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As I am adding to my ArtCart for my grandsons…I keeping finding really cool stuff! This was something I was looking for, but…well…not exactly… I was looking for single chalkboards for each of the boys, the kind that we used when I was a kid in the 50s and 60s. I thought they were so much…
I found the coolest idea! I see a lot of people on Pinterest are doing this…making use of the IKEA Raskog cart to make a really cool Art Cart! (I was at Michaels the other day and they also have a similar cart that you can buy) I’m sure that you could really use just…
This the rough draft for is an illustration that I did a number of years ago. A story about a little girl coloring. The way it looked in the magazine is below. See the link to the right for COLORING PAGES where you can print out a handful of coloring sheets and color with your…
Look how beautiful Olivia’s artwork is! Great colors!!!!! Thanks, Olivia! -Rose
Today our artist-of-the-day is Evie. She is from South Carolina, and she drew the dancing bunny and even added a floor for her bunny to dance on! Evie is 4. Thank you, Evie! This is great and I love the floor that you added…you are very kind to share your artwork with us!…
Wow! We have THREE artists who sent their pencil sketches in today! The following are from a group of kids from near Washington, PA. Congratulations, Makana, Lydia & Elizabeth! You are our ARTISTS of the Day! Thanks for sending these pencil sketches. They’re wonderful! Keep drawing! -Rose
Our ARTIST-of-the-DAY! Lydia, who will be in first grade this fall, sent this amazing drawing of the Dancing Bunny from yesterday’s lesson! She had her ‘Grown-Up’ download the lesson & print it on a piece of paper. And what a great idea to slip it into the cover of the binder so it would stand…
Three and a half year old, Lydia Miller drew the lady bug and the snail!! Her grandmother sent these photos of Lydia’s big beautiful smile and her gorgeous artwork. And she wrote this note: “Hi, Rose! The first photo is Lydia with her lady bug picture; the second is the drawing. The third is…
One of the most difficult things for little fingers to do is sharpen pencils. I guess one solution would be to buy them a mechanical pencil…or maybe sharpen the pencils FOR them…or buy an easy-to-use sharpener… I have an old Boston electric pencil sharpener…works like a charm even after all these years. But, I’m…