Five Great Apps to Get Your Kid Into Art
Art is an important outlet for children who
need to learn to express themselves in positive ways. But with so much
technology, including handheld devices, sound systems, and television,
distracting our youth from the simple pleasures of creating something beautiful
from scratch, and with budget cuts in school systems forcing the removal of
valuable art programs, it's up to parents to encourage their children to be
artistic. And by blending creativity with the latest educational apps, you can
do just that and you never know, if your kids really get a taste for art, you
could buy them their first canvas from second hand sellers like Gumtree
or even pop into an art gallery in town. It’s important to get kids excited
about art from a young age as many experts have championed the benefits of
people enjoying art work.
Brushes
Brushes is
an award-winning and versatile app that offers 19 different electronic paintbrushes
for your child to experiment with, making it perfect for parents who want to
give their kids creative freedom without having to deal with the mess that
comes with painting. This fun app also provides a wide range of brush sizes,
special effects, and colours so that your child can stretch the imagination.
Toontastic
Toontastic
is a free app that is ideal for children aged 5-10. With all of the tools and
built-in sounds your kid needs, he or she can create cartoons with ease. From
the setting to the characters, music, and movement of the characters, your
child will have complete control over the storyline and will even be able to
provide the voices to these characters. By creating one scene at a time, your
child learns to bring an original story to life. And, once complete, it can be
shared for others to see on the app's very own Toontube.
PlayART
The best artists are influenced by the most
famous creators, from musicians throughout the centuries who composed great music
that we still enjoy today, to painters who created breathtaking scenes that are
hanging in the world's biggest museums. And with the PlayART app, your children
will not only be able to make original artwork, they will also be taught all
about some of the greatest artists, including Henri Rousseau and Vincent Van
Gogh. It even gives kids the opportunity to take the work created by these
great minds and mash it up into their own new piece of art.
Zebra Paint
Kids as young as 3 can begin using your
device to play on the Zebra Paint app, which lets them fingerpaint to their
hearts' content without creating a mess that you will have to clean up
afterward. The app acts just like a colouring book in that it provides your
child with a variety of black and white images to choose from. Then your son or
daughter can go to town "painting" the image using the 48 colours
included on his or her very own palette.
MoMA Art Lab
Modern art is very different from other
styles, and your child can learn all about it using the MoMA Art Lab app. The
tools that are included in the app focus on geometric shapes that are bright,
bold, and beautiful in their own right but that are even more impressive after
your child has put them together in a creative way to make a new piece of art.