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How To Draw A Hippo With Shapes

How To Draw A Hippo With Shapes

We’ve drawn a hippo before, but today we’re learning how to draw a hippo with shapes! This is a super fun way to learn how to draw for young artists. This project uses simple lines and shapes to make a more complex drawing. Remind your young artists that it’s ok if their drawings don’t look […]

Filed Under: Animals, Cartoons, How To Draw, Safari, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, hippo, Hippopotamus

How To Draw A Kookaburra

How To Draw A Kookaburra

Well, we still need to work on how to say it…but we had a lot of fun learning how to draw a kookaburra. So grab those markers, some paper, and your colored pencils! Follow along with us, and if we go to fast you can always pause the video and KETCHUP! These are really cool […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, Birds, How To Draw Tagged With: animal, Australia, bird, kookaburra

How To Fold An Origami Pig

How To Fold An Origami Pig

We’ve done a lot of pig art projects, but today we’re going to show you how to fold an origami pig! I really like this one too, because it totally looks like a pig! Sometimes origami projects require a lot of imagination, but this pig is spot on. To begin this project you’ll need a square […]

Filed Under: 8 And Older, Origami For Kids Tagged With: animal, farm, origami, pig

How To Draw A Grizzly Bear (realistic)

How To Draw A Grizzly Bear (realistic)

Learn how to draw a grizzly bear with us! In this activity we’ll show you the secret to drawing and coloring fur. It’s easier than it looks. You’ll need a marker, paper and three different shades of brown (light, medium and a dark brown). After finishing your grizzly bear drawing, don’t forget to draw the […]

Filed Under: 8 And Older, Animals, How To Draw Tagged With: animal, bear, grizzly bear

How To Draw A Cartoon Bear (For Young Artists)

How To Draw A Cartoon Bear (For Young Artists)

Austin’s heart bear cracks me up! I love it so much. This art project is perfect for your young artists. We tried to keep the steps very short and lines even shorter. Remember to do these activities with your little artist. They’ll have even more fun if you’re right there next to them. After you’re […]

Filed Under: Animals, Cartoons, How To Draw, Under 5, Valentine's Day Tagged With: animal, bear, grizzly bear

How To Draw A Pig For Young Artists

How To Draw A Pig For Young Artists

This activity is perfect for super young artists! We’re going to work on drawing ovals. So help your little artists get ready, today we’re going to learn how to draw a pig! After you’re done drawing one pig, challenge your young artist to draw a family of pigs. See if they can remember the steps on […]

Filed Under: Animals, Farm, How To Draw, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, farm, pig

How To Draw A Cartoon Flamingo For Young Artists

How To Draw A Cartoon Flamingo For Young Artists

Grab your markers! Watch the video below and follow along with us, to learn how to draw a cartoon flamingo. This activity is meant for young artists, but any age artist can have fun with it. Flamingos really are cool birds. If you’d like to learn a little more about them check out the flamingo […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Cartoons, How To Draw, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, bird, cartoon, flamingo

How To Draw A Cartoon Peacock For Young Artists

How To Draw A Cartoon Peacock For Young Artists

We’ve drawn a peacock before! This time we’re learning how to draw a cartoon peacock for young artists. Yes, this project is meant to be a lot easier than our other lesson. But that doesn’t mean older kids (even adults) can’t have fun drawing this lesson 🙂 All you need is some paper and a […]

Filed Under: Animals, Birds, Cartoons, How To Draw, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, bird, cartoon, peacock

How To Draw A Peacock (realistic)

How To Draw A Peacock (realistic)

Learn how to draw a peacock with us! In this activity we talk about a new drawing word, SIZE. Size refers to how big you draw something on your paper. If you draw something big, that object will look close to you. If you draw something small, the object will look far away. This is […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, Birds, How To Draw Tagged With: animal, bird, peacock

How To Draw A Pug

How To Draw A Pug

Awe, learn how to draw a pug with us! This guy is super cute, and he really needs a home. Grab your markers and follow along with us. You’ll also need some colored pencils to finish coloring him in at the end.

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, Dogs, How To Draw Tagged With: animal, dog, pug

How To Draw A Cartoon Pegasus

How To Draw A Cartoon Pegasus

Today’s episode is nice and easy, perfect for young artists. We’re going to learn how to draw a cartoon pegasus. If you’ve never heard of a pegasus, it’s a horse with wings! How cool is that? They’re also from Greek mythology. Today we’re drawing the cute cartoon version to keep it simple for young artists. If […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Cartoons, How To Draw, Mythical, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, Greek Mythology, horse, pegasus

How To Draw A Cartoon Gorilla

How To Draw A Cartoon Gorilla

Time for another cute cartoon, this time we’re learning how to draw a cartoon gorilla! I really like doing this cartoon versions, because they’re super fun, but most importantly they’re a lot easier to draw. Which I think is why they’re so fun to draw…perfect for younger artists! Check out all the other cartoon drawings […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Animals, Cartoons, How To Draw, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, gorilla, jungle animals

How To Draw A Cardinal

How To Draw A Cardinal

Tweet, tweet! We’re drawing another awesome bird today. This time we’re learning how to draw a cardinal bird. I love how red they are. So, grab your markers and paper and follow along with us. Remember, if we go to fast you can always pause the video. Also check out our other how to draw […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, Birds, Christmas, How To Draw Tagged With: animal, bird, cardinal

How To Draw A Cartoon Lion

How To Draw A Cartoon Lion

Follow along with us and learn how to draw a cute cartoon lion! This lesson is meant for younger artists, but it’s still fun for everyone. Art Supplies Marker or pencil to draw with Paper Colored pencils, crayons, or something to color with Watch How To Draw A Cartoon Lion Step-By-Step You can also use […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Animals, Cartoons, How To Draw, Safari, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, cartoon, Lion

How To Fold An Origami Owl

How To Fold An Origami Owl

Learn how to fold an origami owl with us! This owl is not too hard and not too easy, just right. All you need is a square piece of paper and follow along with us. Remember, when you’re doing origami the bigger your paper is the easier the folding will be. Once you get the […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Origami For Kids Tagged With: animal, origami, Owl

How To Draw A Robin Bird (Realistic)

How To Draw A Robin Bird (Realistic)

Follow along with us and learn how to draw another bird! This time we’re learning how to draw a robin bird, a realistic one. In this project we use a marker (like always) and colored pencils. We love using Sharpie markers because we don’t have to worry about spending any time erasing. The colored pencils […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, Birds, How To Draw Tagged With: animal, bird, Robin

How To Draw A Narwhal

How To Draw A Narwhal

How to draw a narwhal! These animals don’t seem real. They seem like they’re from some magical fantasy world, where unicorns live. But they are real and here’s a link to narwhals on Wikipedia, if you’re interested in learning more about them. Even though this is an easy drawing activity, narwhals are still fun for all […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, How To Draw, Ocean, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, narwhal, ocean

How To Fold An Origami Fish

How To Fold An Origami Fish

Follow along with us, today we’re learning how to fold an origami fish! This is lesson is easy and perfect for younger artists. Hads is five and was able to do this activity with very minimal help. With most origami activities she needs more help. We do use official origami paper, but you can use […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Origami For Kids Tagged With: animal, Fish, ocean, origami

How To Draw A Red Panda

How To Draw A Red Panda

How to draw a red panda! Yes, these animals have got to be the cutest animals to ever exist. They’re also fun to watch play. If you haven’t seen this video of them playing in the snow yet, you’re missing out on some serious cuteness! In this lesson we’re using: Plain white paper from our […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, How To Draw, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, panda, red panda

How To Draw Peppa Pig

How To Draw Peppa Pig

Today’s lesson, how to draw Peppa Pig, is going to be different! Instead of using a Sharpie and white paper we’re going to draw on colored construction paper with oil pastels. We’re also going to do some cutting and glueing…so be sure to get all of your art supplies together before following along. Below are […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, How To Draw, In TV & Movies, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, cartoon, Peppa Pig, pig

How To Draw A Minecraft Wolf (Dog)

How To Draw A Minecraft Wolf (Dog)

Hey art friends, today we’re learning how to draw a Minecraft wolf! Wahhoooooo! We’re also going to color our wolves and show you the secret to coloring 3D blocks. We use oil pastels to color our wolves, but you can use crayons or color pencils. The wolf is such a cool mob! Leave a comment below and let […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Dogs, How To Draw, In Video Games Tagged With: animal, dog, Minecraft, Wolf

How To Draw A Squirrel + SYA

How To Draw A Squirrel + SYA

Hads is learning how to draw a squirrel today! So, even though drawing this squirrel may look hard we break it up into small easy steps. Anyone can do it! Remember it’s not important that your drawing looks perfect, it’s important that you had fun. You can always practice, too! I promise the second time […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, How To Draw Tagged With: animal, squirrel

How To Paint A Penguin

How To Paint A Penguin

When Austin helps me with the art activity you know the project will be especially made for our young art friends. How to paint a penguin is perfect for artists 5 and under! All you need is three paint colors (black, white, and orange), paint brush, water, paper towel, and blue paper. The trickiest part […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Painting for Kids, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, Penguin

How To Draw A Hedgehog

How To Draw A Hedgehog

How to draw a hedgehog! I know hedgehogs are cute, but when I was looking for a photo to base our lesson off of…I think I overdosed on cute. Hads was watching over my shoulder and all I could hear from her was “Awwwwweee” then I would click on another photo, “Awwweeeee…” So, now we […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Animals, Cartoons, How To Draw Tagged With: animal, hedgehog

How To Draw A Cheetah

How To Draw A Cheetah

Chuckers and I both think cheetahs are the coolest animals alive. We think this how to draw a cheetah is also our most favorite episode. Both of us also agreed that we need to do more realistic versions of animals. Cartoonish animals are fun, but realistic versions are so much cooler. What do you think? […]

Filed Under: 8 And Older, Animals, Cats, How To Draw, Safari Tagged With: animal, cat, cheetah

How To Draw A Realistic Turkey

How To Draw A Realistic Turkey

Thanksgiving is getting so close I can almost taste it! That means it’s time for some holiday art projects. Grab a marker and paper we’re going to learn how to draw a turkey today. Gobble Gobble! We’ve drawn a turkey before, we’ve also finger painted a turkey, we’ve even made a turkey cutout, but those were […]

Filed Under: 8 And Older, Animals, Birds, How To Draw, Thanksgiving Tagged With: animal, holiday, oil pastels, Thanksgiving, turkey

How To Paint A Black Cat

How To Paint A Black Cat

Today we’re learning how to paint a black cat and it’s especially for our younger artists! The art supplies you’ll need for this activity are: Paint (we used acrylics but you can use any) Paper (we used orange construction paper) Paint brushes Paint tray (or plate) Water Paper towels The steps for this activity are […]

Filed Under: Halloween, Painting for Kids, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, black cat, cat, Halloween, paint

How To Draw A Betta Fish

How To Draw A Betta Fish

Watch the video below and follow along to learn how to draw a betta fish! Most all of our videos are requests from you, our art friends! We love getting requests, so thank you all for sending them in. Sorry, we’re not able to do all of them, but we always appreciate the new ideas. […]

Filed Under: Animals, How To Draw, Ocean Tagged With: animal, Beta fish, Fish

How To Draw A Chicken

How To Draw A Chicken

Here’s another one for our super young artists! Follow along and learn how to draw a chicken. With Hads and Austin we use basic lines and shapes to make our pictures. The purpose is to show kids, at a very early age, that complex/hard pictures are really just made up of small and easy steps. I love watching their […]

Filed Under: Animals, Farm, How To Draw, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, chicken

How To Draw An Octopus

How to draw an octopus! It’s a wiggly octopus, this guy is a lot like our how to draw a squid. They’re so much fun to draw because you can draw their legs any direction you want. It kind of turns into a big design when you’re done. We love featuring all of our art […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Ocean Tagged With: animal, ocean, octopus

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