It is often difficult for many children to come up with ideas for art projects. While there is certainly no wrong style of art, we often see children, when left to their own devices, creating drawings of images with which they are quite familiar, such as a local park, a favorite pet or a family portrait. To further enhance your child's creativity, show them the works of famous artists and a range of styles that will inspire them to think outside the box.
For many kids, it is easiest for them to draw, paint and color pictures that are fairly realistic, but it can be fun to introduce them to familiar scenes painted in less realistic ways. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism are two styles of art that look somewhat realistic yet are somewhat different. You can show your child how to mimic the brush strokes of an artist such as Seurat or even download a printable mural of one of his works from a website like ArtProjectsForKids.org. This site breaks down famous works of art into manageable sections which you color and then reposition like a puzzle, and you end up with a work of art very similar yet different from the original. Other artists to consider include Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet.
Surrealist painters such as Salvador Dali, Joan Miro or Rene Magritte offer plenty of great inspirational easy art projects for kids. Show the children some of Miro's work and explain how he used circles and lines to create dreamlike images of people, animals and objects. Encourage the children to draw stick figures with circles here and there and then color the various sections, circles and intersecting parts to create a colorful picture. Magritte's "Son of Man," is a fun painting to mimic. Just have children create a person with every element except the face. In place of this feature, add an apple or really any type of fruit or food or even an object and have them talk about why they chose that object.
The style of art known as abstract is a wonderful option for children as it allows them to create with color but not have to worry about any real structure or form. To begin an abstract project, show them the pictures of Sonia Delauney or Jackson Pollack. For Delauney, consider creating a project based around colorful circles. For Pollack, dive in and get messy, splashing or dripping paint onto a blank canvas or even using your fingers for part of the painting. You can even paint the paper first in one solid color and then splash on a variety of colors.
Pop Art is yet another fun medium to explore, and the artists of this style are inspired by all of the products and topics that are current and modern. For Andy Warhol, this meant painting a can of soup. For David Hockney it means painting something realistic but making it look slightly skewed. For Roy Lichtenstein, inspiration came from the pages of comic books. Any of these artists can serve as the basis for a project. Children can create their own comic strip or paint a picture featuring their favorite food product, such as a box of cereal. For a Hockney-esque work, consider tearing a picture out of a magazine, cutting it into strips or squares and then gluing the pieces back down onto paper. Have the pieces tilt slightly or overlap slightly to create an unusual image.
Art truly lies within the eye of the beholder, and experiencing the styles of various painters can really open up the child's mind and provide them with an opportunity to expand their imagination. So consider showcasing a variety of art styles for your children, and giving them the freedom to explore the world of art.
For many kids, it is easiest for them to draw, paint and color pictures that are fairly realistic, but it can be fun to introduce them to familiar scenes painted in less realistic ways. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism are two styles of art that look somewhat realistic yet are somewhat different. You can show your child how to mimic the brush strokes of an artist such as Seurat or even download a printable mural of one of his works from a website like ArtProjectsForKids.org. This site breaks down famous works of art into manageable sections which you color and then reposition like a puzzle, and you end up with a work of art very similar yet different from the original. Other artists to consider include Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet.
Surrealist painters such as Salvador Dali, Joan Miro or Rene Magritte offer plenty of great inspirational easy art projects for kids. Show the children some of Miro's work and explain how he used circles and lines to create dreamlike images of people, animals and objects. Encourage the children to draw stick figures with circles here and there and then color the various sections, circles and intersecting parts to create a colorful picture. Magritte's "Son of Man," is a fun painting to mimic. Just have children create a person with every element except the face. In place of this feature, add an apple or really any type of fruit or food or even an object and have them talk about why they chose that object.
The style of art known as abstract is a wonderful option for children as it allows them to create with color but not have to worry about any real structure or form. To begin an abstract project, show them the pictures of Sonia Delauney or Jackson Pollack. For Delauney, consider creating a project based around colorful circles. For Pollack, dive in and get messy, splashing or dripping paint onto a blank canvas or even using your fingers for part of the painting. You can even paint the paper first in one solid color and then splash on a variety of colors.
Pop Art is yet another fun medium to explore, and the artists of this style are inspired by all of the products and topics that are current and modern. For Andy Warhol, this meant painting a can of soup. For David Hockney it means painting something realistic but making it look slightly skewed. For Roy Lichtenstein, inspiration came from the pages of comic books. Any of these artists can serve as the basis for a project. Children can create their own comic strip or paint a picture featuring their favorite food product, such as a box of cereal. For a Hockney-esque work, consider tearing a picture out of a magazine, cutting it into strips or squares and then gluing the pieces back down onto paper. Have the pieces tilt slightly or overlap slightly to create an unusual image.
Art truly lies within the eye of the beholder, and experiencing the styles of various painters can really open up the child's mind and provide them with an opportunity to expand their imagination. So consider showcasing a variety of art styles for your children, and giving them the freedom to explore the world of art.
About the Author:
Kate Halfey likes writing about art projects for kids. For additional info about different styles of arts such as Joan Miro for kids art projects or to find Kandinsky circle painting projects, please go to the ArtProjectsForKids.org website today.
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