Kids Art Challenge
Welcome to the little corner of my site where I will be showcasing some art projects that I do with my kids (6 and 8). It started as a week long challenge where we did a different art activity every day. Some days we would go to the library and find books on famous artists to draw inspiration from, while other days I would come up with the ideas on my own or reference art teacher’s blogs. My kids are very regulated doing art and look forward to the new challenges. I do the art with them and it is a way to both connect with them and to be creative while parenting. I hope you can use some of these ideas with your own kids! Enjoy!
Challenge 1 | Castles Use a heavy paper like mixed media paper or watercolour paper. Draw outlines of castles or buildings using geometric shapes and then paint in the background with watercolour paint.
Challenge 2 | Flowers With Spring approaching we are embracing colour. For these flower gardens I encouraged the kids to make their flowers different heights, shapes and sizes and to practice overlapping them. We again used black marker and then went in after with crayons in the flowers. To finish them we painted the backgrounds with watercolours.
Challenge 3 | Loose scribbles make swirly lines with thin pen and then colour the sections with crayon or pastels. You can practice shading or experiment with different colour combinations within each section.
Challenge 4 | Single line drawing For this one the pen goes down on the page and is not lifted until your form is completed. My son did these after a day skiing.
Challenge 5 | Cubism For this challenge we researched the art movement, Cubism which made it’s debut in 1907. For the activity we placed several every day objects on the table (a glass, a pear and a mug) and drew the outline of them in several orientations. Then we made diagonal lines across the still life and painted or shaded in each section with pencil crayon.
Challenge 6 | Masking trees For this challenge we used masking tape to mask off ‘tree’ shapes on watercolour paper. We then did colourful washes behind with watercolour, removed the tape and added birch tree details to the shapes. We also used course salt on the watercolour washes to create texture for the backgrounds.
