Welcome to our new Artabet Teacher’s Series. It is designed to make the art of drawing and painting fun and streamlined. It will be your ‘go to’ teacher resource as we are adding to it weekly for the next while.
All of these videos are PROJECT BASED and can be completed in 30 minutes with minimum supplies and expense.
A note to teachers, parents,grandparents and caregivers. This website is full of videos and projects so take a look the blogs for all your teaching needs.
Excellent and very helpfull
Thankyou so much for the info in ARTABET.
It helped me to learn & also helped me to teach my 3yrs old son.
It is really very easy & helpful.
Thanks for your keen interest. We at Artabet are here to help so contact us at anytime if you need help or further info Ron
Love it. Tks
Thanks for your short and from the “ART” input.Love it says it all.
This is really cool! Was looking for an art class for my 2.5 yr old and this is exactly what I wanted them to each. Most classes get into colouring and cut and paste craft but this is what I wanted her to grasp first. Love love love the artabet concept and 6 universal lines!
Thanks Rohini,
I do believe that the young artists are able to learn more than we think they can.
500 hours using their thumbs on a touch screen before the age of 5 is a definite sign of intelligence … a bit misdirected but never theless, let’s not “baby” their intelligence with colouring, pasting, and copying.
Wonderful and helpful. Thank you!!
Hi and thanks for the comment. You can always reach me so reach out if you need something.
Loved it. Budding art and craft teacher
Thanks Shirin and if you need help getting those Buds into leaves drop me an email at info4artabet@gmail.com
Like all your painting.
Thanks Surbhi jain, do you paint aso?
Hi Ron,
I love the way you teach! I am a junior school teacher who loves ART! Been looking for something just like this. Will try get your book downloaded and go from there. Wish me luck!
From Yvette in Zimbabwe
Hi Yvette,
Let me know how the downloads go. I have a few teachers who because of some technical details, especially internet connections , have trouble downloading. If you need help just email me at info4artabet@gmail.com
We did some great Elephants, monkeys, Boas, and Giraffes this Summer at art camp. Would you like to see them.
Download was no problem! Yes, would love to see them
I’ll get them off to you this week as my camera fell into the water!!! I am picking up a new one tomorrow and giving a class to about 40 kids ages 3 to 13. Of course they will be grouped by age and we will be doing Elephants, Giraffes etc.
Wow it’s nice
Thanks for the thumbs up!!!
Ur awesome.superb techniques.this helps us allot.really feeling so much happy
Hi Pavani,
So happy it helps. Let me know if there is anything else you need.
Are you a teacher or are you helping someone draw?
Hi Ron,
you are amazing!!! i am a mom with no drawing skills but my 5 year old son loves drawing. I feel bad that I cannot teach him the way I wanted to. I have put him on a private lesson but the teacher doesn’t really teach the skills you do. he would take out a picture and have my son to draw it and then he would help out and make the picture look so perfect. My son has been taking about 10 lessons so far but I do not think hes learning any techniques. he cannot draw a circle nicely still. the teacher said his purpose was to keep his interests but not teaching any skills to bore him. I disagree with that but due to time conflict, i have yet find another class that can serve him better. Do you have any DVDs recorded of the classes you taught? I would love to buy it so my son can watch and learn.
Hi Yan,
So many students and so few to teach them.
Here is what I would do.
Get the Artabet Book eBook or hardcopy at Amazon (Artabet First Steps in Drawing, ron Mulvey. Both will cost you about the same even after shipping. $20 US
Then go through the book one page at a time. Let him choose what to draw and you draw or watch. Do the artabet warm-ups every time tou start a drawing session.
Dowload all the FREE teacher Holiday Pacs anduse them as supplementary material to draw.
Use the videos on the website or go to Ron Mulvey Vimeo and you will get most of them all in a row. Vimeo is safe for kids.
Now the good news. I am currently making a new series of videos and will be posting them within the next few months.
Do not have any DVD’s as of yet. Let me know what you think of theses ideas and we can develop from there.
I could put some lessons on a thumb drive and that might be suitable.
Thanks Ron for the quick response. I appreciate your suggestions. I will download the book and use together with your other suggestions.
Never hesitate to ask for help. our children are our most valuable and cherished responsability.
Hi ….I loved the concept of artabet.I am planning to start art classes for children .I would like to purchase th is book .Is it available in India?Where can I get it ?
Thanks
Arshi
Hi Arshi, You can purchase the ebook right on the Artabet Web Site for $20 It is good for a lifetime in digital format.
You can purchase the Hard Copy (Artabet First Steps In Drawing) and have it shipped at Amazon USA or Create Space.com for about $21 US funds.Just search ‘buy Artabet” and you will get right where you want for hard copy.
Thanks for the keen interest and let me know if you need any help. Where do you live?
Thanks Ron ….I live in India .Will try to get the book through amazon .Your book looks amazing .I had been teaching nursery class and am quite good at drawing but wanted a good way to teach drawing to children .Thanks again
Sounds like a great job.Let me know if everything goes smoothly. A number of people have purchased through Amazon or Create Space and have had it shipped to India.
Hi.. very nice teaching of drawing… I like to buy this book.. but I’m in India.. how I can purchase this book please help mi….
Hi, I sent you a link to Create Space which ships worldwide. Anyone interested in hard copy just go to Artabet Create Space and they will look after you .
Really love how passionate you are about teaching young children. This method of teaching children art is quite inspiring! Thanks so much to internet that I found this. Where can I order the hardcopy in India?
Thanks for your kind insights and remarks.
Just search here; Create Space: Artabet First Steps In Drawing
It will cost about $23 US funds to ship.Available on Amazon also.
If you have any trouble get in touch with me at info4artabet@gmail.com
Are there any other way to pay?
You can buy the book on Amazon and have it shipped to your door for about the same price.Just enter .buy artabet at create space. let me know if that works?
This is a great article! Was very useful for me when researching the topic.
I’ve created an infographics on teaching kids to draw.
I wonder if you could take a look and send me some feedback as you know the topic so well.
The link is in the ‘website’ field below.
Thanks!
Hi Rauno, I visited your website and found the ideas to be sound. We all have our feelings and preferences for art, especially children art. If we lack an expertise in the field we should, as you are doing, search out solid teaching strategies and stay away from the free form do anything approach. Kids are already free and are looking for skills.
I liked the video at the end found it very creative.
Linking to other educational art sites would be a bonus to your website. Let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks again for your keen interest.
Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated! 🙂
Hi this is meena. Your lessons are amazing.and helpful to teach my art students thanks
Thanks Meena,always here to help if you need it, Ron
Hi thanks for the lessons, but i want to know if a child can learn drawing before writing the alphabet.
The lines used in printing the Alphabet are the same lines used in drawing the Artabet.
These six lines are the sum total of every direction you can draw. Practice these 6 universal lines and your child will be able to draw from the Artabet lessons even before they print their alphabet.
When it comes time to print the letters I would do a little research into the diifferent approaches to printing. each teacher in school has their method and you should find out before you give them any ‘printing’ instructions.
My advice would be let them draw and then with their acquired Artabet skills let the school teacher direct their printing.They will get it right away and will probably impress them as a ‘wonder kid”.
Hi Ron I’m a preschool teacher and have a class of 3 to 4 years old. Just came across your Artabet and really liked it. Will try to use it in class this year as my main objective. Where can I find more ideas.
Just email me at info4artabet@gmail.com and we can get you started with a pre school program that I have been working on. If you can get some FaceTime up on a bigger screen I’ll even visit your class and do a class for you live on FaceTime. I have done these and it’s a real treat for the little ones.Email me and let’s get started ASAP
That’s fantastic. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can set it up. Thanks
Great !!! Need more ideas to start drawing with 4 to 6 years olds.
Get in touch with me personally at info4artabet@gmail.com and I will help you all you want. see you in the mail /Ron
Your teaching very clear sir.
Well a big thanks to you also for your visit and approval.
This is an excellent way to teach kids. Very informative article
Happy ‘Artabeting’ with your kids and students.
This is an excellent way to teach kids. Very informative article.
Mrs. Montessori would also approve …I am sure of it.
Thank you so much this was really helpful… I used to be so confused whenever I sat with my 4year old to draw… Didn’t knew how to start …. But really this has come out like a rescuer …
Thank you so much
Happy to be helpful.Let me know if you need anything else.
Thank you so much. im an artist and a few kids in my locality were requesting an art class i was completely at sea.
This helps so muchh!
im going to need a lot more help as teaching 5-6 yr olds is completely new territory to me. please keep me updated for new videos
Thank you again
Glad I could help.Anyone can em,ail me personally and I will do my best to help get you going. I really have to get back at making some more videos.OK I will.
Dear Ron,
I can’t explain how happy I am visiting your site. It was my dream to teach drawing to small children.( As for teaching elder students, one needs to be more qualified.) But the picture was not clear like how can i start , what and how I will teach and all those irrelevant questions were stopping me to step ahead. But you have come like a hay to the drowning.
More than anything I am learning so much from you. I have just seen 0.1% of these yet, have so much more to learn. Thank you very much.
This is very good news indeed. Keep in touch and I’ll be happy to help.
Dear Ron,
I am a parent of a 6 year old.She goes for a drawing class (as of now its only shading). I still confused if drawing classes at young age would spoil the creativity of the child. Please guide me on the same.
If you follow the Artabet Book and the videos you will not spoil your child’s creativity. Trying to draw like an adult (shading) at the tender age of 6 is probably not the best art activity for creative development. The material on the website is the result of 35 years of teaching children. Let me know if this helps .
You are awesome. You are giving so much detailing and
making it much clear where to shade much or not .
Hence making it much practical to visualise .
And your understanding about light is great and
you are also making it understandable to us easily.
I appreciate your knowledge and your way of teaching
Glad to be helping you.I appreciate your comments.
I have created blog for drawing lessons for kids, can you please check it out : http://www.hellodraweasy.com
Lots of simple drawings for kids here at this site.Look it over and pick a few to teach your kids.I always recommend that you check out the drawing site before letting your kids go on it. This one looks safe.
Thank you so much! This is a great way to teach! So well explained. I love the fact that you add stories to all your characters and doodles. Great tip! I am about to teach drawing to young children too, so I will use these tips!
Hey Steph, thanks for the thumbs up. It is so much more fun to teach with “Draw a Story”. Create a world not an isolated drawing.Here to help at anytime. If you would like some great FREE painting tips I could easily link you to some Skillshare Classes I have done online.Just let me know.
“Hello everyone!
I just came across this glitter drawing video. I thought you might like it so I’m sharing this.hope you all also find it useful
Thanks for sharing that info Nisha. Crafts can be great skill builders for young artists. I looked at the website and it has some very doable projects. Who does not like some glitter fun at times.
Thanks a lot! After your videos and advises I think that even myself can start drawing and loving art
Thanks Maria, I appreciate your recommendation.Never too young or never to old to start art.
Hi.
I am in the UK and teach Reception (ages 4-5). We would love to purchase your book and use it once a week for around 20 minutes. Would this be doable? Are there lesson plans?
I’m presuming, aside from the obvious physical development, it promotes confidence, resilience and enjoyment!
Thanks
Hello Karl, thanks for the feedback. You can buy the book on Amazon UK and have it shipped to your door for about the same price as the eBook. I find the eBook great as we can project the images and it’s hard to lose.Just enter .buy artabet at amazon uk and they will ship.. let me know if that works?
Of course you can use the book as it is set up as an intuitive curriculum.The best thing you can do is take your cstudents through the first 10,pages of the Artabet book. Learning the 6 universal lines and mastering them over a period of time will give her the building blocks for drawing all the characters .
Take your time and keep going over these lines and having fun. Use lots of praise to ensure their success at learning this new language. Repetition is the most important thing for a child’s learning. Try to not fall into doing something different every time. Repeat and praise. My 4 year old students would draw the lady bug all the time and they would add their own touches to it. The most important thing is the Artabet’s 6 lines. With them you can draw anything./
Do you have the book?
Did you download the Teachers Pac? Home teachers and parents use this free material also.
What supplies do you have.?
There are a some good teaching tips on the website.
Use the Artabet Song from the website (4th video from the top of blog)
Artabet Song and warm up with 6 lines and the song.
Watch the “slip the Snail” video as it is a great outline for how to start and end a class. At age 4-5 they can easily draw the little snail.
Did you get the free teachers pac. It has some relevant material for your classes.
The Artabet book introduces art concepts such as near and far (aerial perspective) big and small and especially “Draw A Story”.
The book was designed like lego instructions…no words. Then work the characters into a Draw A Story as you will see in the snail video “Slip’.
Repetition Repetition -That’s our mission. Do the Artabet warm ups every time you draw and then do a character. Follow with Draw a Story. You must find and bring out your creative self . I have never had a student comment on my ability so do not be afraid to mess up in front of them…there are no mistakes in art!
Let me know if you need any more help at all.
Put together a few classes for a 4 week duration and the email your outline. Love to be involved.Ron
Thanks for the input.It is a joy to teach kids drawing and painting. We just finished two Summer Artabet Art Camps out by the lake and the River here in British Columbia.Taking kids into nature is by far the most inspiring of Art Activities.
Keep learning and keep teaching. Stop learning and stop teaching.
Gracias,mi amigo,encantado de ayudar.adios!