Articles in "Learning Through Art"

Autumn leaf coloring pages, sorted by the tree they fell from

Fall leaf pages grouped by the tree they fell from. Color the shape, then go outside and find the real one.

5 min read

Warm colors come forward, cool colors step back

What makes a color warm or cool, and the simple trick that makes any coloring page pop. A first lesson in color temperature for kids.

4 min read

Funny coloring page ideas start with one broken rule

A breakdancing dinosaur is not a distraction, it is how kids think. Why the best silly ideas break one rule, plus twelve to steal.

5 min read

The color wheel for kids is a mixing map

Neighbors blend, opposites turn brown. A four-minute crayon test that teaches the color wheel better than any poster, and why brown is learned last.

6 min read

Tiger coloring pages for a stripe pattern that has never existed

No two tigers share a stripe pattern. Researchers count wild tigers by them. Six signatures, plus pages to print for Tiger Day.

4 min read

Color the coat first: dog coloring pages for real-looking fur

The secret to a dog that looks real is in the strokes. Four coat types, four pencil moves, and pages to print for every kind of pup.

4 min read

Horse coloring pages that are really two pages in one

The coat asks you to stay in the lines. The mane asks you to let go. Horse and pony pages for careful hands and wild ones, plus real coat colors.

3 min read

Construction truck coloring pages, and the one job each machine does

Meet the construction crew one page at a time: what the digger, crane, mixer, and dump truck each do, ready to print.

5 min read

Space coloring pages for kids who'd rather invent than copy

Space is the one subject with no wrong colors. Planets, rockets, astronauts, and galaxies to color and invent, all summer long.

4 min read

How to shade with colored pencils: from flat color to almost 3D

Five steps take a coloring page from flat to almost 3D: pressure, layers, one light source, smarter shadows, and one finishing trick.

5 min read

Shark coloring pages, from the biggest gentle giant to the one that fits in your hand

Sharks come in wild sizes. Color them from the school-bus-long whale shark down to the one small enough to hold in your hand.

4 min read

Turn the World Cup into a color-in wall chart for kids

Channel all that tournament energy into a wall chart your kids color a flag into after every match. Here is how to set it up in about five minutes.

4 min read