1. ART
Basics for
Young Children
The Basic Process

2. Remember for all art activities
 All children should wear smocks
 Floor should be covered
 Clean-up supplies should be at easy
access
 Have all materials ready and waiting for
the children-there should be no wait time
at all
 Check for allergies to items you may be
using.
 Have tape or marker to write name on
back of art work before hand.

3. Painting
You will need a variety of materials when
painting
Tempera Painting
 Paper for painting- newsprint, manila or white
drawing paper, colored construction paper, wall
paper ends, wrapping paper, shelf paper, opened
paper bags and even printed newspaper.
 Brushes- 9 or 10 inch long natural handled
brushes are best for young children.
 Accessories- Containers to hold paint, floor cover,
easels, clips or tape to hold paper, sponges, paper
towels or fabric scrap to blot excess paint, one
container of clear water to rinse brushes, crayon on
string for child to write name.

5. Have children make their
own brushes to paint with.

6. Water color
 Water color paper
 Water colors come in a tube or a cake.
 Container of water

7. Finger painting
 Finger paint is a pudding–like paint or
can be purchased as a powder.
 Adding a tablespoon of liquid cornstarch
helps powder finger-paint spread better.
 Finger paint paper- glossy finish
 Paint directly on table

9. Print making
The art of applying color to an object and
transferring it onto something else.
 Use ink pads, thick tempera or finger
paint
 Children can apply color in many ways-
painted with a brush, daubed with finger
or with a small rubber roller.
 Any item that children can draw on can
be used. Including fabrics, card board,
plastic and wood.

11. Monoprint
A single print which is made by pressing
paper or other surface directly onto paint and
removing, leaving the printed image on the
paper or surface.

13. Printing with found materials
You can make prints with sponges, wood
scrapes, erasers, bottle caps, buttons, blocks,
forks, straws etc.
They are using feathers to make
prints

14. Painted with pine cones

15. Painting with stencils

16. Plate/Block Printing
When wanting to make a print of something
in quantities an image can put made on
onto a plate (block).
Items to use for a plate (block)
 Plasticine
 Soft bar of soap
 A block with
something on for texture

18. Applying dyes
Dip and dye- The process of dipping folds
of white paper towels or strong white
napkins into a food color bath.

19. Tie and dye- Decorating fabrics such as
unbleached muslin, handkerchiefs, and t-
shirts. Use non-toxic commercial dyes that
mix with water or special cold water dyes for
use with children.

20. Simple batik- The art of drawing on fabric
with wax or paste and then brush or dip in
a dye bath. The areas of the design that
have been protected by the wax will resist
color.
You need this type of
glue..Elmer's Galactic Glue. They
also sell a non glitter version
which I think will work as well just
make sure it is the washable blue
gel.

21. http://thatartistwoman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kid-friendly-batik.html

22. Applying color mixtures
While children use paints and dyes they
frequently discover that certain colors mix to
form new colors.

23. Rollovers- Use one or more colors of paint
with rollers and when a new color is rolled
across another color, the color will change.

24. Dribble trails- Thin tempera paint or
water colors for easy flow. Add to brush and
squeeze access onto paper to make a puddle.
After many puddles, trail a clean brush
through the puddles to mix the colors.

25. Dropper blends- children mix colors
by dropping different colors together.

26. Drawing- The art of creating an image
form on any possible material.

27. Crayons

28. Use little bits of broken crayons to
make multi colors ones.

29. Types of paper/ material for
crayon work-
•Plastic window shade
•Sand paper
•Corrugated board
•Bleached or unbleached muslin
•And other textured paper work well with crayons

30. Techniques with crayons
 Pressing hard
 Light pressure
 Making pastels by coloring over all
colors with white
 Using the sides and the tips of
crayons
 Cut notches in the side of crayon for
exciting effects

31. Scratch drawings (sgraffito) method-
Color a small piece of cardboard or oak tag
with a thick layer of crayon. Use a safe sharp
object to scratch an image revealing the
original paper on the bottom.

32. Crayon resist method- Color the paper
with a thick layer of crayon. Use a deep shade
of tempera paint with water added. Cover the
colored paper with a thin coat, using even
strokes next to each other. Use a safe sharp
object to scratch away the black to reveal a
picture of color.

33. Rubbing method- remove the paper from
the crayons. Use a fairly thin paper over an
object or surface that can be rubbed
against with the side of the crayon.

34. Rub-off stencil method- Draw the
outline of a form on sturdy paper. Heavily
crayon a border about one inch along the
edge of the form. Cut out the form. Hold,
tape or staple the cut out to a piece of
drawing paper. Rub the color from the
border onto the drawing paper using a
tissue or cotton ball. Be sure to go around
the whole form. Remove the form from the
paper and there is a silhouette.

35. Felt-tip markers

36. Chalk
The following techniques will help keep the
powdery colors from flaking off.
 Brush coat the paper before drawing with a
sugar/ water (3 tsp) per cup of water.
 Mix equal parts of water and liquid laundry
starch and brush onto paper before drawing
with chalk.
 Dip the dry chalk into one of the above
solutions instead of wetting the paper.

38. Cutting, pasting, attaching

39. Collage- The selection and mounting of
materials on a flat surface to make a 2
dimensional picture

40. Montage- The making of a collage by
using only ready made pictures.

41. Mosaics- The art of creating an image with
pieces of materials place side by side to.

42. Yarn painting- gluing yarn designs on a
flat surface.

43. Modeling
Using items to make 3 dimensional forms
Modeling clay and dough clay
Paper- cut, torn, bent and folded
Wire
Lumber
Plaster
Paper–mache
Sawdust
Sand
Mud

44. Clay
Sand

45. Paper

46. Found materials

47. Woodworking

48. Paper-mache

49. Plaster

50. Puppets and masks
Sometimes the process of
making a creation can lead to a
functional product.

51. Stick puppet
Tube puppet

52. Paper plate
characters

53. Finger puppets

54. Puppets with found materials

55. Scenery and
stages

56. Masks
Masks, like puppets, allow children to disguise
themselves during play.
Face
masks

57. Interlacing
It takes little effort to interest children in
stitching, weaving and knotting.

59. Ladder Loom
Circular loom

60. Photography
Capturing an image onto another material.

61. Work Cited
Lasky, L., & Mukerji, R. (1980). Art basic
for young children. Washinton DC,:
NAEYC.