Friday's art website - Free Art Lessons Online

Are you a budding artist looking to learn some art skills? Creative Spotlite offers free art lessons online in painting, pastels, photography, and colored pencil techniques. While the online tutorials aren't very detailed, they certainly are a great way for someone to get an initial exposure and some basic skills. The website also includes some books and paid art lesson links for those wanting to expand their art abilities.

Mixed Media Artist Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson to teach class

Are you a fan of Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson's work and need a weekend away? Join Elizabeth as she teaches collage and paper painting techniques at Fernandina Beach, Florida, which is on Amelia Island. Amelia Island is only an hour's drive from Jacksonville, Florida. The class is scheduled for early October. A link to Elizabeth's mixed media art class can be found here.

Picture Credit: "Two Muse", mixed media collage

Click here to learn more about this cow art mixed media piece

Friday's website of interest to art enthusiasts: KINDERART

Today's website of interest to artsy folks is Kinderart. While I'm up front about the difficulty in navigating the site because of the advertisements, there is some great content about easy, inexpensive art projects to do with children ages 10 and under.