Samara Caughey received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from University of Southern California. She taught art classes for children at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, California, for 9 years before opening Purple Twig, an art studio for children and families. The studio teaches techniques in ceramics, drawing, sculpture, collage, and printmaking, all the while allowing children to have their own voice. Samara’s approach to teaching children grows directly out of her own fine art practice, which consists of sculpture and collage. She has exhibited professionally in solo and group shows in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Minneapolis. Samara is also contributing writer, creating art projects for children on a bimonthly basis for artfulparent.com and artbarblog.com, and has created art content for teachpreschool.com for their Discovery Conference on process art and how to incorporate it into a preschool curriculum. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

The Artful Parent highly recommends Samara’s book, Drawing Workshop for Kids: Process Art Experiences for Building Creativity and Confidence. This book evokes a feeling of calm concentration from the kids hard at work on these beautiful workshops. I can’t wait to get started drawing with my own son.

• IntroductionTaking OwnershipRecommended MaterialsEssential Terms1 | WARM-UP DRAWINGSDrawing Eyes Focusing on detailDrawing Huge Gestural mark makingEraser Drawing Creating tonesDrawing Rocks Using varied marksShadow Drawings Filling the pageThree Ways of Seeing Using perspectiveEat and Draw Using other sensesBlind Contour Drawing Using carbon paper2 | DRAWING WORKSHOPSTiny Drawings Close observationHalf and Half Using magazine imagesDrawing Feathers Drawing texturesSfumato Creating depth of fieldPaper Bag Faces Making 3-D drawingsAbove and Below Exploring compositionButterfly in a Box Focusing on symmetryResist Drawing Creating volumeFlower Still Life Collaging pattern and textureDrawing by Touch Focusing on other senses3-D birds Focusing on patternsRecipe Drawings Self-expression through designDrawing on Plaster Creating your own drawing surfaceTiny Worlds Foreground and backgroundFruit Plate Exploring compositionFeathers in a Box Observational drawingTreasure Maps A bird’s-eye viewCreating a Machine Using collageBug Collections Using details and patternResourcesAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIndex

Samara Caughey received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from University of Southern California. She taught art classes for children at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, California, for 9 years before opening Purple Twig, an art studio for children and families. The studio teaches techniques in ceramics, drawing, sculpture, collage, and printmaking, all the while allowing children to have their own voice. Samara’s approach to teaching children grows directly out of her own fine art practice, which consists of sculpture and collage. She has exhibited professionally in solo and group shows in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Minneapolis. Samara is also contributing writer, creating art projects for children on a bimonthly basis for artfulparent.com and artbarblog.com, and has created art content for teachpreschool.com for their Discovery Conference on process art and how to incorporate it into a preschool curriculum. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

The Artful Parent highly recommends Samara’s book, Drawing Workshop for Kids: Process Art Experiences for Building Creativity and Confidence. This book evokes a feeling of calm concentration from the kids hard at work on these beautiful workshops. I can’t wait to get started drawing with my own son.

• IntroductionTaking OwnershipRecommended MaterialsEssential Terms1 | WARM-UP DRAWINGSDrawing Eyes Focusing on detailDrawing Huge Gestural mark makingEraser Drawing Creating tonesDrawing Rocks Using varied marksShadow Drawings Filling the pageThree Ways of Seeing Using perspectiveEat and Draw Using other sensesBlind Contour Drawing Using carbon paper2 | DRAWING WORKSHOPSTiny Drawings Close observationHalf and Half Using magazine imagesDrawing Feathers Drawing texturesSfumato Creating depth of fieldPaper Bag Faces Making 3-D drawingsAbove and Below Exploring compositionButterfly in a Box Focusing on symmetryResist Drawing Creating volumeFlower Still Life Collaging pattern and textureDrawing by Touch Focusing on other senses3-D birds Focusing on patternsRecipe Drawings Self-expression through designDrawing on Plaster Creating your own drawing surfaceTiny Worlds Foreground and backgroundFruit Plate Exploring compositionFeathers in a Box Observational drawingTreasure Maps A bird’s-eye viewCreating a Machine Using collageBug Collections Using details and patternResourcesAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIndex

Samara Caughey received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from University of Southern California. She taught art classes for children at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, California, for 9 years before opening Purple Twig, an art studio for children and families. The studio teaches techniques in ceramics, drawing, sculpture, collage, and printmaking, all the while allowing children to have their own voice. Samara’s approach to teaching children grows directly out of her own fine art practice, which consists of sculpture and collage. She has exhibited professionally in solo and group shows in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Minneapolis. Samara is also contributing writer, creating art projects for children on a bimonthly basis for artfulparent.com and artbarblog.com, and has created art content for teachpreschool.com for their Discovery Conference on process art and how to incorporate it into a preschool curriculum. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

The Artful Parent highly recommends Samara’s book, Drawing Workshop for Kids: Process Art Experiences for Building Creativity and Confidence. This book evokes a feeling of calm concentration from the kids hard at work on these beautiful workshops. I can’t wait to get started drawing with my own son.

• IntroductionTaking OwnershipRecommended MaterialsEssential Terms1 | WARM-UP DRAWINGSDrawing Eyes Focusing on detailDrawing Huge Gestural mark makingEraser Drawing Creating tonesDrawing Rocks Using varied marksShadow Drawings Filling the pageThree Ways of Seeing Using perspectiveEat and Draw Using other sensesBlind Contour Drawing Using carbon paper2 | DRAWING WORKSHOPSTiny Drawings Close observationHalf and Half Using magazine imagesDrawing Feathers Drawing texturesSfumato Creating depth of fieldPaper Bag Faces Making 3-D drawingsAbove and Below Exploring compositionButterfly in a Box Focusing on symmetryResist Drawing Creating volumeFlower Still Life Collaging pattern and textureDrawing by Touch Focusing on other senses3-D birds Focusing on patternsRecipe Drawings Self-expression through designDrawing on Plaster Creating your own drawing surfaceTiny Worlds Foreground and backgroundFruit Plate Exploring compositionFeathers in a Box Observational drawingTreasure Maps A bird’s-eye viewCreating a Machine Using collageBug Collections Using details and patternResourcesAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIndex