Inspired by Picture Books: A Daily Practice of Creative Prompts

There's no need to visit a museum or fancy gallery to find beautiful art when there's a whole world of inspiring illustrations to be found inside children's picture books. This daily practice from artist, educator, and children's book illustrator Constance Moore pulls from these different facets of her life to bring you a unique art class for all ages. Each day, Constance shares a children's book, including a few she has illustrated herself, with a creative prompt inspired by the art in each book. Explore the elements of line, shape, and color while focusing on using accessible tools and materials found in most classrooms. Try playing with watercolor, tempera paint, oil pastels, or whatever materials inspire you. This class includes drawing, painting, collage, and even a three-dimensional piece. With years of experience teaching art to children, Constance embraces the joy of getting back to the basics, allowing you to discover and free your own creative spirit. Learn how to:

• Find creative inspiration in children's book illustrations
• Play with tempera paint, watercolor, crayons, oil pastels, construction paper, white glue, and other accessible classroom materials
• Observe your environment to find all types of lines, shapes, and colors
• Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional art
• Mix paint colors and match them to a natural objects
• Explore radial symmetry, simple portraits, resist techniques, found words, doodling, collage and so much more