Sometimes children like to spend an hour just mixing the colours and diluting them with water, pretending they’re scientists.
They mix beautifully, both on paper and on a palette. I ended up buying them on sale, and it turned out that they’re nothing like artist watercolours… They’re tremendously fun in a different way! Most of all, they remind me of giant jars of food colouring. Liquid Watercolours (age 2+): At first I was dubious – we already had a good set of watercolours. It’s still one of his favourites! PAINTING He loved adding eyes to people or legs to bugs I drew for him. Anselm and I started playing with art prompts when he was still a toddler. Now we can print the prompts in several copies and try different media on them or laminate and use with play-dough. Unlike in math, there is no single right answer! My friend Tetiana and I have recently made a book of printable art prompts. The unfinished picture poses a question, and it’s up to children to find a solution. Children will need help with baking, but other than that it’s very kid-friendly.Īrt Activity Books (age 2+): I often cannot resist sitting down with my son and working on them together. I see them as creativity exercises. Shrink Dinks (age 4+): First you draw, then you cut, finally you bake, and suddenly your drawing shrinks and turns into a piece of hard plastic! An easy way to make keepsakes and personalized trinkets that children can give to their friends and relatives. A lot of fun for making experiments though, and the white gel stick creates a very thick layer, so good for coloured paper. They’re very vibrant, but from our experience, it’s impossible to create detailed images. Gel Sticks (age 2+): A kid-friendly uptake on watercolour pencils – these are watercolour crayons! They draw in a creamy oil-pastel way, and adding water creates a watercolour effect. Anselm sure loves experimenting with our watercolour pencils! The picture above is a watercolour pencil drawing before and after being taking into the rain outside. He’s mesmerized by the way lines and colours change, once you add a little bit of water to the picture. Technically, I bought them for myself, but my son has been using them a lot.
Draw with them like with regular pencils, then gently brush some water over, and see the colours blend, creating a hazy watercolour layer. Watercolour Pencils & Inktense Watercolour Pencils (age 3+): Inktense watercolour pencils are a more colour-intense version of watercolour pencils. They’re soft, vibrant and have a great variety of colours! They’re also the pencils that persuaded my son to stop choosing markers for drawing and try a new medium. With them, I actually like drawing with pencils.
I found them in a drawer this year and was amazed at their quality. Prismacolor Premier Coloured Pencils (age 3+): These are the pencils my husband has had since he was fourteen, which makes our box over twenty years old. I have noted an age range that would most likely enjoy this material, but do choose based on the interests and abilities of each child and check the manufacturer’s recommendations as well! While this list have been created with children in mind, these are all real art materials, so if you’re looking for a gift for a creative adult, don’t hesitate to read on. It really adds joy and pride into their artistic pursuits. In my experience, it isn’t easy to judge a product until you try it, so here you will find my impressions on some of our favourite art supplies, recent discoveries and wishlist favourites! While we have a few art materials that we always have on hand, for holidays we like to get our children something really special. He’ll probably grow up to be an engineer to complete the circle, but he does like to draw and paint now. He has crazy artist parents who are in love with art supplies. We invested what seemed like a small fortune into them, but what do you know – I still have them! My son uses them a lot. When I was fourteen, my art teacher finally recommended a good set of pencils. Most of them made lines so pale you couldn’t see it without pressing the pencil very hard into the paper. My mom supported me, but as an engineer, she had little understanding of art materials, and we had to learn everything through trial. For instance, we went through many boxes of coloured pencils. I like working on art and craft projects -always have since I was a little girl.
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