Showcase your kid’s artistic talents!

My art was inspired by the wide open prairies of America. On my cross country road trip to South Dakota I found my love for Prairie sunsets. When I think of the Prairie, it makes me feel free like every hill and sunset holds a new beginning or fresh start. I chose to use Linda Stephen’s style of art to make my prairie sunset because I wanted to experiment with collages.

I am an artist, I love painting! A slice of cake inspired my piece. I feel proud of my hard work

I love animals and nature. My piece is showing how worlds can be connected.

Something about me is that I like to play sports and I like math challenges. I drew this because it was sort of like the movie Inside Out with all the emotions people feel everyday. It makes me feel good because I worked hard on it and it is like a rainbow of emotions.

I’m inspired by the gunmen, who remind me of the troubles of the world. I drew the flying horses because I believe everyone should have their flight.

From time to time, a specific fascination emerges from the back of my mind: what would various objects and animals look like if they were humans? How would they act as people? What kind of occupations would they take up within society? The term “gijinka” means to personify a non-human object or creature, and designing gijinkas has always been a source of exploration for me! I hope this inspires you to draw inspiration from various household items - they could make fascinating characters!

My name is Isla, and I love nature and art. My grandma loves bees, so I combined what she loves with what I love to make her a picture. I've been taking watercolor classes for nearly four years. I want to show my grandma how much I REALLY appreciate her by getting the picture I made for her on a billboard in Times Square.

My name is Alivia, my piece was inspired by how I love animals and the world around me.

I chose to draw this tree to show that something scary and a little weird can still look beautiful. I also chose this drawing because I have always loved to climb trees because it makes me feel calm. I think this drawing shows that same feeling. It's calming even though the tree is all gnarled.

hi! My name is Payton S. I am 10 years old, i live in a growing town in Indiana! i love theater, singing, and esspecially art!!! i also love my dog, georgia! she is the best dog ever. so thats what i encorperated in my piece. i think i would be amazing to win the money, but even more amazing to have my piece showcased in times square in New York!!!!!!!🫶🏻

I’m obsessed with nature. Our family spends half the year doing van life around the country. Mostly visiting beautiful mountains and oceans. This special painting which is 6’ tall was inspired by my hikes through the forests of California. I did a whole series of paintings called “Nature”. The green and blue represent the sky and the orange is for the sunlight. I take art classes 2x week from Ms Jennifer on Outschool and I’m super inspired by the abstract artists I’m learning about in her class

I was inspired by my teacher for this drawing. It makes me feel happy because when I look at it the tree makes me happy. It looks like a real cliff with a real waterfall. My teacher helps me draw things I wouldn't have thought of before

I was thinking about my favorite animals, horses and swans. I thought that a picture of flight would be nice to draw. I chose the Pegasus because it is a horse with wings so it can fly with the swans.

Hello, my name is Heidi. I made this piece because nature inspires me–it’s one of my biggest inspirations! The girl in the dress is me, being inspired by the beautiful world around us! By my house, poppies bloom on the hills around this time, and it’s beautiful. You can see mountains in the distance that are just a perfect backdrop, especially when there are clouds. I think nothing is more inspiring than nature, and that's why I made this piece showcasing that.

Art and animals are my passion. I love doing art that has animals pictured because we have so many animals and pets at our home. I love nature, especially birds, and have loved taking classes on how to draw natural landscapes and realistic animals.

My name is Addison. I was inspired to draw and color a snail rainbow because me feel happy.

I love art and nature! My favorite place to visit is the beach and I have a special place in my heart for sea turtles.

Hello, my name is Charlotte and I'm so happy to be in this contest! Something that inspired my art was the beautiful, colorful city and the beauty of being up high to see it, and at the same time feeling a calm stillness of being alone and sitting in the rain. I also really wanted to put my OC Nauro in it, and having him looking down on the city, which I think came out really nice! I really hope you like my art!

My name is Raya. I really enjoy fashion design, and I got inspired for this piece at a beach. I always loved how the waves roll and overlap. The ocean truly is a work of art. I hope that you like my art! Please vote🫶🫶

My name is Namira, I like to draw and read. It's colorful, cheerful and makes me happy. I drew it because I like food and rainbows and I was feeling creative.

Hi. I'm Ariella. I'm 7 years old. I used some pieces of cardboard box pieces to scrape the paint to make the shape of an owl.

Hi, My name is Francene and I’m an eleven year old girl. I love to animate and draw. I do both physical and digital art but I decided to make a digital animation. This piece was inspired by a book series called Warriors. I am proud bringing the book series to life.

I'm Helen Horne. I drew this because she is one of my favorite characters in a game called Cookie Run Kingdom. She was once a virtue called Sugar of Happiness but she turned evil along with her other beast friends and refuses to let anyone leave her Heart of Paradise. Drawing this made me feel artistic!

Hi! My name is Sami and I am 16 yrs old. I want to be a fashion designer when I'm older, so I decided to do a fashion inspired piece. From left to right the different era's are: Ancient Greece, Renaissance, Victorian, 1950's and Modern Day. Ancient Greece is an extra special era to me as I love Greek Mythology. My picture shows the ladies holding hands to represent the various era's of fashion history that designers still draw upon today.

My name is Devon and I am 10 years old. My favorite subject is math and I love rockets. My artwork was inspired by Artemis II. It is a picture of a rocket I imagined on my own. It makes me think of everything in space that we haven’t discovered yet.

I love horses and live in the desert.

My name is Joshua, and I love art. I have been taking classes on Outschool with Mr. Stokes and Mr. Chris. My piece is about my brother. He passed away at 4, and I didn't get much time with him. In my drawing, I wanted to capture his imagination. I thought about whether he was alive today, and that he would have been ready to graduate high school, work, and travel. However, I was only able to capture his short childhood and things he liked, such as dinosaurs, cars, the beach, and the forest.

As someone who has played music on stage and in many rehearsals, this was inspired by the feeling of being swept up into the music. The way that it feels when you are truly connected to what you are playing and it's like you morph into it. It shows how powerful that can be, when you can express so many emotions through a song.

My name is Addie. I’ve recently been into art so I started taking art classes. So I made her, and I made it because she is beautiful. Drawing is my passion, and I’m honored to have this opportunity to submit my artwork.

I love science and animals living in the ocean. So, I drew this shark drone. It is very powerful and scary. I name it the "Scary Monster".

This is a picture of animals, mystery, and and mythoical creatures. I saw this image in a dream, and it felt right to draw it. I used graphite pencil, pen, and watercolors for the picture.

I draw animated characters but I was practicing with new pencils and drew this flower.

My piece is sunset with stars, clouds, and the moon, over an ocean near a beach. I thought it would be cool to do for a piece because sunsets are beautiful. Scenes like this make me feel amazed. Hope you enjoy it!

Hi! My name is Gabby, and I created Mountain Lion at Sunset. I drew it during an art class in Outschool. It makes me feel inspired to do something great, because both mountain lions and sunrises are very great.

I used multiple techniques I learned from my watercolor class to make and layer this picture. I made it during class and also added more after class.

I started not knowing what to draw and the shape turned into a ghost shape. The ghost is crying while a Ghostbusters vacuum is trying to suck it up. It's a sad picture but I had fun deciding what to make it. I love ghosty and hope the Ghostbusters don't get him.

Hi my name is Mizla and im 10yo, I started to do Lego stop motion and claymation a couple months ago on an outschool class (I inspired my little brother Mizra to participate as well), I saw the contest and I though to do a Lego stop motion movie, I like animal crossing, so I decided to do a Lego stop motion animal crossing. Thank you

The picture is called Evening. It makes me feel calm and quiet. I like how the sky looks soft at the end of the day. I like drawing because it makes me happy. I also like playing with my sister.

I think it's the beauty of the Galaxy and the tree that combines with beautiful pieces. The way the pink is with the Galaxy and the purple fading into the ground, the cherry blossom tree created a beautiful center piece of aura and perfect focus of flowers.

I really like Spider-Man and skyscrapers. I used watercolor and pencil to make my picture. My picture makes me feel very happy.

My inspiration is the book “Warriors” by Erin Hunter. I this piece makes me feel proud and happy, because I kept trying to get the eyes right and I didn’t give up.

The night sky is very impressive.

My dad brought my mother some beautiful flowers and it inspired me to paint them. Luckily we painted tulips on our next outschool lesson. What a coincidence!

I'm in 2nd grade and I love pandas. I created this watercolor painting in an Outschool art class. It makes me feel happy and creative. When I made it I wanted to visit Niagara Falls.

My piece is inspired by my love of dogs! While I don't have a pet dog yet, I love to draw and imagine what having a pet dog would be like. This pencil drawing is a picture of a Beagle named Cheddar.

Hello i am beth! And ever since i was little ive loved dragons! And ive put that love into this piece of art!

I’m a young female artist. What inspired me to create this is wanting to draw something to represent life where others can’t see it. My artwork makes me feel at peace when I look at it.

I am Emily, the creator of this piece. This is a redesign of my original character Kentor Chehiri. I wanted to make this design more unique and him then the previous one was. This piece makes me feel proud of how far I improved in art and character design.

My name is Thaddeus, and I love insects! They're different than any other creature, and even though they're small, I figured out that they have certain abilities that mammals don't. I think it would be cool to be an insect for a day. If I were a dragonfly, I would fly around and kill all of the annoying mosquitoes.

My drawing is titled “Time.” It shows a watch my father received from his father and later gave to me. The watch is special because it has been passed down through my family. It reminds me of the strong connection between my grandfather, my dad, and me. When I see it, I think about the special moments we have shared. The watch makes me feel proud and more mature, and it represents our family tradition and the memories we will carry for generations.

Teagan was inspired to create "The Dachshund's Finest Day" because she loves dogs and hopes to have a dachshund of her own someday. She loves to draw animals, and this piece makes her feel joyful because the dog looks curious and playful.

I was inspired to make this piece using memories of watermelon popsicles that I used to eat as a kid while in the park alone. Whenever I draw I feel inspired my loneliness and sadness. In the corner is shown the popsicle stick being thrown out with the words "won". The Watermelon popsicles I used to eat often had a win or lose system as I cute gimmick, and it being thrown out shows how some people do not feel bothered by winning even in small amounts.

Hello, I’m Marleau this painting was inspired buy my two favorite things. Purple flowers and sun sets. This painting gives me a sense of joy looking at my two favorite things and a sense of peace. Thank you so much for considering my work!

basketball really inspires me, so I made a pixel art picture of an hourglass pouring dream sand. It shows a classic basketball and hoop.

I’ve been drawing ever since I was little. I did this because I always think everyone needs freedom in life, having dreams and not giving up, following them. I sometimes give my characters this feeling of freedom because the world can be hard, but still beautiful. Drawing for me is a way to express freedom and beauty.

This drawing was inspired by people who kept going even when it was hard

It makes me feel like I want to dance. I am inspired by snakes and the color green.

This piece makes me feel happy and proud of myself. I have been working on improving my art, and this piece shows the hard work I have put into art. I was inspired to make this piece, because I love wildlife and wanted an animal that would show my hard work and perseverance to improve my art.

I love giant pandas! My family and I visited the Panda Sanctuary in Chengdu, China last year. I loved watching them eating bamboos. My art teacher had an Umbrella Project for us to paint whatever we would like, so I painted pandas climbing and playing in bamboo forest because that is their favorite food and home!

This piece was inspired by my best friend who loves chess, although I know next to nothing about it, he talks about it a-lot and it inspired me to draw this piece and learn a bit more about chess and Bobby Fischer in the process. :)

I like to draw. I draw in many different styles. I saw a new art style that was popular on YouTube, so I decided to see if I could do it. I feel some sadness when I look at her.

This was inspired by the video game Dreamcore. I am currently making a book based off of the style/vibe, its called Catacombs. Catacombs is what inspired me to make this piece. I hope you like it!

As a cancer survivor, I am always trying to make up for my own perceived loss of time during treatment. Often I work like a machine - balancing school, dance, kickline, acrobatics, work, art and time with my friends. Similarly, dance requires perfection. There is no gray. You either nail it or you don’t. This creates tremendous stress which I struggled with for many years. The juxtaposition of the dancer and the machinery represents how I am overwhelmed by my own expectations.

This piece was inspired by real life experiences and Victorian art. The girl is painting a raven, which represents grief. There is a sunset outside and an old willow tree. Her room is messy, but she still draws. This is a piece on loss, and time moving on without you. I used my grief from past experiences as my inspiration to get better at art, so that maybe, I can somehow reach them again. I know I probably won't win the competition, but I wanted to show that 'inspiration' can be anything.

Hello I'm Milana! I really love to draw and I tried to explain through this drawing how much the sky and the stars means to me... It's like something you always look up to and that shines bright! I'm this drawing there's a dragon that grants the power of the little girl that can summon the northern lights with the background of the stars

I love anime art and I try my best to make black and white drawings but this time I made it in color. It makes me feel amazing to draw anime and I hope to draw for marvel or Disney one day

My piece was inspired by the place I live; so close to the forest. The technique I used was to not lift my pen off the paper.

Hello, my name is Annabella. I used a wide variety of B pencils. I used the pencils 2B, 4B, and 6B. These pencils make your drawings more realistic and stand out. My drawing is called "Out in the Wild" because I love the wilderness, and it depicts a live leopard in the jungle. What inspired my piece was a picture of a real fierce leopard on a branch; it just caught my eye. What really had me struggling was shaping the body. I hope you love my drawing as much as I do.

Hi, I’m Autumn! My favorite type of art is sketching. My trip to Scotland and seeing the bagpipes inspired my piece. It makes me feel excited when I look at it!

I really enjoyed making this self portrait. It reflects the most dignified version of myself, and really speaks to the responsibilities a hold. I painted this piece with acrylic markers, and I spent a whole afternoon on it rather than doing my Homework…don’t worry I still got the homework done. :D what do you think? Worthy of a vote?

The movie Stitch inspired my piece putting my own spin on the creature wreaking havoc theme. Looking at what I created I feel proud.

This is my imaginary friend I designed.

the piece was inspired by the many anime that I watch

This is my favorite My Hero Academia character. He is brave and makes me feel brave as well.

My name is Emmi and I’m a self taught artist who likes drawing graphite portraits. As you can see, the girl in this portrait is lonely and surrounded by darkness and shadows. But what inspired me about this and because I made this is that she looks brave and her eyes are twinkling, symbolizing how she likes the darkness. As an introvert, sometimes I can feel this way. But it’s not a bad thing. This portrait, when I look at it, looks like how I am sometimes; the loneliness can make me be brave.

This is a drawing about drawing, because drawing is what inspires me!

I'd like to be an artist when I grow up. My dog inspired my piece. When I have negative thoughts (the monsters in my head), she brings me comfort and strength and helps me believe in myself.

My name is Maeva, I've been drawing realistic and cartoon since I was very young. My personal favorite style of drawing is anime; it's opened up such a massive world for me and lets me be inspired everyday by the wonders found in the small details. I decided to draw this picture with one of my favorite shows in mind, I hope to make my own series and one day be able to include this scene I have created, I hope this brings you as much joy as it brought me, to make and present to you.

My piece depicts a spring morning, with blossoming flowers and dancing butterflies. The bees daintily fly from flower to flower, foraging for pollen. I love the season of spring. because it's like a stage for renewal and hope. To start fresh as buds bloom. And nature has always been one of my biggest inspirations. It hurts me to see the earth being damaged. I hope we can come together and save it. "You are never too small to make a difference."- Greta Thunberg.

I painted this because i wanted people to be curious about the story behind it.

Batman is the original style of comics art that inspired the anime that I like to draw. -Phoenix

My name is Matea. I am in 5th grade and live in Minnesota. I am a professional actor and I am bilingual. In addition to acting, I love singing and painting. I think cactuses are a delightful part of nature. We don't have any where I live, so when I get to see them in person, I feel cheerful and terrific.

My name is Mercy and I'm 15 years old. Music has always greatly inspired me and I wanted to make a piece that represents that. I have a dream to visit California someday and make my own music, a dream that was in part inspired by one of my favorite bands, Incubus.

My name is Santino. This piece was inspired by my imagination. It makes me feel proud of myself and happy.

I love art and specifically I enjoyed playing with lighting in my art. This piece was inspired by elf characters I created and wanting to practice more with lighting.

I live in Alaska I love animals, horses are my favorite animal. I have 2 pet parakeets, 2 pet cats, and 3 pet goats. I painted this piece in my watercolor class. I have never been very confident in drawing/painting people, this is one of the first paintings I have done of a person and I am very proud of how it turned out.

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I am an artist of both the martial and drawing kind. I especially love to draw animals, because they are both cute and fierce, like me! My inspiration flows like water. On my phoenix, I like how the tail looks like flowing water. It makes me feel very peaceful and calm when I look at it. It also looks fearless, which is why I named it "The Fearless Phoenix".

I'm 12 years old and I love playing video games in my free time. My drawing was inspired by one of my favorite video games.

Hi, my name is Jemma and I have been passionate art since a very young age. I feel specifically drawn to realism because it helps me express the exact emotions of a moment when I draw. I feel inspired by seeing famous places and imagining how much my art might grow, and how one day people might recognize my art and it could become great. Seeing places like NYC makes me think about how many other unknown artists out there dreaming of becoming known for their art.

I like to draw cartoons and realistic. I drew this because I love marvel and thought it would be cool to do half Tony stark and half iron man thanks!

I have been learning about different animals, and really like tropical fish. They are different colors and shapes, so I decided to paint one. I chose these colors as they are bright and stand out. I added paint splashes for the bubbles in the sea.

This piece was inspired by a nature walk that I took with my family. I used real sticks, tree bark, and leaves that I found in the woods to show how beautiful the forest is. I also showed a lot of animals because I love seeing them in the woods--except the bear! Looking at my art reminds me how peaceful and quiet I feel in the forest. I want to be a conservationist when I grow up so I can help all kids enjoy nature.

My name is Makeba, and I drew this piece to represent characters in a book I am writing. Seeing this piece makes me feel peace.

It’s one of my favorite anime's to watch and it made me feel happy to draw it.

A pickup truck made from LEGO is towing a catamaran, showing my love for fast vehicles on land and water. The small LEGO kid in the black jiu-jitsu uniform is me right now, still learning and working hard. The taller LEGO figure next to him is future me, who has reached all my goals and dreams. It’s like a picture of where I am and where I’m going, all built into one scene.

My name is Maria and I'm 10 years old. I live in Spain but the platform doesn't let us put it in, so we put United Kingdom. I chose to draw these mermaids because... I don't know, maybe because mermaids look cool. I love drawing, especially fantasy so this was pretty nice to draw. Toodles!

I do gymnastics and love challenging myself to try new things, so she is a very inspiring person! I feel very proud when I look at this piece of art!

I just moved to a new house and there is a horse across the street that has become my new best friend. He comes to the fence to greet me and I love to feed him carrots and he loves to see me everyday. He loves when I pet him and cuddle his nose and I actually love it too just as much as he does.

Hello! I’m Eva, and I’ve created a drawing inspired by Ejae. The doodles in the center represent lyrics from her songs. She began singing Kpop songs at 3, but was rejected as a Kpop trainee at 23 after 10+ years of very hard work. The stripes represent her hardship. Yet Ejae didn’t give up, and is now a singer/songwriter, and the singing voice of Rumi from “Kpop Demon Hunters”. She can relate to the character a lot, herself. The color splotches represent emotion. I love drawing and music, too.