Art Class for Kids & Beginners: Draw & Paint 15 Projects

Learn to create a cute sleeping fox scene with watercolor and drawing, and gather essential supplies: watercolor paper, paints, brush, water, black crayon or oil pastel, and a paper towel.

Learn to draw a sleeping fox nestled in a tree hollow, using curved lines, ears, closed eyes, and a textured bark backdrop, then add leaves, sticks, and a simple bed.

Learn to paint a sleeping fox inside a tree hollow, mixing rust-red colors, shading the hollow, painting the bark, and adding brown earth and subtle black for darker areas.

Discover the essential supplies for a beginner drawing and watercolor project featuring sunflowers, including watercolor paper, paints, brushes, water, black crayon or oil pastel, and a paper towel.

Draw three large sunflower circles with a black oil pastel along the page's middle, add varied petals, seeds, leaves, and a vase on a table, then add optional details.

Learn to paint the design by softening the paints with water, applying fall colors to sunflowers, leaves, and the vase, and adjusting lightness with more water or paint.

Learn the essential supplies for drawing a baby bird in a nest with watercolor, including watercolor paper, paints, a brush, clean water, a black oil pastel or crayon, and towels.

Draw a baby bird in a nest using oil pastels or crayons, shaping the head, body, tail, a large eye, a beak, and surrounding branches.

Begin by softening watercolor paints with a drop of water, paint a baby bird in a nest with red, brown, and green, keep the eye white, save background for later.

Learn to paint the background of your bird design using blue, water, and careful brushwork, while staying within lines and enjoying the creative process.

Start a beginner drawing and watercolor project by creating a cute scarecrow and gathering supplies: watercolor paper, paints, a brush, water, black oil pastel or crayon, and a paper towel.

Learn to draw a cute scarecrow through a step-by-step process: sketch the hat, face, and clothing details, and color with oil pastels before adding watercolor later.

Move through step 2 of the easy art class as you soften watercolor paints with a drop of water, then paint a scarecrow design using fall colors and careful outlines.

Learn to paint the background by selecting a color, mixing the paint with water, and applying it to complete your project.

Discover the essential supplies for a beginner-friendly drawing and watercolor project featuring a cute gnome with a pumpkin.

Learn to draw a gnome holding a pumpkin—from sketching the hat and nose to adding the pumpkin, beard, stripes, grass, and acorns—for a beginner-friendly art project.

Prepare a limited autumn palette of red, orange, yellow, green, and brown, soften paints with water, and paint a gnome with a pumpkin and brown hands, a light red nose.

Paint the background with a light yellow wash, using water-diluted paint and colors like red, orange, yellow, green and brown for grass green and acorns brown, then finish the gnome.

Gather watercolor paper, paints, brushes, clean water, a black oil pastel or crayon, and a paper towel to begin this easy turkey drawing and watercolor project.

Learn to draw a turkey with simple shapes using oil pastels or crayons, forming the head, body, eyes, beak, gobble, feet, feathers, and ground.

Prepare your watercolor paints by adding water to soften the pigment. Paint a turkey with fall colors, adjusting lightness with water and staying inside the lines.

Gather watercolor paper, paints, clean water, a black crayon or oil pastel, a brush, and a paper towel to start this apple drawing and painting project.

Draw a large apple shape on the paper with a black crayon or oil pastel, add a stem and leaf with details, and prepare to apply watercolor paints.

Apply watercolor paints to the apple design by adding water to soften paints, then paint the apple, stem, and leaf with real apple colors, while choosing a background color later.

Learn to paint a background for an apple design using a customizable color palette, selecting one to several colors, and applying a lighter purple hue for a finished look.

Learn how to start a fall pumpkin drawing and watercolor painting project by gathering essential supplies like watercolor paper, paints, brushes, water, crayons or oil pastels, and a paper towel.

Draw a large pumpkin centered on the page with orange oil pastel. Add curved lines to shape the pumpkin and a thick stem with vines and leaves, ready for watercolor.

Softens watercolor paints with water and colors a pumpkin in orange. Focuses on fall colors - orange, red, brown, and green - for the pumpkin and vines; background comes later.

Paint the background with your chosen color, such as light blue from fall colors, and lighten it with water to stay within the lines. Finish the background and celebrate progress.

Start a simple owl drawing and watercolor painting project. Gather essential supplies like watercolor paper, paints, a brush, water, oil pastels or crayons, and a paper towel.

Draw a cartoon owl using brown oil pastels, starting with a giant U for the head and a curved body with a branch, then add eyes, beak, wings, and stars.

Paint background with blue, dark blue, and purple to create a night sky with stars, lighten with water as needed. Choose colors you like and finish the owl and background.