Dripped watercolor paint creating pools of color
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Making Art Together

The Art Studio facilitates creative projects for all ages. Join us as we share materials, ideas, and reflections.

A young guest explores glue and its sticky qualities.
A child, surrounded by paper sculptures, glue sticks, and instructions, folding paper to make an origami sculpture.
Collage Drawing Sculpture

Art Studio Intern Project: Origami Worlds

Read about Art Studio Summer Intern Young-Ji Cho’s origami world project for guests at The Carle.
A colorful garden of flowers made from recycled materials.
Nature Painting Sculpture

Cardboard and Found Materials Flower Display

Read how the Art Studio team created a large flower installation out of found materials.
Two people making tissue paper sculptures in the studio.
Collage Painting Sculpture

Art Studio Intern Project: Plaster and Tissue Paper Sculptures

Read about Art Studio intern Allison Shilling’s sculpture project for guests in the Art Studio.
A map drawing with paper trees and bridges standing up on top.
Collage Drawing Sculpture

Art Studio Intern Project: Paper Adventure Maps

Create your own paper adventure maps inspired by picture books with journeys in them.
Baskets filled with found materials including bottle caps, bubble wrap, and cardboard.
Sculpture Theory and Resources

Materials in Motion

Inspired by an exhibition at The Carle, create sculptures of things that go using found materials.
An array of homemade texture rubbing plates and a cup of crayons.
At Home Art Studio Collage Drawing Theory and Resources

Homemade Texture Rubbing Plates

Create your own textured rubbing plate tools to use in art projects.
A circle of paper cups holding things that made natural dyes such as beets and cranberries, and then the corresponding dyed papers in front of them on trays.
Nature Painting Theory and Resources

Staining Paper with Natural Dyes

Read about how to create natural dyes for coloring papers.
A hand adding details into a nonsensical collage made from clip art and drawing tools.
Collage Drawing

Nothing But Nonsense

Inspired by Eric Carle’s book The Nonsense Show, create your own silly collages!
A mosaic made from colorful, patterned fabric scraps.
At Home Art Studio Collage

Marvelous Mosaics

Create your own textured mosaic using found materials.
A child drawing a cat in a green book.
Bookmaking Collage Drawing Theory and Resources

Alphabet Books

Create your own alphabet books using collage and drawing materials.
A young child enthusiastically painting with a textured paintbrush in black paint.
At Home Art Studio Infants and Toddlers Painting Printmaking Theory and Resources

Art Studio Intern Project: Silly Texture Paint Brushes

Experiment painting with homemade silly textured paint brushes.
A watercolor paint set-up, with a palette, brush in water cup, and four coffee filters with paintings on them.
Infants and Toddlers Painting Theory and Resources

Coffee Filters and Watercolor Paint in Open Book, Open Play

Inspired by picture books about food, experiment with watercolor painting.