Amy Barrow - Helping Kids Create 'Art To Illustrate' Copyright 2018

Amy Barrow - Helping Kids Create 'Art To Illustrate' Copyright 2018

Art Classes - Reaching a New Generation of Visual Learners. 'What Story will their Picture Tell?'

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Photos from Amy Barrow - Helping Kids Create 'Art To Illustrate' Copyright 2018's post 23/06/2023

Are your kids ready to do something tactile and creative?

Offering a FREE online Coral Art Class to be posted soon! ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿชธ Get prepared with the supplies below. Many of my students will have quite a few of these items. Improvise where you can. ( good paper is essential - recommend watercolor or mixed media paper) Otherwise head on over to this link to find what you will need! (or run over to Michaelโ€™s Art & Craft store.) Feel free to share this page with other kids/parents/carers/ grandparents who feel like relaxing with some art therapy. You will feel joy at the end! See you soon my friends! ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฅฐ
https://linktr.ee/amybarrow126

23/06/2023

Summer break and my two sons are back to drawing together. โค๏ธ Find a drawing buddy & both pick an object to draw. Mine have been doing it for years. It is both restorative & dopamine/ happy reward hormone/ building! ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธโœ๏ธ










22/06/2023

(teacher artwork) Preparation and passion is contagious.
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽจโค๏ธ๐Ÿ–Œ
Planning to film a summer art class & share with followers! Details to come!
โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ 














21/06/2023

(student artwork) Moving my students into a plethora of coral art! Letโ€™s start with the adorable clown fish! Easy shape & SO much fun!
Stay tuned! โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿ’ž
















20/06/2023

(student artwork) Moving my students into a plethora of coral art! Lets start with the adorable clown fish! Easy shape & SO much fun!!
Stay tuned! โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿ’ž















13/06/2023

โ€˜Nature never reveals her secrets to the careless observer.โ€™
Take time to appreciate the details in life. I sure do! ๐Ÿค—โค๏ธ๐Ÿ€










13/06/2023

โ€˜Nature never reveals her secrets to the careless observer.โ€™
Take time to appreciate the details in life! I sure do! ๐Ÿค—โค๏ธ๐Ÿ€











13/06/2023

โ€˜Nature never reveals her secrets to the careless observer.โ€™ ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒฑ

Take time to help your child study details in nature - let it be their teacher,โ€ฆ changing sky colors, cloud shapes, tree barks, leaf patterns, flower colors, bird sizes, insects moving, rock shapes, new growth emerging, vines climbing! Which one interests them the most? Take note - & expand that area of interest.

I would buy non fiction books with great pictures & quick word explanationsโ€ฆ a gentle way to help them fall asleep by themself โ€ฆ โ˜บ๏ธ
(At the time I used the Book Depository, UK as they offered free overseas shipping, a favorite was the โ€˜Usborneโ€™ books.)

Have a great day friends. โค๏ธ












30/05/2023

My sonโ€™s project for AP American History. What an interesting, illustrative summary, with so many thoughts brought to life through drawing! Nice work Tom! โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ–Œโค๏ธ

* Developing a visual learner pays dividends for future educational tasks. Art classes recommended! ๐Ÿ˜‰โค๏ธ












25/05/2023

(Student artwork - grade 6)
Students finish their โ€˜Sailing the Seasโ€™ artwork.
Art develops spatial reasoning skills. Aim to grow well balanced kids. ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿชด๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ











25/05/2023

(Student artwork - grade 4)
Students finish their โ€˜Sailing the Seasโ€™ artwork. Art develops spatial reasoning skills. Aim to grow well rounded kids. ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿชด๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿง 












25/05/2023

( Student artwork - grade 1) Students finish their โ€˜Sailing the Seasโ€™ artwork. Art develops spatial reasoning skills. Aim to grow well rounded kids. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿชด๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ









25/05/2023

( Student artwork - grade 4) Students finish their โ€˜Sailing the Seasโ€™ artwork!
Art successfully develops spatial reasoning. Aim to grow well rounded kids.
๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ









19/05/2023

(Student artwork - grade 4)
This student drew his blossom art with Francis Hodgson Burnettโ€™s tale in mind - โ€˜The Secret Garden.โ€™ What a treat when a parent is reading them rich, vocab-strong, stories! I recommend! Their verbal skills, writing skills and art will take on a fresh strength. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธโค๏ธ













19/05/2023

Blossoms symbolize growth, so appropriate for young, eager minds! ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒณ















19/05/2023

(Student artwork - grade 2)
Blossoms symbolize growth! So appropriate for young, eager minds!
















19/05/2023

(Student artwork - grade 4) Students complete their blooming blossoms! Blossoms symbolizes growth - & so this season I hope all my students have cognitively grown like flourishing, buds & blossoms!
๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ€๐ŸŽจ












14/05/2023

Have a wonderful day! ๐ŸŒบ

โ€˜For the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the worldโ€ฆโ€™
William Ross Wallace
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿผ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿ’–















14/05/2023

Have a wonderful day! ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿผ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿ’–

14/05/2023

Have a wonderful day! ๐ŸŒบ

โ€˜For the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the worldโ€ฆโ€™ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿผ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿ’–
William Ross Wallace













14/05/2023

Have a wonderful dayโ€ฆ ๐ŸŒบ

โ€˜For the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the worldโ€ฆโ€™ ๐Ÿซถ
William Ross Wallace.











14/05/2023

Painting Motherโ€™s Day keepsakes! Made with love! ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’















12/05/2023

Heard yesterday, โ€˜I think this is the best art Iโ€™ve ever done.โ€™ ๐Ÿ˜Œ๐ŸŽจ

12/05/2023

Painting Motherโ€™s Day keepsakes! ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒบ












11/05/2023

Painting Motherโ€™s Day keepsakes!
(grade 1) ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒบ













09/05/2023

(student artwork - kindergarten)
The polka dot speed boat - how adorable!
๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’–โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŒŠ














05/05/2023

(student artwork - grade 3)
Sailing through icebergs and thick seas! Well done! โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ














03/05/2023

(student artwork) Students are beginning to complete our next main art piece,โ€ฆ โ€˜ Adventures on the Seaโ€™ - including Noahโ€™s ark, with animals, speech bubbles & ocean geysers! โ›ˆโ˜”๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ

โ€˜What story will their picture tell?โ€™
๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ›ฅ๐Ÿšขโš“๏ธโค๏ธ













02/05/2023

(student artwork) Students are beginning to complete our next main art piece,โ€ฆโ€™Adventures on the Sea.โ€™ What fun we have had!
๐Ÿ›ณ๐Ÿšข๐Ÿ›ฅโš“๏ธโค๏ธ
















01/05/2023

(kindergarten) ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ๐ŸŽˆ















01/05/2023

Warm up - write a message & put it in an old bottle. & draw! โš“๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ

*Kids take greater ownership of their learning when they can find personal ways of contributing.
๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธโค๏ธ

*Incorporate art & literacy where you can! Maximize learning!
โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ–ผ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿค“โค๏ธ

โ€˜What story will their picture tell?โ€™













01/05/2023

(grade 4) Warm up - write a message & put it in an old bottle. & draw! ๐ŸŒŠโš“๏ธ

* Kids take greater ownership of their learning when they can find personal ways of contributing.โ€™ ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธโค๏ธ

* Incorporate art and literacy where you can! Maximize learning! โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ–ผ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿค“













01/05/2023

(grade 2 student) Warm up - write a message & put it in an old bottle! & draw!
๐ŸŒŠโš“๏ธ

*Kids take greater ownership of their learning when they can find personal ways of contributing. ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธโœ๏ธโค๏ธ
*Incorporate art & some literacy where you can! Maximize learning!!! ๐Ÿค—๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ“šโค๏ธ

โ€˜What story will their picture tell? Reaching a new generation of Visual Learners.โ€™ ๐Ÿ–ผ














26/04/2023

My clever son Luke, did this quick, unsolicited sketch to illustrate his essay! Somebody is lurking in the picture. ๐Ÿ˜… ๐Ÿฆ–
& supposedly his college professor loved it!
๐Ÿ˜โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ“šโค๏ธ















26/04/2023

(student artwork - grade 2) Finishing chocolate and sweet theme! ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿช๐Ÿ˜

25/04/2023

(Student artwork - grade 4) Completing chocolate & sweet theme! I like the color graduation in this one! ๐Ÿช๐Ÿง












25/04/2023

(student artwork - grade 3) Completing chocolate & sweet theme! ๐Ÿช๐Ÿจ












20/04/2023

Student artwork - 6 years old! Yes, this precious little artistic champion is focused & creating her own masterpiece! So proud of her efforts!
๐ŸŽจโค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ง














20/04/2023

(student artwork - grade 5) Still life sweets!













Kids Create Art to Illustrate

As a young Mom, I spent many days at home with my three little sons. As I saw their incredible energy and quick avid minds I began to invest all my artistic teaching skills to train them from a very young age to draw and paint, to explain the picture's narrative and use sketching as a means to really learn cognitive idea's. My goal was to see if I could use visual learning means to really enhance their education experience, while at the same time always letting them draw their passions. It is my firm belief that the next generation of students will respond more readily to visual methods, thus how Exciting if we can prepare them to be active contributors. My two artistic son's are now 12 and 16 and the fruition of those younger years has led to both sonโ€™s excelling academically in the Visual Arts. I am currently writing an art program to parallel and build on the ideaโ€™s that were created during this period. I teach Enrichment After-School Art Classes also called โ€˜Helping Kidโ€™s Create Art to Illustrate.โ€™ This page will tell the story of how I holistically brought Art into many areaโ€™s of my sons learning processes as well as sharing some ideaโ€™s to help you guide your kidโ€™s into becoming skilful visual learners.

I hope this page will encourage you with the inspiration you need to provide opportunities for your kids to become great artists who know how to sketch their world. As parentโ€™s, we want to help them create lasting visual diaries to enhance their cognitive skills, mind-stories and interests!

If you enjoy these ideaโ€™s and know it would be beneficial to others, please let them know!

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