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.
Children writing with Stabilo watercolor pencils on a large window.
Drawing Nature

Meadow Mural

Read about our collaborative drawing project on the windows of The Carle.
Blue and yellow swirls of color within white shaving cream.
At Home Art Studio Painting Printmaking Theory and Resources

Kelly's Special Friday: Experimenting with Shaving Cream

Create marbled papers using shaving cream and paint!
Warm colored translucent papers woven in a window pane.
Painting Printmaking

Window Weaving with Paper

Read about the stamping project behind the window installation.
A grouping of found material mobiles attached to an apple tree outside the museum.
Nature Sculpture

Temperance's Open Book Open Play: Branching Out, Tree Mobiles in Bobbie's Meadow

Read about the outdoor sculpture project inspired by trees.
A collection of watercolors, experimental painting tools, and a notebook.
Painting Printmaking

Mina’s Special Saturday: That’s a Wrap! Painting with Texture

Explore several ways to make textured prints.
A colorful collection of plastic caps.
Nature Theory and Resources

A Fond Farewell to Collecting Plastic Found Materials

The Art Studio shares the reasons behind their decision to stop using plastics for materials in art projects.
A colorful tissue-paper-collaged frame with three collaged animals within it.
At Home Art Studio Collage

Emma’s Special Sunday: Collaging Animal Portraits

Create your own portraits of imaginary or real animals.
A display wall filled with watercolor paintings of the night sky and a table with art supplies on it.
Drawing Nature Painting

Sunset to Sunrise: Watercolors of the Night Sky

Explore the many shades of the night sky through watercolor paint.
A mural with red, yellow, and blue paint, created by printing with boxes on a white paper backdrop.
Painting Printmaking

Helen's Special Sunday: Box Art

Explore the many ways cardboard can be used in artmaking!
Two young children play with a light table and translucent color sticks.
Bookmaking Drawing

Storytelling and Playing with Light

Explore storytelling and playing with light in The Carle’s galleries.
Two young children making marks into shaving cream on a table.
Drawing Infants and Toddlers Painting

Exploring Unconventional Materials

Read about a mark-making experience with young learners.
Two collages with animals, nature, and magazine clippings.
Collage

Sarah's Special Sunday: Books & More Collage

See how a collage project in the studio was developed by an Art Studio intern.