Learn New Skills * Practice Those Skills * Share Your Work!

Do you know a young person who loves art, and you want to support them in that passion? Or maybe you just want to help them try something new, but you don’t know where to begin? 

You’ve come to the right place! Here you’ll find information and opportunities to help them build their creative confidence. 

To get started, choose from the links below:

 UPDATES

Contest announcements, lessons, and other updates

FREE ART LESSONS

A list of all the lessons on the site

DRAWING STEP BY STEP

Step by step directions for creating your own drawings

ART AND WRITING CONTESTS FOR KIDS

Organized by deadlines and updated to keep it current

ART CHALLENGES

Challenge yourself to follow a theme and submit artwork by the deadline.

LATEST ARTWORK 

You can submit your own artwork HERE.  

 View the 2022 Gallery and all the galleries

COLORING PAGES

Free coloring pages to download and print 

Be sure to check out the coloring pages by kids…for kids!

DOT DRAWINGS

For little ones, download the dot drawing pages. No numbers needed! 

MORE RESOURCES

Helpful information from around the web

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ABOUT ME

My name is Samantha Bell, and I’m an artist, an author, and an art and writing teacher. Find out more HERE