Blue Cows & Happy Fruit

It’s never too early to teach children the visual language of art and design! 


'Blue Cows & Happy Fruit: Discovering the Artist in Your Child' is an inspirational how-to / picture book showcasing kids' artwork from the delightful Kids-Did-It! Designs® art collection and includes a visual art vocabulary that introduces 13 basic instructional art concepts around Drawing, Composition, Color, and Technique - plus 10 hands-on art and design exercises developed especially for beginning artists by respected California artist and art teacher, Michelle Abrams. Using this inspirational picture book as a guide, together teachers, parents and kids ages 6 to 12 can explore basic art and design concepts and discover the natural imagination and creativity in all of us.


Michelle says, "I encourage parents and students to take their artwork off the refrigerator, enlarge it, frame it and hang it on the wall. Treat it as 'fine' art - that’s what we do!"


Throughout the 30+ years Michelle has been teaching art, she's discovered that for a few fleeting years, young children have a delightfully innocent vision of the world. If we take the time to teach them basic visual art concepts and enthusiastically encourage and celebrate their efforts, we can easily discover their natural creativity. Their open minds and unfettered imaginations, still unhindered by reality, will see nothing unusual, for example, about a blue cow, or happy fruit! During this precious time in their lives the artistic possibilities are infinite!


To enjoy the complete Kids-Did-It! Designs® kids art collection and learn more about the young artists and their teacher, visit:  kidsdidit.com