Creativity for Life

Soft Pastel Beach Landscape Tutorial

Posted on May 04 2021

Soft pastels are a unique medium, unlike any other. Their incredible color, texture, and ease of use offer an opportunity to expand your artistic abilities like you never thought possible. In this lesson plan, we explore a landscape in soft pastel, and the basic steps to creating your own pastel painting.

Artist Trading Cards Art Lesson for Kids

Posted on May 04 2021

Students will experiment with a variety of exciting materials and ideas to create their own Artist Trading Cards to trade and collect.

Pitt Pastel Puppy Tutorial

Posted on May 03 2021

Pitt Pastel Pencils offer the artist the best of both worlds, combining the confidence and control of a pencil with the soft, looser mark of pastel. The colors can be blended and layered just as they would in a soft pastel painting. Their pencil form also allows the pastel to be easily sharpened to a point and be used for developing details in artwork.

Teachers Day coloring page with color pencils

A Coloring Page Celebrating National Teacher's Day

Posted on May 03 2021

Let’s celebrate Teacher’s Day! It is time to show all your gratitude to those who spark your creativity everyday with our card template that you can color and personalize.

Polychromos Pastel Tips and Techniques

Posted on April 30 2021

Pastel is an extraordinarily beautiful medium, limitless in its powers to produce breathtaking artistic expression. With its layering of pigments producing rich depth of color and exquisite painterly effects, pastel offers a vibrant luminescence unlike any other material.

5 Crafty Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

Posted on April 26 2021

What gift do you give to a person that deserves the world? Wish your Mother a “Happy Mother’s Day” with a priceless homemade craft. These craft ideas are not only easy and fun, but Mom will cherish a gift made from the heart by her favorite child.

Graphite Pencil Tips and Techniques

Posted on April 22 2021

Basic graphite pencil techniques to get you started! These fundamental tips and techniques will help you get started creating and understand all that you can achieve with your graphite pencil.

Floral Earth Day Hand Lettering Tutorial

Posted on April 21 2021

A hand lettering tutorial celebrating Earth Day! Hi everyone, Mou Saha here with a word art tutorial celebrating Earth Day using a Pitt Artist Pen and Goldfaber Color Pencils. I have made a complete materials list for you.

Graphite Pencil Degrees of Hardness Explained

Posted on April 20 2021

Your graphite pencil lead guide. Our high-quality graphite pencils consist of a mixture of graphite and clay and are currently available in 16 degrees of hardness. The degree of graphite hardness is determined by the mix ratio of the graphite and clay, the greater the graphite the softer the lead and the more clay the harder the lead. There is a graphite pencil for every artist!

The Art of Shapes - Painting Art Lesson for Kids

Posted on April 19 2021

In this art lesson for kids, students are introduced to several works of contemporary art associated with shapes, and make a piece of their own art inspired by Jim Dine’s famous heart motif.

Coneflower Landscape Soft Pastel Tutorial

Posted on April 15 2021

Soft pastels are a unique medium unlike any other. Their incredible color, texture and ease of use offer an opportunity to expand your artistic abilities like you never thought possible. In this lesson plan, we learn the steps for creating a floral landscape in soft pastel.

Mother's Day Card Coloring Page

Posted on April 14 2021

You are probably the best gift your mom could ask for, but flowers are really nice too. Check out our floral heart coloring template that you can personalize to make this day even more special. Download it now!

Mother's Day paper flower and DuoTip Markers

Homemade Paper Flowers Mother's Day Gift

Posted on April 14 2021

A Mother's Day gift of beautiful paper flowers! Use the included printable stencil to create homemade paper flowers for Mom either on their own or on a card.

DIY Mother's Day Gift Wrapping

Posted on April 14 2021

Wrap your Mother's Day gift in personalized wrapping paper! This craft is quick, easy to do, and is sure to impress Mom.

DIY Breakfast Jar Mother's Day Gift

Posted on April 14 2021

A Mother's Day gift to personalize Mom's breakfast!

Pet Portrait Pitt Pastel Tutorial - Maine Coon Cat

Posted on April 08 2021

This Pitt Pastel Pencil tutorial is full of tips and tricks to become a better artist. Learn how to become a fierce artist, Pitt Pastel techniques, and how to create a pastel portrait of your ferocious furry friend.

Signs of Spring Sketching Tutorial

Posted on April 06 2021

A sketching tutorial with Goldfaber Color Pencils! Hi everyone, Mou Saha here with a tutorial for a sketchbook entry creating observational drawing using Pitt Artist Pens and Goldfaber Color Pencils. I have made a complete materials list for you.

The Difference Between Castell 9000 and Goldfaber Graphite Pencils

Graphite Pencils: Comparing Castell 9000 and Goldfaber

Posted on April 05 2021

Consistently priding ourselves on being your artistic companion for life, Faber-Castell offers products for artists and creators at all stages of life. Amidst the creation and celebration of our wide variety of quality products at Faber-Castell, our core competence stems back to our graphite pencils.

"Me... Jane" Art Lesson for Kids

Posted on March 29 2021

Students conduct a scientific study of plant and animal life in their own backyard or neighborhood by documenting it with sketches, field notes and research, just as Jane Goodall did as a young girl.

"The Little Island" Painting Art Lesson for Kids

Posted on March 29 2021

Students paint a storm, and learn to convey mood, drama and movement by use of a variety of brush strokes inspired by the book "The Little Island" by Margaret Wise Brown and Leonard Weisgard

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