Art for Classrooms, K-6
Tell a Story as you Draw a Story. Just saying ‘do this’ and now ‘do that’ will not excite the child’s creativity and they will just end up copying. Artabet is all about ‘expressing’! Make it your own. We get you started and you pick it up. Add your own details and ideas. Let’s get cracking and […]
Warm Up With These Little Art Games Before Draw Your Lady Bug This is Vintage Artabet below, look through our blogs and see if you can find our newest addition called JET BUG More people search out How to draw a Ladybug than you can imagine. I suppose it is the ‘charm’ of this little bug […]
How to Draw a Sun for ages 3-7 sounds like a simple task, and it is if you use the principles of symmetry. We have all seen those cute little first attempts at drawing a Sun where the rays are flying in all directions and of course do not display any understanding of symmetry. Now, by […]
Learn to draw a sun from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo. Use designs to draw a sun. Encourages creativity for all ages.
Learn to draw Robo Duck from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo. The Duck Drawing has been popular since the early 80’s when they were splashed onto T-shirts everywhere. Ducks are back and ‘Robo Duck’ is leading the flock!
Learn to draw a Cat. from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo. This is a simple 3-D drawing of ‘Pouncer’ the Artabet Cat. The face is fine for K to Gr.2. The crouching body is a great challenge for Grades 3 to 7. Subject matter for drawing has remained constant for me as an Art Teacher over the past 30 years. Kids […]
How to Draw: Slip the Snail from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo. ‘Slip the Snail’ is a slippery little character that all the students from ages 3 to 7 love to draw. ‘Slip’ can dance on it’s tail, sing scales, ride on a skateboard and fly across the sky. This how to draw a snail video is perfect […]
How to draw Bluebeary from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo. ‘Bluebeary’ is perfect for beginner drawers. This is the Artabet model for drawing a bear. It can be drawn as it appears with K – Gr.4. When I present it to older students I introduce our ‘Blueberry’ as ‘Ursus Horibilus’, a friendly ‘Griz’.
Space Quest; How to Draw a Spaceship from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo.
How to draw: Celeste the Poodle from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo. Poodles in a puddle. This simple dog drawing is always a hit with the kids!
How to draw: Girl Wearing a Hat from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo. The hat must fit the head! If you watched this video you will now know how to draw a girl wearing a hat. You will be able to draw anybody wearing a hat. Remember … the hat fits the head.
How to Draw an Astronaut from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo. This is the original model of how to draw an Astronaut from the first edition of The Artabet, First Steps in Drawing / 2000. Since then our first model has had many names and lots of adventures. ‘Major Solar Plexus’ was popular for a while and currently we are […]
Popa Ron and Haylen were practicing their walking on the long, sandy driveway. The clean, crisp, mountain air whisked about the golden Larches, trimming old branches and spraying needles in every direction.Each step Haylen took was an adventure and a new experience. It was his World … and it was only three years old. Our […]
You are going to discover how easy it is to learn and teach the ARTABET.If you can print your name,you can draw! Do it now. Print your name. Look at it. Realize right now that you are miles ahead of your students in muscle memory. They are just learning that skill and you already have […]