Homeschool kids have plenty of time to draw and paint, and can leave things up to dry. There is always some place to display art, too, in any home. Consider a special place in your home for especially messy projects, such as a picnic table outside. We were known to take our art projects to a nearby park, and let other kids join in. Great fun!
Art Lessons
9 Great Online Art Classes for Kids
These nine online art classes offer first-class instruction and a whole lot of fun.
12 Best Free Drawing Courses for Beginners to Take in 2023
Take your drawing skills to the next level and draw like a pro with the best drawing online courses out there.
Drawing Lessons from Toad Hollow
Welcome to my studio. I will be sharing my art, drawing technique and 20+ year’s experience with you on this page. The fantasy art, bird, wild flower, cat, horse and rose drawing lessons were created out of the love of drawing. From Carol Rosinski.
Free Art Lessons
Free lessons on drawing, perspective, shading, and other techniques for drawing and rendering with various mediums. See also their free art projects. From Masterpiece Art Instruction.
Galleries
CyberKids
Publishes original creative work by kids ages 7 to 12, including art, stories, poems, games and puzzles, multimedia.
Pencil Art
Harmony
Don’t worry that this page looks almost blank. Select a style and a color from the top menu, and just start sketching away! You may save your final drawing.
Portraits
Online Drawing courses
Learn to draw people and parts of people, such as hands and feet. Classes are not free.
Printmaking
What is Printmaking?
Printmaking is an artistic process based on the principle of transferring images from a matrix onto another surface, most often paper or fabric. Interactive lessons on the art of printmaking from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Software
Tux Paint
The latest version of Tux Paint runs on a variety of platforms, including Windows (Vista and later), macOS (10.10 and later), Linux, Android, Haiku, and more. Older versions of Tux Paint have been released for a variety of other platforms, as well. Free.
MAC
Paintbrush
Paintbrush is extremely simple – you’ve got a toolbox which allows you to use a paintbrush, rubber, change colors, select an area to fill and little more than that.
Scribbles
If you want to see a simple Paint program that looks modern and makes the best of your Macs graphically capabilities, you can’t go wrong with Scribbles.
WINDOWS
Zoner Draw
It just takes a little to make your photos look a lot better. Zoner Photo Studio X will help you on the way, while also saving you lots of time spent on processing your digital photos. Free Download
Supports Windows 10 and 11. Full version available with educator discount.
You may also like to visit these special “How to Draw” link pages:
- Comics & Cartooning
- Dinosaur Arts & Crafts
- Drawing Dogs
- Drawing Horses
