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Watercolor painting ideas for kids

Progressive watercolor technique heart

We had tried progressive watercolor technique earlier while doing Sun. We did not get the effect we were hoping for. I had done progressive watercolor technique at my school, but could not recreate. When I did a google search for progressive watercolor technique, I found progressive watercolor art tutorial from Grow Creative. Followed the tutorial …

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Kandinsky inspired heart painting

kandinsky inspired heart painting

Kandinsky is a well known Russian painter and artist. He is known for his work ” Farbstudie Quadrate” – Squares with concentric circles. I had created a matching activity earlier inspired by his work. Now we did painting – squares with concentric hearts as part of our Valentine’s day activities. Affiliation links are used Materials …

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Doodle ideas for kids

Heart doodles with Free printables

Hi All,Do you know doodling has therapeutic benefits? I read somewhere but not very sure on that! But I am sure that simple doodling is so much fun. I wanted to introduce doodling to my 8 year old daughter. After watching few youtube videos, she wanted to try doodling. But she was not confidence enough. …

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Aluminium foil heart Valentines day

Aluminium foil heart – Valentines day gift idea

Aluminium foil art is something we love! It is completely mess free and creates cool stained glass effect. My daughter wanted to make a gift for her teacher for Valentine’s day. We decided to go with our beloved aluminium foil art. You may be interested to check out our previous work with Aluminium foil – …

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Hand drawn 3D activity ideas

Hand drawn 3D heart – Valentine’s day craft

Hi All,Isn’t fascinating to create an illusion of 3D by hand? We had created a 3D palm art earlier. We used the same technique to create a 3D heart this time. The best part about this craft is it requires only basic stationery  available at home! Materials required : (affiliation links) 1. Paper ( We …

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Photoshop tutorials to elementary school kids

Teach photoshop to Elementary school kids – Introduction

Hi All,My eight year old daughter always shows interest towards art. I can see her more engaged in drawing, painting more than any other activities. She was doing graphics designing using free software for over a year and she loves them! So I am introducing Photoshop to her. As Photoshop is one of the best …

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