EPIC Art with Ms. Alison

05/24/2020

This is part 2 of "A Pencil Drawing of a Cat." Grab your pencils and get shading!

Part 2 is all about adding values with pencil to your cat drawing, giving it form and texture.

05/17/2020

Grab a piece of paper and a pencil and make a line drawing of cat.

As requested by a viewer, this video is Part 1 of how to draw a cat using pencil and working from a photo.

05/09/2020

A special project to make a Happy Mother's Day for your mom:)

Honor your mom with a beautiful drawing of a Hibiscus. You need a white piece of paper, something to draw with, some crayons, and of course, some love for yo...

05/01/2020

Here it is - the April 2020 Gallery Show! Check out these creative works of art:)

Check out these creative works of art! This is a slide show of images made by young artists following EPIC Art with Ms. Alison.

04/28/2020

Let's make a gallery video. Send me pictures of the art you have made with my creative videos by Thursday, April 30th. I will put all the images I receive together in a gallery video and post it on Friday, May 1st. Let's do this!

04/25/2020

One of my favorite flowers to draw is the Plumeria. Grab some paper and your crayons to have some Plumeria fun!

Draw a Plumeria using three crayons.

04/21/2020

Project #10 will take you on a dragon adventure! Grab your supplies and let the adventure begin!

Learn how to transform a folded paper bird into a flying, adventurous dragon! You will need a piece of paper, two colored pencils, a black marker or pen, glu...

04/15/2020

Happy tax day! Today's project is all about money, big money. We will make a line drawing of a money using pen. Time to make some big bucks!

Every little penny, nickel, and dime still count today. In addition to monetary value, money makes a great, table-top still life to study and draw with lots ...

04/14/2020

A Reality Check
When I started making daily creative posts to share during the COVID-19 stay-at-home restriction, I was determined to post a new video each day. After the first week's content and the hours it took to create, my wise husband said, "You may want to just post 2-3 projects a week." Holding on to my determination to provide a new creative adventure each day, I immediately said, "No way, I can do it!" Now the late, late nights and early, early mornings working on creative project posts along with my regular family and work duties are starting to wear me down. I am going to heed my husband's advice to post 2-3 new projects a week. I am so thankful for the positive emails and comments I have received; it has been wonderful to see the creations! Please continue to share comments and pictures with me, for they are encouraging bursts of joy!
Today, I thought I would share a picture of my work space, my dining room table, for creating the project videos. I repurposed a broken desk lamp into a camera stand for my phone. It works!

04/14/2020

Start your engines with project #8!

After you draw a side view of a car, the trick is to make sure you line up the ruler from points on the car to the point on the horizon line to create the 3D...

04/09/2020

Hoppin' Thumbprints - Project #7
Easter weekend is upon us. Here is a hoppin' fun project using your thumbprints to make cute, playful bunnies. Post and share your cute creations below. Happy Easter!

I thought it would be fun to kick off the Easter holiday drawing some playful bunnies using our thumbprints. You can bring character to each thumbprint by ma...

04/08/2020

Honu drawings are so much fun to do! What design will you give your sea turtle?

Honu drawings are so much fun to do! After drawing your sea turtle, you can use it to make a stop-motion animation.