Drawing for Children: Do we teach it, or let kids learn it on their own?

Drawing for kids is a loaded topic. At least for me it was. Do we teach kids HOW to draw or do we let them learn it on their own? I found an oldĀ  interview on The Artful Parent blog the other day that brought up lots of my old conflicts with teaching children to [...]

Beginning with Negative Space: Drawing with Children (part 2)

In working with children in trying to teach them some rudimentary drawing or-pre-drawing activities, you may think that negative space is too difficult for little kids to grasp. For those of you who are not sure what negative space is I will discuss it a bit. When you see a tree with its branches splayed [...]