When your child sits down to draw, which colour pen/pencil do they grab first? Did you know a child’s colour choices can be quite insightful and indicate aspects of their personality? Here’s a list of common personality traits according to colour preferences:

Sometimes you may see a change in your child when it comes to drawing. The creative child who once loved to draw may now be critical of their work or avoid drawing all-together. So how can you encourage your child to draw more? Here’s my top tips:

Art is one of the purest forms of self-expression. What we put on paper or canvas often stems from our deepest desires, fears and beliefs. So when it comes to your child’s drawings, it's no surprise that what they put on paper can reflect their personality.

Have a look through this list and see if any of these ring true for your child:

In today’s world, gender roles and gender identities are changing. But does our gender affect the way we create art? Well, to answer that question, a group of scientists studied 216 children from toddler to high school age, to see if they could observe any gender-based patterns in their drawings. This is what they found:

I’m excited to announce some of the students from our Artory art classes for kids are now award-winning young artists!

Sometimes children can have difficulty expressing their feelings through words. Drawing gives them a forum to express their emotions, fears and hopes through a non-verbal form of communication. So drawings can be a great insight into your child’s mental state.

Interestingly, studies of the drawings of refugee children have shown that violence/war appears significantly more times than in drawings by non-refugee children. This suggests that children’s drawings can be used as a tool to assess their emotional state. So what are the elements we should be looking out for in our children’s drawings? We’ve compiled a list.

How can you help your child’s creativity to grow and flourish when you aren’t creative yourself? Here’s 4 simple ways to help your child engage their imagination and exercise their creative mind.

As Pablo Picasso said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” So how do we capture and build on that creativity? One of the best ways is to enrol your child in online art classes for kids. Here’s 3 reasons why every child should attend art class.

Whether it’s due to lockdowns or the weather sometimes we have to spend the school holidays at home. So we’ve put together these FUN art activities for kids of all ages that will create hours of fun and silence the cries of “I’m bored”!

We’ve come up with a list of easy and fun art activities for kids stuck in lockdown. Because while lockdowns are difficult for parents, they are very difficult for kids too (check out our article on just how helpful online art classes for kids are in supporting the mental health of children and teens during lockdown).