drawing is a fun way to engage your students in writing or other cross curricular activities. Drawing more in the classroom can help improve drawing and creative skills. Here are some drawing in classroom ideas you can use this year!

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How to Paint a River

Learn how to paint a river with these easy steps. Try this acrylic tutorial with this simple painting with artist Jackie Partridge. How to paint a river with a palette knife is easy!  I will show you step by step landscape painting with a palette knife in this acrylic tutorial! Learn palette painting techniques below for how to paint a river. 

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Advanced Symmetry Drawing for High School

Advanced symmetry drawing is a great way for high school students to practice and hone their drawing skills. They will be able to draw the symmetrical half of my symmetry drawing worksheets, to be able to advance their symmetry drawing skills, as well as advance, their drawing skills by practicing advanced symmetry drawing. Students can practice shading, drawing, realistically, following proportions, adding detail, capturing texture, adding contrast and observational, drawing by looking at what they're drawing and drawing the opposite symmetrical half.

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Spring Art Ideas for Teachers

Spring is a great time to do lots of fun and colourful art activities for your students in your classroom. There are so many spring art ideas for teachers. I have included a bunch in this blog post, continue reading. Here are some spring art ideas for teachers to do in their classroom.

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How to Paint Daisies 

Learn how to paint daisies in this painting for springtime. Learn how to mix a variety of greens for the grasses and the details of the daisies in the field.

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9 Different Brushstrokes

9 different brushstrokes you can add in your simple strokes painting. These 9 different brushstrokes will help elevate your acrylic paintings and take them to the next level. Learn what the 9 different brushstrokes are.

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