Canvas Painting For Kids

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Canvas Painting For Kids

Canvas painting for kids is an excellent activity that fosters creative exploration, skill building, confidence building and develops cognitive skills!

Kids do very well with step by step instruction.

Scroll down for a gallery of free painting tutorials!

With step by step structured painting instruction, you set your child up for success! You will be amazed what he or she creates and he or she will certainly feel very confident!

Also, through step by step instruction you can insert other learning opportunities in other subject areas such as math and science!

You can teach your child the basics of art such as the Elements and Principles and even a little Art History if relevant! 

Supplies For Painting With Kids

Beginning with painting instruction at home is easy. All you need are a few basic supplies that can be found at your local craft store such as canvases, acrylic paints and brushes.

I personally like to use basic craft paints with my own kids and students I have taught in the past. It flows smoothly and easy to work with. 

Plaid Apple Barrel makes an 18 piece set that they sell on Amazon. I also love the DecoArt Paints. And there is also a very inexpensive craft paint that Michals sells called CraftSmart. So many options! 

Then when your child is ready you can move up to student grade acrylic paints like the Liquitex BASICS. That paint is a little thicker but it blends more smoothly and dries in a nice satin finished 

As for brushes, you can typically pick up a variety pack of brushes to get you started. I like to use synthetic brushes. Keep in mind that a tutorial may call for a specific size of brush but you don’t technically have to use that exact one. 

If you’re looking for a detailed list of supplies to get you started with acrylic painting, check out my page here about that here. I go into more depth about brush sizes and paints on that page. 

What Painting To Start With

Start with an easy painting and then work your way up as your child becomes more comfortable with painting.

I also recommend that you paint with your child side by side in an “I do, we do” sort of instruction. In other words demonstrate each step first and have your child repeat. 

Here at the Step By Step Painting website, I create canvas painting tutorials for all ages! I don’t believe an age should be set on a particular painting. If you see one that inspires you or your child, I encourage both of you to try it! 

Below is a list a gallery of painting tutorials that are specifically designed to be “child friendly” because of either the theme or skill level.

Each have a tutorial and most have an easy to follow video. Enjoy!

Gallery of Free Kid Friendly Painting Tutorials:

See my full gallery

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