The Organic Artist for Kids: A DIY Guide to Making Your Own Eco-Friendly Art Supplies from Nature

The Organic Artist for Kids: A DIY Guide to Making Your Own Eco-Friendly Art Supplies from Nature

by Nick Neddo
The Organic Artist for Kids: A DIY Guide to Making Your Own Eco-Friendly Art Supplies from Nature

The Organic Artist for Kids: A DIY Guide to Making Your Own Eco-Friendly Art Supplies from Nature

by Nick Neddo

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Overview

Immersed in the natural world, The Organic Artist for Kids inspires creativity by connecting kids and their adults to our wilderness roots.

In addition to offering a wide variety of fun, collaborative projects using nature as a source for art supplies and inspiration, this book also introduces the concepts of awareness and perception that are fundamental to the creative process. Children will be encouraged to learn new skills, build resilience, and be resourceful as part of an urgent struggle to prevent and undo Nature Deficit Disorder. Rooted in experimentation and an understanding that fun is fundamental to learning, kids will refine their drawing skills, as well as increase their appreciation for the visual arts and the natural landscape.

Just some of the projects and skills covered include:

  • Making pens and wild inks
  • Making paint from stones and rocks
  • Crafting your own paintbrushes
  • Making simple stencils and rubbings


The Organic Artist for Kids encourages you to return to the days when art was made with all-natural materials like charcoal and birch bark.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781631597688
Publisher: Quarry Books
Publication date: 02/11/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 160
File size: 36 MB
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Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Nick Neddo has been teaching people primitive skills since 2000. His interests span from Stone Age skills and technology, to nature observation and art. Drawing, however, is his first and greatest interest. His skill set also includes wilderness survival, tracking and awareness, basketry, and hide tanning. He currently teaches at the Roots School in Vermont, where he runs classes and workshops for both adults and children on primitive arts, Stone-Age living skills, wilderness survival, and nature awareness. He is the author of The Organic Artist: Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments, Prints and More from Nature as well as The Organic Artist for Kids: A DIY Guide to Making Your Own Eco-Friendly Art Supplies from Nature. He lives in Montpelier, VT.


Nick Neddo has been teaching people primitive skills since 2000. His interests span from Stone Age skills and technology, to nature observation and art. Drawing, however, is his first and greatest interest. His skill set also includes wilderness survival, tracking and awareness, basketry, and hide tanning. He currently teaches at the Roots School in Vermont, where he runs classes and workshops for both adults and children on primitive arts, Stone-Age living skills, wilderness survival, and nature awareness. He is the author of The Organic Artist: Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments, Prints and More from Nature as well as The Organic Artist for Kids: A DIY Guide to Making Your Own Eco-Friendly Art Supplies from Nature. He lives in Montpelier, VT.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Paint 13

Project 1 Simple Stone Paint 14

Project 2 Earth Pigments 18

Project 3 Egg Tempera Paint 22

Project 4 Watercolor Paint 26

Paintbrushes 31

Project 5 Paintbrush Scavenger Hunt 32

Project 6 Chewed Stick Paintbrush 36

Project 7 Snake Plant Paintbrush 38

Project 8 Stick Palette Knife 41

Project 9 Hair and Fur Paintbrush 44

Charcoal 49

Project 10 Campfire Charcoal 50

Project 11 The Charcoal Kiln Can 51

Project 12 Artist Charcoal Stick 52

Project 13 Charcoal Holders 60

Crayons 63

Project 14 Stone Crayons 64

Project 15 Charcoal Crayons 68

Inks 71

Project 16 Berry Ink 72

Project 17 Charcoal Ink 74

Project 18 Acorn Ink 78

Project 19 Black Walnut Ink 82

Pens 87

Project 20 Twig Pens 88

Project 21 Beaver Pens 90

Project 22 Sharp Stick Pens 92

Prints, Stamps & Rubbings 95

Project 23 Hand Printing 96

Project 24 Beet Stamps 97

Project 25 Berry Splat Prints 100

Project 26 Pounded Plant Prints 102

Project 27 Leaf Rubbings 105

Project 28 Eco Prints 108

Project 29 Nature Prints 112

Stencils 119

Project 30 Hand Stencils 120

Project 31 Found Object Stencils 122

Project 32 Cutout Stencils 124

Papier-Mâché 129

Project 33 Mask with Papier-Mâché Strips 130

Project 34 Make Papier-Mâché Clay 136

Project 35 Papier-Mâché Clay Mask 140

Project 36 Papier-Mâché Art Box 144

Land Art 147

Project 37 Earth Art Mobiles 148

Project 38 Earth Art Assemblage 152

Acknowledgments 156

About the Author 157

Index 158

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