Splat Explores the Art of Japan

Art is an integral part of Japanese culture. Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting on silk, paper and manga, anime and much more. Abrakadoodle’s mascot Splat, accompanied by the children’s art company co-founders Mary Rogers and Rosemarie Hartnett, visited Japan this fall. Japanese children…

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Art is at the Heart of Creativity

Kayla, an Abrakadoodle artist from Austin, paints her crown during art camp. Have you ever seen the gleeful expression on a child who has created a piece of art that did not exist in the world before? It’s pure magic. A blank sketchpad represents a playground for a child’s imagination. Equipped with pencils, crayons, markers…

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Whimsical Wescoat Shares Her Unique Style of Painting

Abrakadoodle Artist of Distinction Natasha Wescoat (wescoatart.com) is an award-winning young painter,who specializes in “jeweled” landscapes and fanciful characters. We teach Natasha’s swirling, vibrant and soft-edged style in our classes for children, modifying the lessons according to age group. Children love the opportunity to learn about Natasha and create art in her special style! Natasha,…

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Artful Storytelling

I was recently so flattered when our 7-year old goddaughter Ainsley visited and before leaving, drew herself into our family tree ~ carefully placing herself under our daughter Krissa. I was touched. She also came to love our two black pugs, Duke and Jester. She loved helping me to feed them and to take them…

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Splat Explores the Art of China

Art is a rich part of China’s fascinating history. Abrakadoodle’s mascot Splat, accompanied by co-founders Mary Rogers and Rosemarie Hartnett, visited China this summer in part to help launch Abrakadoodle art programs as part of the company’s international program. Did you know Cloisonné was developed in China? Abrakadoodle teaches the jewelry-making art in its classes…

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Sparking Creativity

At Abrakadoodle, each and every visual arts lesson seeks to spark creativity in our students. We believe in process art in which children actively explore art and make decisions that reflect their feelings and imagination. As such, we are keenly interested in current research and messaging from such thought leaders as Dan Pink and others…

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