Nana and Tricia have shared more than 100 Free Art Lessons for All Ages! Here at Your Best Homeschool (formerly Hodgepodge) we are passionate about reminding you that You ARE an Artist! These are our original, step-by-step, written tutorials. Many have not been updated because our readers started asking for video art lessons.
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Be sure to check out our sister site, ChalkPastel.com for video art lessons for all ages from Nana! The You ARE an Artist Clubhouse has over 700 video art lessons for all ages.
Read more About ChalkPastel.com here.
Nana first taught her own grandchildren around the kitchen table in February of 2010 with A Path to The Beach. Tricia started to share those lessons online in step-by-step form. Once we had several free art lessons, a reader asked if we could put them all in one place in Pastels plus Links to Tutorials (no longer updated).
Then another reader asked if we could put all of those into ebook form so the lessons would be easy to use. A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels ebook was born. After that, we developed a whole line of digital art curriculum. By 2017, our artists asked if we could begin to offer video art curriculum. So we began to build over 50 video art courses! With that many video art lessons, it only made sense to offer access to them all at a discounted price.
With You ARE an Artist Clubhouse membership, your family of artists can enjoy over 700 video art lessons. Not to mention Nana’s live art lessons, bonuses, Master Classes and more.
- What do you need to get started? It is so simple and so frugal! Construction paper, a starter set of chalk pastels to share around the table and baby wipes or damp paper towels. That’s all!
- What kinds of chalk pastels? Here are the Chalk Pastels We Love!
- Get your FREE set of Get Started in Chalk Pastel Art Video Lessons here. Find other Frequently Asked Questions here.
100 Free Art Lessons for All Ages
The mother and daughter team behind You ARE an Artist lessons! Find out more about Nana (Lucia Hames) and Hodgepodgemom (Tricia Hodges) and the story of how it all started in the About Us at ChalkPastel.com.
Chalk pastel and acrylic art tutorials, all listed in alphabetical order…
- A Path to the Beach – (VIDEO tutorial with example of skumbling technique) Nana’s first lesson in pastels, the one that began our love of chalk pastels
- Abraham Lincoln’s hat Video Art Lesson
- All Blue Ocean Scene
- American Flag and American Flag Video Art Lesson
- Angry Birds art fun!
- Apple or Pumpkin – you decide!
- Apple – Fall Preschool Video Art Lessons Sample
- FREE video tutorial of apple or pumpkin on our Fall Video Art Lessons page
- At the Beach
- Arts and Crafts for Spring
- Astronomy
- Avenue of Oaks with Spanish Moss (St. Simon’s Island)
- Azalea
- Baby Yoda and Mandalorian Video
- Baseball and Bat Chalk Pastel Tutorial
- Beach with a Skumbling Chalk Pastel Technique
- Beach Sandcastle video art lesson sample from our Seashore Video Art Course
- Beach Umbrellas with FREE How to Draw Beach Umbrellas video tutorial
- Bird’s Nest (plus a FREE video tutorial How to Paint a Bird’s Nest)
- Birthday Cake Video Tutorial
- Blueberries
- Bruce of Finding Nemo
- Bubbles
- Butterfly
- Cars – Mater and Lightning McQueen Video Art Lessons
- Cardinal sample video art lesson from our Bird Video Art Lessons
- Chalk Pastel Tips from Nana – Video
- Charlie Brown Christmas Video Art Lesson
- Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Video Art Lesson
- Cardinals in the Snow
- Cat in the Hat (acrylic tutorial)
- Caterpillar with video
- Chalk Pastels and Children’s Books
- Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
- Chalk Pastel Art Techniques – a free introduction video lesson
- Chickadee
- Christmas Cookies
- Christmas Lights
- Christmas ornament
- Christmas Presents Under the Tree
- Christmas Star over Bethlehem
- Christmas tree in the snow
- Christmas Tree (Glowing) in Snow
- Christmas Star Video Art Lesson – sample from our Christmas Video Art Lessons
- Christmas – Wise Men Star Chart to Jesus Video Art Lesson
- FREE Christmas wreath video tutorial
- Civil War Cannon
- Claude Monet – London at Twilight
- Clouds – less is more
- Coca-Cola
- Coliseum Video Art Lesson from Ancients Video Course
- Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue!
- Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue Video Art Lesson sample from American History Lessons
- Cranberry Thanksgiving – Mr Whiskers
- Cranberry Thanksgiving – pie by the fire
- Creation video art lesson sample from Bible Stories: Old Testament Video Art Lessons
- Cupcake (acrylic)
- Daisy (video)
- Despicable Me Minion
- Dogwood blossom
- Dolphin or Porpoise
- Donut
- Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat and Fish Acrylic plus colored markers
- Dragonfly (tutorial at Harmony Fine Arts)
- Dump Truck
- Palm Branch video art lesson sample from Easter Chalk Pastels Video Art Course
- Easter Cross in Pastels
- Easter Crown of Thorns and Crown of Thorns Video Art Lesson
- Fall Art Lessons for All Ages
- Fall Leaf
- Fall Trees (acrylic)
- Fall Tree Reflection
- Fall Tree (video) + the few must have supplies for chalk art
- Fall Walk in the Woods and video art lesson too!
- Field of Flowers (below the ice cream tutorial)
- Finding Dory
- Firefly or Lightning Bug Video Art Lesson
- Fireplace
- Fireworks Extravaganza
- Fireworks Show Video Art Lesson
- Five in a Row Chalk Pastel Tutorials
- Flip Flops
- Flower and Fruit Chalk Pastel Tutorials
- Football
- Fruit Bowl
- Fudge Pie + recipe
- Garden Spider with video
- George Washington Video Art Lesson (sample from American History Course)
- Georgia Cotton Boll
- Georgia Peaches
- Goldfish Pond
- Graduation
- Grapes (at Free Homeschool Deals)
- Great White Shark – FREE video tutorial
- Green Ember Video Art Lessons
- Happy New Year!
- Harry Potter Illustrated Video Art Series
- Harvest Moon (Night scene)
- Heart Collage: Mixed Media Acrylic
- Hermit Crab
- Holiday Chalk Pastel Art Tutorials
- How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
- A House for Hermit Crab
- Hummingbird VIDEO
- Hydrangeas
- I Am An Artist
- Icarus by Henri Matisse
- Ice cream sundae
- Impressionism with Chalk Pastel Art – Monet’s Bridge
- Jonah and the Whale Video Art Lesson
- Lavender
- Lemon
- Lentil – shadows and facial expressions
- Lightning Bug
- Lily Pad
- Love birds
- Little Church in the Woods (video)
- Little Engine That Could (Train Chalk Pastel Tutorial)
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Madeline
- Man on the Moon Video Art Lesson
- Marsh
- Crown video art lesson from Medieval Art Course
- Medieval Castle
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Mary Anne
- Mike Mulligan and Mary Anne Facebook Live video and YouTube
- Monet’s London at Twilight & Chalk Pastel Techniques Video
- Mug of Hot Chocolate with a Painterly Effect
- Multnomah Falls Video Art Lesson
- My Blue Boat (Teaching Art with Multiple Ages)
- Nebula
- Night blooming cereus
- Northern Lights video art sample from the Art of Essential Oils
- Nutcracker video art sample
- Old Shed in the Snow
- Olympic Opening Ceremonies Video Art Lesson
- Olympic Rings
- Torch video sample from Winter Games Video Art Lessons (Bonus: Snowboard Video Art Lesson)
- How to Draw an Olympic Torch Video Tutorial
- Paint Your Own Chalk Pastel Box
- Pan Pastels: How to Draw a Sky and Beach
- Patriotic Chalk Art
- Penguins of Madagascar
- Pete the Cat and Pete the Cat Video Art Lesson
- Peter Pan (acrylic tutorial)
- Picasso’s Bouquet of Peace
- Preschool Video Art Lessons sample
- Pumpkin Patch Video Art Lesson
- Queen Anne’s Lace
- Robin
- Sailboat at Sunset
- San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge video sample from American Landmarks
- Sandpiper shore bird
- Scientist in a Lab Coat Video Art Lesson
- Seahorse
- Seahorse Video Tutorial
- Seashells
- Seuss Truffula Trees Video Art Lesson
- Shield video art lesson from Knights and Crusaders
- Sky and Clouds in Chalk Pastels
- Solar Eclipse Video and set of Video Art Lessons
- Spiral Galaxy video sample from Solar System Video Art Course
- Spiral Galaxy
- Spring Art Lessons at Hodgepodge
- Snowboard – Winter Games Video Art Lesson
- Snowflakes
- Snowman
- Snowman Video Art Sample from Preschool Winter Lessons
You ARE an Artist At the Movies is a bonus with You ARE an Artist Clubhouse membership and includes links to all of Nana’s movie art lessons!
- Star Wars
- Baby Yoda and Mandalorian
- Star Wars BB-8
- Star Wars C3PO and R2D2 video art lesson
- Star Wars The Last Jedi video art lesson
- Star Wars Yoda video art lesson
- Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
- Strawberries and Bananas
- Summer Art Lessons
- Summer Flip Flops
- Summer Tree
- Look Up! Summer Trees (acrylic) – a lesson in perspective
- Sun sample video art lesson from Preschool Spring Video Art Lessons
- Sunflowers
- Sunflowers, Field of (video)
- Summer Games Swimming
- Tangled Lanterns : I See the Light
- Thanksgiving Table
- Three Little Chicks
- To The Woods: Henry David Thoreau
- Tomato
- Toothless – How to Train Your Dragon
- Tornado with a Fisting Technique
- Tree Reflection
- Twilight
- Tree Silhouette
- Valentine Tree and Valentine Tree Video Art Lesson
- Washington Monument (with fireworks!)
- Waterfall
- Watermelon
- Weather + bonus
- Winter Fun – sledding
- Young Mr. Moon
How to Get Started with Chalk Pastels?
FREE Get Started in Chalk Pastel Art Video Art Lessons
- The practical aspects of a mess: Pastels are blessedly messy. We always have baby wipes close by to wipe hands. We wear something we don’t mind getting stained or don a smock.
- Encouragement: You Can Be an Artist! 10 Day series and Art for All Ages 10 Day series
- Be sure to subscribe to our You ARE an ARTiST YouTube channel for free video art tutorials!
Video Art Lessons
Looking for video art lessons for all ages? Nana has (now) over 700 in the You ARE an Artist Clubhouse! Do you and your artists find it easier to learn with a video art lesson? You will be happy to know that you can have access to ALL of Nana’s video art lessons, live art lessons, I Drew It Then I Knew It lesson and all the bonuses (Chalk Pastels at the Movies, Tea Time, Holidays & Celebrations) in the You ARE an Artist Complete Clubhouse membership.
Wondering how Nana’s art lessons match up with the learning already happening in your house? Grab your free Curriculum Checklist Match Up.
FEATURING YOU! 100 Free Art Lessons!
So, paint one of our 100 free art lessons and be sure to share with us! Simply tag @chalkpastelart on social media, use the #YouAREanArtist hashtag, or upload a photo to the ChalkPastel.com Facebook page!
- A note on chalk pastels: Pastels are an easy, forgiving medium. Fun for children and adults alike! Details on the pastels and paper we use are here. A simple set is very affordable. Nana also teaches acrylic lessons.
- The practical aspects of a mess: Pastels are blessedly messy. We always have baby wipes close by to wipe hands. We wear something we don’t mind getting stained or don a smock.
- Join our FREE You ARE an Artist Community! Group on Facebook and follow along on Instagram.
And be sure to visit ALL the 100 Things posts here at Your Best Homeschool and our sister sites!
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- Tea Time Art Lessons
- 10 Benefits of Artist Clubhouse Membership
Don’t forget to grab your Get Started in Chalk Pastel Art Video Art Lessons too.
-Originally published December 2014 and last updated July 2022
Great list of resources here! Pinning for future reference 🙂
How do we subscribe?
Hi Shelly – You can fill out the subscribe form in the upper right hand corner. Or you can go to this page which lists all the free subscriber-only art tutorials: https://www.yourbesthomeschool.com/subscribe-to-hodgepodge/ Thanks for asking!
I am interested in subscribing to your free art directions.
As the director of a senior day program, mostly with dementia/
Alzheimer’s folks I am really interested in having them work with
chalk on paper in addition to the watercolor and finger painting we do.
Thanks so much!
Oh how wonderful Linda! What a ministry you have. You just need to enter your name and email address in the subscribe box here: https://www.yourbesthomeschool.com/subscribe-to-hodgepodge/ You will get an email asking you to confirm your subscription. You will just need to click on the link in that email. Then you will receive all our future posts/tutorials as they are available.