Dog Paper Bag Puppet | Craft Project for Kids

I put together this dog paper bag puppet for my art site, MakingArtFun.com today. It was a fun drawing/design project, and I enjoyed the opportunity to do some paper art.

If you want to try making the puppet with your kids, here's the link to the free template.

Dog Paper Bag Puppet | Template

Flash Frog | Free Music Flash Cards

I put together a new set of flashcards for my music site, MakingMusicFun.net this week. It was fun to jump in, and really see how far I could push myself to create a set of flashcards with some strong graphic appeal.

Below is the pencil sketch I started with for the frog, and a couple of the images from the flashcard set. If you are interested in printing a set for your kids, here's the link:

Get Flash Frog | Free Music Flash Cards

Belle with Flowers | Watercolor

I love the Disney fine art of Michelle St. Laurent. This morning I tried my hand at a watercolor of Belle, and used her toothbrush splatter technique to add spontinaity to the painting.

Composing with Kids | Free Piano eBook

My Composing with Kids eBook was a little lighter project that the piano primer. With this one the only significant illustrating was the cover. If your interested in checking out the rest of the book, or sharing it with your piano teacher, I've included the link below.

Composing with Kids | Free eBook

All-in-One Piano Primer | Free eBook

I've been working on a piano primer for awhile now, that includes a printable version on my site MakingMusicFun.net, and a simple app for the iPad. It was one of the biggest projects I've ever taken on, because I was writing the music, formatting the book, and creating all the illustrations.

The effort sure has paid off, and the primer is now one of the most popular resources on the site.

I've included a few of the illustrations below, with a link to the the book if you would like to print a copy, or just check out the rest of the illustrations.

MMF! All-in-One Piano Primer | Free eBook

Nuts for Jesus | Free Printable Coloring Page

I drew these two guys at the suggestion of a friend for a Bible Quiz Team t-shirt. I thought it would make a fun coloring page, so recreated it in Illustrator and added it to my collection of Free Bible Coloring pages on MakingArtFun.com.  The original sketch is included below. I hope it provides a few moments of fun the your kids!

Get Nuts for Jesus | Free Coloring Page

Girl with Roses | Sketchbook Watercolor

I enjoy drawing cartoon/animated characters in pencil, and watercolor painting, so I wondered about combining the two. This is the result of my little experiment. Maybe a series of Disney princess drawings next to a bouquet of watercolor flowers would be fun?

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep | Bible Coloring Page

I sketched the image below on newsprint, and then pulled it into Illustrator to create another Bible coloring page for my MakingArtFun.com website.

Get Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep | Free Printable Coloring Page  

Pencil Drawing of Flowers | Sketchbook

This is a value/composition study from my sketchbook. I tried it in watercolor too, but the doodle was my favorite.

Forest with Large Rocks | Watercolor

I tried a couple versions of this forest scene in watercolor today, and liked this one best.