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How To Draw Toon Link

Chuckers just bought The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (affil. link) so we had to celebrate by learning how to draw Toon Link. Toon Link isn’t in the game but he’s still Link, right? And he’s still fun to draw! In this lesson we use colored pencils, but feel free to use oil pastels or any other […]

How To Draw An Ant For Young Artists

How to draw an ant for young artists! In this lesson, with Austin, I tried to keep it simple and just work on two fundamentals. We practiced drawing circles and mixed two primary colors (blue and yellow) to make one secondary color (green). Oil pastels work great for mixing, but you could also use paint. […]

How To Fold An Origami Snake

Learn how to fold an origami snake with us! It’s fun and simple, all you need is a square piece of paper. We used green origami paper, but if all you have is white printer paper…that works too! Just make a square out of printer paper first and you’re set to go. Also remember, when […]

How To Draw Princess Peach

Learn how to draw Princess Peach, with us! We’re adding another character to our collection of Mario friends. How to draw Princess Peach is super easy. Grab a marker and follow along with us! In this lesson we used oil pastels. If you’d like to learn more about this cool art supply hop over to our […]

How To Draw Mega Man

Yes, it’s how to draw Mega Man! This is our first colored pencil lesson and we thought we’d kick it off with something very different. This lesson uses colored paper, light and dark colored pencils. The blue paper will be used for the main color of Megan Man. Then the light pencils are used for highlighting […]

More Colored Pencils + SYA (2/9/15)

It’s another week of art! Today we’re talking more about colored pencils and which brand you should buy. Watch the video below to get our opinion. If you’re interested in learning more about our favorite art supplies, check out our supplies page. We’re also showing your art! Thanks again to all of our awesome art friends […]

How To Draw Peppa Pig

Today’s lesson, how to draw Peppa Pig, is going to be different! Instead of using a Sharpie and white paper we’re going to draw on colored construction paper with oil pastels. We’re also going to do some cutting and glueing…so be sure to get all of your art supplies together before following along. Below are […]

How To Draw Pac-Man

How to draw Pac-Man! Out of all the drawings we’ve done, this one is probably the most 3D. To shade an object and give it that three dimensional look you a least need three things: the base color a dark color, for shading a light color, for highlighting We’ve shaded a sphere before, but this […]

How To Draw Courage The Cowardly Dog

How to draw Courage The Cowardly Dog! Courage was a request from several of you. We love getting requests from all of our art friends. Please, keep sending them in…but also know that sending in a request doesn’t mean we’ll be able to draw them the next day 🙂 We do our best to get […]

Colored Pencil Comparison + SYA (2/2/15)

It’s Monday, and even though our team lost, we’re excited for another week of art! Last Monday we sent out an email, asking what art medium you would like to learn next. The majority of you asked for colored pencils…a close second was water color and water color pencils. So, we’ll begin using colored pencils […]

Snowman Art Project With Construction Paper

Is it still winter where you live? It’s still winter here, but there’s no snow on the ground. So, we thought we’d do this fun snowman art project with construction paper! All you need for this activity is: Construction paper (blue, white, brown, black, orange) Marker Scissors Glue This is a great project for young […]

How To Draw A Creeper From Minecraft

Updated! We decided to do another how to draw a Minecraft creeper, because we never colored our last one. Plus, I felt we could make the steps easier. Below the video you’ll find the steps for the older lesson.

Snow Globe Art Project For Young Artists

This fun snow globe art project for young artists is also great for large groups of students. It’s easy to prep and fun to challenge your artists to be creative. We painted a snowman, but that certainly doesn’t mean you have to. Ask them to think of something different to draw or paint in their […]

How To Draw A Minecraft Wolf (Dog)

Hey art friends, today we’re learning how to draw a Minecraft wolf! Wahhoooooo! We’re also going to color our wolves and show you the secret to coloring 3D blocks. We use oil pastels to color our wolves, but you can use crayons or color pencils. The wolf is such a cool mob! Leave a comment below and let […]

Puj Kickstarter + SYA (1/26/15)

Hey art friends! It’s Monday and we miss making a special video to feature your art. So, today we’re bringing back Show Your Art Monday video. We’ll also continue to feature your art during the week. We get several art submissions every day, so it’ll help if we feature your art throughout the week plus Monday. Thank […]

How To Draw A Rose – Construction Paper Cutout

Today we’re learning how to draw a rose (again), but this time we’re cutting them out of construction paper too. We also made the steps for this rose slightly easier, for younger artists. For this art project you’ll need: Marker Construction paper (red, green and yellow) Scissors Glue You could also turn this project into […]

How To Draw A Roman Soldier

How to draw a Roman soldier is easy and fun, especially if you’re learning about the Roman empire and it’s history. All you’ll need for this art project is paper and something to draw with. We always use a Sharpie, but you can use any marker, pencil, or crayon. We also use oil pastels to […]

How To Draw A Snail (for young artists)

This how to draw a snail lesson was so much fun with Austin. When you do art activities with your little artists, be sure they’re having more fun than you! You’ll make memories you’ll never forget…I promise. Also, I did give a three year old a Sharpie 🙂 I’ve worked with him enough that he […]

How To Draw A Blue Jay

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, […]

How To Paint A Woodpecker (for young artists)

How to paint a woodpecker, is just for young artists who are 5 years old and younger. Just because my Austin did this, doesn’t mean your 3 year old will be able to do this activity…all kids are different. That’s ok! If they’re not able to, try something easier. For example, you could work with getting your kid […]

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 Paint A Penguin

When Austin helps me with the art activity you know the project will be especially made for our young art friends. How to paint a penguin is perfect for artists 5 and under! All you need is three paint colors (black, white, and orange), paint brush, water, paper towel, and blue paper. The trickiest part […]

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 […]

Wolf Speed Drawing

Hey art friends, it’s just me in the studio today! I thought we’d take a little break from our usual art lessons. Today’s episode is a wolf speed drawing. The total drawing time on this picture was 30 min, but I sped up the time so the video is only 2 min. I’m using a Prismacolor Ebony pencil, […]

How To Paint A Snowman (For Young Artists)

Anytime Austin helps, like in this how to paint a snowman, you’ll know that the activity is meant for young artists. Austin is three, so I’ll keep the art project simple and short for him. In this episode we use: Acrylic paint (white, black, orange, red, green) Light blue paper Paint brush Paint trays Water Paper […]

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 […]

Top Holiday Gift Ideas

Hey art friends here’s our picks for this year’s top holiday gift ideas! We also open mail and show your art! Watch Top Holiday Gift Ideas Shopping List Below is a list of all the items we featured in the video above. The prices reflect the particular materials we bought from Hobby Lobby. Check back soon […]

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 […]