How to Paint with Acrylics on Canvas

If you're new to acrylic painting and curious about working with acrylics, let me help you! Acrylic paint is one of the most beginner-friendly and versatile mediums out there. Whether you're painting for fun, for school, or starting your own art journey, this guide will walk you through how to paint on canvas with acrylics, step-by-step. Learn how to paint with acrylics on canvas today!

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Art Activities for Youth

Here are some art activities for youth to do at home whether it is a homeschool setting or or activities that your child can do over the summer holidays. These are some great low cost and affordable art activity options for your children to try.  Save these art activities for youth ideas for later!

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Winter Art Ideas for Middle School

Here are some great winter art ideas you can do in your classroom or with your homeschool kids this winter. These winter ideas are just specifically for winter. There are no Christmas art ideas mentioned in this post. Be sure to check out these winter art ideas so that you can plan the different art projects and art activities you'll be doing with your students for kids this winter. 

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100 Art Ideas for Middle Schoolers


Here is a list of 100 art ideas for middle schoolers that you can do in your classroom this year. If you are a middle school art teacher who has run out of ideas and not sure what ideas to do in your art classroom you will want to check out this list of 100 art ideas for middle schoolers. Make sure to save this list of 100 or ideas for middle schoolers for later.

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Valentines Paintings Ideas to Try!

Here are some Valentines paintings ideas for kids ages 8 and up to try. You can do the painting ideas at home or in your classroom this Valentine's Day.  I’ve included some fun Valentines paintings ideas to try!

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How to Paint Mountains with Acrylics

Learn how to paint mountains in acrylics with these simple tips and techniques. Perfect for beginners and experienced artists, this guide will help you create stunning mountain landscapes using acrylic paint. Discover step-by-step instructions, essential tools, and pro tips to make your mountain painting realistic and captivating.

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Easy Palette Knife Techniques

Have you tried palette knife painting with acrylics before? If not you'll want to learn about these palette knife techniques so that you can improve your palette knife acrylic paintings. These easy palette knife painting techniques will add texture to your acrylic paintings and take them to the next level.

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Is Colouring Good for You?

Is colouring good for you? What is the purpose of using colouring books? Should children be using colouring books or is there a better option for them to try?

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How to Finish a Painting

Do you struggle with how to finish a painting? How do you know if a painting is complete? Let me help! Finishing an acrylic painting can be difficult and challenging. It's hard to know when painting is finished and learn how to finish a painting with these tips from a professional painter.

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Easy Painting Ideas for 3 Year Olds

Here are some easy painting ideas for three year old to do.  Recently, I have been working at a private Montessori school teaching Casa students who are ages 3 to 5 years old. I wanted to share some easy painting ideas before three year old to do. So if you have a young toddler who is three year olds and up, you will want to check out these great painting ideas for them to try.

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How to Paint a Winter Night Sky

Here's how to paint a winter night sky. This is an easy acrylic painting tutorial that beginner painters can do as well as kids can try to learn how to paint the winter night sky by reading more below in this blog post. You can try and learn how to paint a winter night sky easily. 

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Holiday Art Ideas Grade 5 Can Do!

Here are some holiday art ideas grade 5 students can do in the classroom or at home in your homeschool program this year. I have lots of holiday art grade 5 students can do that I would like to share with you many of them are free holiday or ideas that grade 5 students can try as well.

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Christmas and Winter Symmetry Worksheets

I have lots of Christmas and winter symmetry worksheets that you can use with your students in your classroom or at home if you are a homeschool parent. I have different symmetrical Christmas and winter symmetry drawing pages for all grades from grade one to grade 12.

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My 10 Most Popular YouTube Painting Tutorials

I wanted to share it with you my 10 popular acrylic painting,YouTube tutorials with you.  I understand you're busy and you might not have a lot of time I have almost 100 acrylic painting YouTube tutorials on my YouTube channel Jackie Partridge Art. You probably don't have time to watch them all or even find the one that you are looking for so I wanted to share with you my 10 most popular YouTube acrylic painting tutorials. 

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All About Golden Paint Acrylic Supplies

I love the look of golden paint acrylic art supplies. Golden paint acrylics are my favourite acrylic paint and you can learn more about why I love creating with golden paint acrylic art materials by reading more in the blog.

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Drawing Book for Teens

I have created a drawing book for teens that focuses on animals and uses the technique of symmetry drawing to help your child and prove they are drawing skills. The drawing book for teens is created for kids ages 9-14. This 68-page book offers a fun and engaging way for young artists to develop their drawing skills, featuring 34 unique animal designs printed on both plain and grid-lined paper. Symmetry drawing is not only a screen-free, math-based activity but also a great way to keep kids busy and learning during downtime—whether on rainy days, while traveling, or while you’re preparing dinner.

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Art Activities for 7 Year Olds

As an artist and art teacher, I have a lot of different art activities for 7 year olds to do whether you are a parent or teacher. You will want to check out these are activities for 7 year olds to help keep them inspired, creative, and having fun check out my art activities for 7 year olds by reading more of the blog post.

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How to Do Art Integration with Other Subjects

It is easy to have art integration with other subjects at school or in the homeschool setting especially if you are a homeschool parent it is easy to integrate art with other subjects in your lessons and your daily routines at home. If you teach elementary school art, it is easy to work with the elementary school teachers, and do art integration with other subjects. It just requires some meeting and collaboration, and a little bit of extra planning but it is totally possible learn more about how to do art integration with other subjects by reading the blog post.

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Christmas Art Projects for Middle School

Here are some Christmas art projects for middle school students to try this year whether you are a teacher, or a parent, or you do homeschool you will want to try out these different Christmas art projects for middle school. The Christmas art projects for middle school are great for students in grades four through eight.

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