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Recently, I did a really fun project.  A friend was doing a makeover of her little boy's room so that it had a complete dinosaur theme, for his birthday.  One of the things she wanted to do was adapt a canvas she had commissioned when he was a baby - a beautiful, peaceful scene with fields, trees, and a hot... View more

Children are naturally wonderfully creative, moving with ease between imaginative play, drawing, inventing songs or making music. As a mother of a 5 year old child and an art tutor for over 20 years, here are my thoughts on how to encourage this naturally occurring creativity in the children in your life. Make creativity part of your life If you... View more

Last week I wrote about how becoming a mother has had a very positive impact on my creative life.  This week, I'm going to focus on watching my daughter's artistic skills unfold.  Being around Estelle (age 5) and her friends, I'm constantly blown away by their unfettered spontaneity and unconstrained imagination.  Whether it is play, song, art, dance, dressing up or... View more