If you’re out of creative practice and find yourself parenting a tiny artist, relax—you don’t need a full studio or expensive tools. A handful of versatile, inexpensive, easy-to-clean art supplies can support hours of creative exploration. This basic list of essential art supplies for kids  uses materials you may already have around the house, and everything fits into a small bin or two. These kid-friendly art supplies cover drawing, painting, cutting, sculpting, and general

In the third grade, my friends and I pretended we had best friend pegasuses or pegasi (what is  the plural of Pegasus, anyway?). We flew all around the kingdom (otherwise known as the playground), through the mist — I'm not sure why were always in the mist except I was obsessed with mist. It seemed romantic and didn't you know that pegasi are always flying through the mist? I digress. The important thing wasn't the mist, it was the adventures we had together. When I first rea

Knock Knock. Who's there? I don't know. I don't know who? I don't know who or what to draw. 🎺 WAH WAAAAH (Cheesy joke trombone alert!) Have you ever sat down with a pencil and a shiny brand new sketchbook? You're totally ready to draw. You want to draw, but the paper is just so white and empty and your brain is equally empty. You can't think of a thing to draw. Hey, me too! And guess what? Every single artist has a hard time coming up with drawing ideas sometimes. Because I'