Doodling is a great way to warm up your creativity! Get your sketchbook and start making quick drawings of everything you see! 

​3 - 4 cups of flour
1/2 cup salt
2 T cream of tartar
2 T oil
1 1/2 cups boiling water
An easy clay for making things...

This clay is very easy to work with ... just let it set out for a few days to dry!

Before I paint I make a quick sketch with white paint.
Making a quick sketch helps me plan out where everything goes in the picture.
If I make a mistake I will paint over the white lines.
​This way I can change things before I put all the colors on the painting.
​Try this the next time you paint.

Winter is almost finished!
This is the perfect time to do some drawings and paintings that have a winter theme.
Doodle and draw winter memories while it is still cold outside.
Snowmen, snow forts, and snowflakes coming down make for beautiful paintings too.
​Tell the story of your most memorable and fun part of winter.

See video here

Snow is o the way! It is the perfect time for crafts, painting, and drawing. I keep a box on my desk just for these quick crafts. These popsicle stick were left over from Christmas crafts and they needed painted. A wintery window scene seems appropriate. The red birds didn't make it into the clip. Add snowmen and small animals to tell a story!
​Happy crafting and painting.

Keeping a sketchbook is a wonderful learning tool. 
Sketchbooks are for keeping doodles and notes. 
It is a way to think and keep track of ideas.
Little drawings, diagrams, and pictures all make up a good notebook.
Pictures from magazines or photographs can help demonstrate ideas.
Organize your sketchbook any way you want.

I think sketchbooks are very valuable to the learning process.
Check out my videos for inspiration on how to start your sketchbook habit.
​Sketchbooks are sometimes messy but are the perfect way to start a daily art habit!

Try this video about gears.

Here is an easy way to add art to your homeschooling day.
Keep a sketchbook.
Sketchbooks can be full of doodles, ideas, and practice drawings.
Any inexpensive notebook will work. 
Making a sketchbook is easy. 
The video explains how to use a sketchbook as well as making one too!
Happy sketching!
Jennifer