Art Education for Kids

  • Colorful Peacock: A Nine Year Old’s Third Oil Painting

    I love this colorful and abstract peacock painted by my nine year old daughter. I am so very proud of her and equally happy that she is following in my footsteps, and at an early age! And since I never studied painting myself, it makes me so happy to see my daughter excelling at it.…

  • One Proud Mama ( A Nine Year Old’s Second Oil Painting )

    I am beaming from ear to ear and so very very proud of my daughter for creating this beautiful little painting in just three one hour lessons. I squeeled when I saw it, and we’ve been enjoying gazing upon it all week. Generally speaking, nine years old is a little young to start learning oil…

  • Child’s First Oil Painting – The Rolling Hills Of Jerusalem

    Today is the 17th of the Jewish month of Tammuz, and we are thinking about Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, our Holy City, whose ancient walls were breached on this day many many years ago. And yet, we remember this day each and every year, and I thought it was so very appropriate that my almost nine year…

  • Teaching Children About Architecture In Berkeley, CA

    I love architecture, and had a wonderful time sharing this interest of mine with my kids last month in Berkeley, California. Berkeley has some amazing, even jaw-dropping, examples of architecture, from Victorian to Modern with lots of style in between. So if you happen to be somewhere where good design abounds, do take advantage of…

  • My First Castle Model Was A Great Learning Experience

    I am seven years old and this is the first model I’ve ever built. I love my model castle and I’m really proud of it too. My mom didn’t realize what a great present the model kit was until she saw the floor plans which helped me built the model brick by brick, and the…

  • The Granduer Of Jerusalem On Another Sad Day In History…..

    I was in Jerusalem for two days this week and had hoped to show you beautiful photos or our historic and holy city. Instead I will show you photos and tell you a little bit about the very sad event that occurred while I was there.

  • Introduce Boys and Girls To The Art Of Pottery!

    Aren’t these bowls fantastic? My eight year old daughter and nearly seven year old son made them in their ceramics class, and I wanted to share these with you for several reasons. First of all, my seven year old son who (alack, alas) isn’t interested in doing crafts with me most of the time, has…