Harvest Art

This resource is meant to help students and families explore visual art learning from home. Please explore the tabs at the top to find age appropriate artistic learning activities to try at home. Below you will find a list of potential art materials you might already have, can find at local stores, or online for reasonably low costs. Please don't feel like you need to spend a lot of money on art supplies! Select learning activities that fit the needs and materials of your family.

• A no.2 pencil 

  • If you want to go all fancy, you can use sketching and shading pencils

• An eraser 

  • If you want to be fancy again, you can use artsy erasers like a gum eraser or a kneaded eraser, but that isn't really necessary

• Drawing paper - any blank paper will do!

• A ruler or straight edge for marking straight lines

• Crayons, colored pencils, or markers for adding color to your drawings

First, look through your art supplies at home and work with what you have. The most common types of paint families might have are watercolors or acrylics (also sometimes called tole paint or craft paint). Definitely use up what you have already on hand before you think about buying or ordering more. 

• Watercolor, tempera, or acrylic paints

• brushes

• heavy paper that can handle water... or watercolor paper if you want to be "spendy"

• masking tape (more for older students to tape down the watercolor or heavy paper to a board)

• water containers (one for clean water, one for dirty water)

• paint mixing tray (a plate works just fine for this and can be run through the dishwasher afterwards)

• specialty "brushes"...

  • fork

  • bubblewrap

  • cotton swabs

  • plastic cards (like the junk mail cards that everyone throws away) that can be used as scrappers or palette knives

  • straws

  • twigs, leaves, or anything else that might be fun to use with paints!