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Art and Stories Made For Children

A group for art and stories that will interest and excite children.

Featured Work

In Her Dream by Paulina Kazarinov

Oil pastel on gray Canson drawing paper, A1. / / Sometimes it seems to me that no one has better imagination than child. So often we have a chance to learn from them, to see the world through their eyes. All you have to do then is to take your pencil and try to capture their vision. / As a mum I get to hear lots of imaginative stories and dreams of my children. This drawing is one of them. A girl is surrounded by all kinds of birds, they fly around, sing, talk to her….she listens…. and replies…. The birds you see are: Diard’s Trogon, Baird’s Trogon, Red-billed Toucan, Pink Galah, Crimson Topaz, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Eurasian Hoopoe, Red-billed blue Magpie, Chinese Monal, Bird of paradise, Kingfisher, King parrot. It would make an amazing addition to girl’s bedroom!
Tango in Blue (Watercolour on Bainbridge board) by Rory Stapleton

A vignette for the, Birds of a Feather, project.
fantasy scape by Adam Bresnen

Based on an interpretation of Lord Of The Rings
Waiting for Santa by Danielle Reck

Sweet little lady, all dressed up, waiting patiently for Santa to arrive
The Peacock Empress by Karin Taylor

/ Get the TShirt Tears from Heaven / / The Peacock Empress is a drawing created a couple of days ago, while at the surgery with my daughter, i had a vision of it which impressed strongly in my mind, and i was able to draw it once I got home. The idea was the Empress was rising up over the waters. There’s lots of symbolism in this, but it’s purely for my own benefit and the viewer may decide how the symbolism relates to them…the colour has been done in Photoshop. She has almost taken on the look of an oriental style “Luna Park” entrance at twilight, might be a nice design for those who celebrate “Chinese New Year” and/or collectors of asian inspired/related art
Little Christmas Elf by Rosie Harriott

Ink pen drawing with pastel and ink pencil wash. / /
The Dream Catcher by truesoulart

Whimsical and dreamy, geese and dogs… like to think this might go in a child’s nursery
The Hedgehog by Mags Williamson

Chalk pastels and pastel pencils on basic A3 pastel paper from the Art Store, Glasgow The original plus limited edition prints will be on sale at the TSX The Art Of Charity Auction on 25.1.2010 in Basildon, Essex to raise money for underprivileged children. For more info visit:- http://shadyfishxperiance.co.uk/auction.html
Rainbow Robins Christmas Tree by fesseldreg

Acrylic on A4 card. Featured in Art and Stories Made for Children – November 2009.
Special Delivery by CiannaRose

Frog fairies deliver your wreath, on time, every time…

Recent Work

Harry's Hideout by susi lawson

One of Cassa Maries older brothers, John. / He received these glasses for his birthday and allowed me to take a few shots. I took the BG image at the local cemetery and combined the images.
skadoosh! - Kung Fu Panda by aadrian

10 hours of work / i made the panda with adobe photoshop and adobe Illustrator / i hope enjoy it
Tiny Dancer by Tara Lemana

Wow, this one was a bit of a journey! This started life as a photo of my beautiful little sister playing around in the back yard with my kids. I caught her in a pose that reminded me of a Spanish Flamenco dancer and just HAD to try to turn her into one. Only thing was – she was dressed in jeans, a woollen jumper and sneakers. So – first off, she needed a dress. I loathe using other people’s art to make my own so I did not want to take the easy way out by downloading a stock photo for the dress. I had nothing remotely like a the right type of dress to use so I ended up creating this one out of, I kid you not, 417 tiny layers of texture (my own resource, naturally) to create all the waves etc. HOURS and HOURS of work, but the end result was worth it, to my mind anyway. Then of course her hair style needed to be changed from a ponytail into a bun, and flowers needed to be added. / Then I decided that I wasn’t happy with the abstract background I had her in. Next followed a marathon of settings, again all using my own resources, to try her in, from beach scenes to perching on flower petals. Nothing was quite right. / This is what I decided on in the end. My only lament is that because she is tiny, much of the detail in the dress is lost. I hope you’ll view this large to get some idea of just how detailed the dress is, if only to humour me! :))) All resources my own, taken with my Canon Powershot A480 point and shoot in the past month. Proudly New Zealand-Made!!! :) Close up shot of the dancer: SOLD – Two greeting cards of this image, July 2009. Featured in Art and Stories Made for Children, July 12, 2009. / Featured in The Beginners Corner July 12, 2009. / Placed 9th in the Art Of Photography Challenge for the First Things group, Aug 16, 2009. / Placed 6th in the Water Art challenge for the Rain Drops and Water Art group, Aug 2009. / Featured in All Original Fusion Sept 3, 2009. / Featured in The Dutch Connection Nov 11, 2009. Also available as a t-shirt:
winter by sparklehen

digital
Santa On the Go by kjgordon

It is time for Santa to get busy…...... / acrylic on fabric / / / / / Of all the recordings I like this the best….............. / So get Ready…............Sing along…....... / Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, / Right down Santa Claus Lane. Vixen, Blitzen, all his reindeer / Pulling on the reins. / Bells are ringing, children singing, / All is merry and bright. / Hang your stockings and say a prayer, / ‘Cause Santa Claus comes tonight. Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, / Riding down Santa Claus Lane. He’s got a bag that’s filled with toys / For boys and girls again. / Hear those sleigh bells jingle jangle, / What a beautiful sight. / Jump in bed and cover up your head, / Because Santa Claus comes tonight. Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, / Riding down Santa Claus Lane. He doesn’t care if you’re a rich or poor boy, / He loves you just the same. / Santa knows that we’re God’s children, / That makes everything right. / Fill your hears with Christmas cheer, / ‘Cause Santa Claus comes tonight. Well, here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, / Riding down Santa Claus Lane. He’ll come around when the chimes ring out / It’s Christmas morn again. / Peace on Earth will come to all / If we just follow the light / Let’s give thanks to the Lord above, / ‘Cause Santa Claus comes tonight. ‘Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.
Toast Ninja - Flaming Fists? by o0OdemocrazyO0o

• It’s Toast • It’s Ninja • It’s got flaming doughy fist… of fury! • It’s most likely a T-Shirt!
Sky Maze Ink - Green - 1 by o0OdemocrazyO0o

You think your life is odd… You have 4 seemingly stable dimentions / to go about your shopping in… Based on sketches for a Childrens (+ adult childrens) book I am working on. Created from many pen doodles on reverse side of junk recycled band pamphlets (Snow Patrol – YAWN) from my old job… scanned in and some good old photoshopin’ Enjoy trying to find all the little secrets, enjoy watching your friends scratch there academic heads at this one… Makes M C Escher look like an accountant :P Peace skateboard? /
Sea Turtle by Ryan Fisher

Artist: Ryan Fisher / Date Painted: 2008
You can rely on me Tee by Naomi O'Connor

Original illustration from my Zoology Series Tshirt SOLD – Nov 2009
Writing

Lullaby…Stardust falls from speckled sky, / From snowy light of morrow, / Play in dust of starshine dew, / Away from frowns and sorrow. / Sing for me…
Listen to the Ocean by Anne Hale

Featured in The Patchwork Group. I wrote the following for the image. Put your ear to the shell / and hear the ocean’s swell. / Within its ripple and its tide, / there are many who reside. / Listen closely to all its glory / and you will hear a mermaid’s story. — / Anne Hale Also vailable as a print. / More products available at my Zazzle* store. / / /
Whale Watching by Anne Hale

I guess since I did the Bird Watching design, I thought I would follow-up with Whale Watching. © 2009 Anne Hale. Featured in First Things group.

A group for art and stories that will interest and excite children. if you have a child on your lap and want to entertain them this group is for you. Or if you have been wanting to start a collaboration on a children’s book this is a good place to start.

Art of any kind is welcome including….poser, freehand, photographs etc….
Writing of stories, poems or comics are most welcomed!

Pick of the Week
November 16,2009
Artist

Guidelines For The Group
The Guidelines for this group are simple.
This is a group all about children. The writings and art are for the children and about the children. So make sure all work submitted (writing or art) is geared towards them. There should be no profanity, obscene gestures, or anything not age appropriate for a child. Also no Nudity or Political writings or artwork of anykind. Anything that does not follow our guidelines will be immediately removed. If you have any questions feel free to bubble mail me,,Coppertrees

Note: It is not for art by children. There is another group for this. My Child’s Art

One last note… this group is geared towards the young(5 to about 11 )...please please dont submit anything that is too adult…watch your language…your images…scenes in your stories..no profanity..nudity…sex..violence scenes..affairs..religion…..none of that!!! I will .and have been..rejecting those.

No Fear by Eleni Hadijkiriakou