Grab your art supplies, we’re learning how to draw a blue jay today! We had so much fun doing this blue jay, we’ll have to draw a bunch more birds. Stay tuned! Here’s a link to more fun information about these cool animals. Also be sure to watch until the very end of this video, […]
For Kids 8 Years Old And Older
These art lessons are for older kids. Even though these are our most challenging lessons, they're still super fun. I promise your kids will be surprised by what they can draw.
How To Draw A Squirrel + SYA
Hads is learning how to draw a squirrel today! So, even though drawing this squirrel may look hard we break it up into small easy steps. Anyone can do it! Remember it’s not important that your drawing looks perfect, it’s important that you had fun. You can always practice, too! I promise the second time […]
How To Draw Rudolph
Hey art friends! How to draw Rudolph completes our fun Christmas FACE series. Be sure to check out the other lessons: How To Draw Santa Claus How To Draw Mrs. Claus How To Draw A Christmas Elf We want to wish you all Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We love all of […]
How To Draw Mrs. Claus
Hads is only 5 and I was so impressed with how well she followed and along while we were learning how to draw Mrs. Claus! Also during this lesson we us oil pastels to color Mrs. Claus. If you would like to purchase oil pastels here’s an affil. link to Amazon. If you’d like to […]
How To Draw A Christmas Tree
You can’t have Christmas without a tree, learn how to draw a Christmas tree with us! You’ll need something to draw with, a piece of paper and a few colors. We’re using oil pastels to color our tree. In this lesson we show you one way to decorate your tree, of course you can decorate […]
How To Fold An Origami Santa Claus
Austin and I are learning how to fold an origami Santa Claus today! So, all you’ll need for this project is a square piece of paper. We used red origami paper (affil. link) but you can use regular ol’ computer paper. Just make sure that it’s a square before starting. This project may be a […]
How To Draw A Christmas Elf Face
How to draw a Christmas elf face! This guy is going to look awesome next to your drawing of Santa Claus. I know a lot of our projects and drawings tend to focus on the “boy version” but this one should be fairly easy to make into a girl. I’m going to work with Hads on doing […]
How To Draw Santa Claus’s Face
We hope all of our art friends had an amazing Thanksgiving yesterday. Now that you’re full from turkey, let’s learn how to draw Santa Claus’s face! Are you a kid? Grab something to draw with and a piece of paper. Sit down and press play, you can draw with us while you watch. If we […]
How To Draw A Hedgehog
How to draw a hedgehog! I know hedgehogs are cute, but when I was looking for a photo to base our lesson off of…I think I overdosed on cute. Hads was watching over my shoulder and all I could hear from her was “Awwwwweee” then I would click on another photo, “Awwweeeee…” So, now we […]
How To Draw A Cheetah
Chuckers and I both think cheetahs are the coolest animals alive. We think this how to draw a cheetah is also our most favorite episode. Both of us also agreed that we need to do more realistic versions of animals. Cartoonish animals are fun, but realistic versions are so much cooler. What do you think? […]
How To Draw A Boy And A Girl
How to draw a boy and girl! The easiest way to draw people is to draw stick figures, but this lesson will show you that it doesn’t take much more to make your people look even cooler than stick figures. After you draw your people try drawing them again, but this time draw them doing […]
How To Draw A Pumpkin For Thanksgiving
We’ve made a few pumpkins before (Jack O’Lantern, Paper 3D Pumpkins), but this how to draw a pumpkin is just for Thanksgiving. So we’ll be coloring it without a scary face. Thanksgiving is a special holiday we love celebrating in our home. It’s the day we pay close attention to things we’re grateful for, oh and […]
How To Draw A Realistic Turkey
Thanksgiving is getting so close I can almost taste it! That means it’s time for some holiday art projects. Grab a marker and paper we’re going to learn how to draw a turkey today. Gobble Gobble! We’ve drawn a turkey before, we’ve also finger painted a turkey, we’ve even made a turkey cutout, but those were […]
Franken-Brain Cutout
One more day until Halloweeeeeeeeen! Today we’re making a cutout, but not just any cutout, it’s a Franken-Brain cutout. You may be asking what is that, well it’s a portrait of Frankenstein but you can lift his hair to reveal his disgusting brain. Siiiiiiick! We thought it was pretty cool 🙂 Our favorite part of […]
How To Fold An Origami Spider!
Grab a sheet of printer paper. Today we’re going to show you how to fold an origami spider! Not just any spider, this has got to be the coolest origami spider ever. There are a lot of steps to this art activity, but we go through each step slow so that even our young art friends […]
How To Draw A Violin
Friday is a perfect day for another musical instrument. We’ve drawn a piano and a guitar, but today we’re learning how to draw a violin. All you’ll need for today’s lesson is a piece of paper and something to draw with. We use Sharpies so that it’ll show up easy in the video, we also like […]
How To Draw A 3D Pizza
Mmmmmm who’s hungry? Let’s learn how to draw a 3D pizza! I think this is the fist time we’ve drawn any kind of food (oh wait we’ve drawn cake before), so what better way to start than our favorite. If you liked this food drawing lesson, let us know in the comments what kind of […]
How To Make A 3D Pumpkin
We’ve already drawn a 3D pumpkin but today we’re going to show you how to make a 3D pumpkin! Here’s a list of the supplies you’ll need for this activity: Orange construction paper Green construction paper Scissors Tape Stapler
How To Fold An Origami Skull
Boo…We’re showing you how to fold an origami skull, today! Grab a white piece of paper and black marker, click the video, and follow along. Now if your skull doesn’t turn out perfect the first time, keep trying and adjust some some of those last few folds to get the teeth to line up. Worse […]
How To Fold An Origami Bat
Learn how to fold an origami bat! Grab a square piece of paper and follow along to fold your own super cool Halloween bat. We used yellow origami paper so that the folds would show up better in the video, but if you have black paper use it! Also remember that today is Friday, the last […]
Coloring An Autumn Leaf With Oil Pastels
We’re coloring an Autumn leaf with oil pastels! All you need for today’s art project are the following supplies: Oil pastels The free printable (below) This lesson is specific to oil pastels, but you can adapt it using crayons, colored pencils, or maybe even markers. I’m also very particular about the brand of oil pastels we use (I’ve […]
How To Draw A 3D Jack O Lantern
Follow along with us and learn how to draw a 3D jack o lantern! It’s fun to see all the pumpkins in the neighborhood beginning to appear. It sure gets us in the Halloween mood. This drawing episode is a really fun way to learn how to add dimension or 3D to your jack o’lantern […]
How To Draw A Monster Truck
Learn how to draw a monster truck, a super awesome monster truck! Along with drawing a dump truck last week, we thought it would be fun to draw other vehicles. This monster truck can be the beginning to an even better truck. We’d love to see what our art friends can add to this truck […]
How To Draw A Dump Truck
Follow along and learn how to draw a dump truck. We found a new fun series we’ll be adding to, every so often…construction trucks! Chuckers helped me with this episode though I feel this lesson would be easy enough for younger artists. Remember if we ever go too fast during the video, just pause it to catch […]
How To Draw An Angelfish
Watch our short video and follow along to learn how to draw an angelfish! This is another fun drawing to do with your young artists…though I had a blast drawing this one too 🙂 Angelfish really are one of the prettiest fishes. In the comments below, let us know what your favorite fish is! Also, […]
How To Draw A Football Player
Follow along and learn how to draw a football player! It’s the beginning of football season, and we couldn’t be more excited…ok, maybe I’m a little more excited than most of my kids. Chuckers and I, really do love watching our team win! I think Hads and Austin are more about the treats 🙂 Who […]
How To Draw A Stag Beetle
We’re learning how to draw a stag beetle, for our next insect! These guys are wicked cool, they seem like they’re aliens from another planet…don’t they? My favorite part is their giant pinchers. One of the reasons I like drawing insects and think they are a great drawing exercise for kids, is that they are […]
How To Draw A Grand Piano
This is our second musical instrument drawing ever, follow along and learn how to draw a grand piano! Drawing this piano did prove to be a little challenging, in fact I kind of think this might be as challenging as the Chinese dragon. Don’t let that discourage you though, just keep practicing. Also, you can […]
How To Draw A Whale
How to draw a whale. Look out this one is a big one! Ha, we love drawing see animals. I think it’s because they have so many curving lines, and they always seem very graceful. After drawing your whale, don’t forget to color him in. We’d love to see a complete underwater world! Art Materials […]
How To Draw A Marlin
How to draw a marlin! It’s still shark week, so we’re drawing another creature from the ocean. If you’re looking to draw even more awesome marine life check out our ocean tag. Watch How To Draw A Marlin