About the Company
Nature of Art® makes premium art materials for children
Non toxic paints, crayons, brushes, clay, and paper, chosen for how a child’s hand actually works. Plus the books and curriculum that show you what to do with them.
Key Takeaways
- Nature of Art® is a children’s art supply company founded by art educator and author Spramani Elaun.
- Every material is non toxic and selected for a specific stage of hand and eye development, not simply scaled down from adult supplies.
- The product range covers four areas: paints, drawing, clay, and crafts.
- Quality here means the material performs. A red that truly mixes orange. A brush that holds its shape. Cost and quality are not the same thing.
- The supplies exist to serve the Science Art Method™, the visual arts framework behind the company’s books and curriculum.
What is Nature of Art®?
Nature of Art® is a children’s art supply company and publisher. We make non toxic, eco friendly art materials for children, and we write the books and curriculum that teach adults how to use them.
The company exists because of a gap. Most art materials sold for children are adult materials made smaller and cheaper. That is not the same as materials designed for a developing hand. A brush too long for a small grip, a paint that will not mix a clean secondary color, a pencil that breaks in the sharpener. None of these are neutral. Each one quietly teaches a child that art is frustrating.
So we make the other thing. Materials a child can succeed with, at a price a classroom can actually carry.
Why are non toxic art materials worth insisting on?
Young children work with their whole bodies. Hands go to mouths. Materials get on skin and stay there for the length of a lesson. For infants, toddlers, and early childhood classrooms, the safety of a material is not a footnote. It is the first question.
Every Nature of Art® material is formulated to be non toxic and eco friendly. When you shop anywhere, ours included, read the label before the price. Materials made for children carry a certification mark for a reason. If a label says caution, or says not intended for children, believe it.
What does a quality art material actually do?
Quality means the material does the job it was made for. A red that actually makes orange. A brush that keeps its point after twenty washes. Clay that holds a form instead of slumping. Paper that takes water without pilling.
You do not need art training to test for this. You need to use it once. Make a mark. Mix the green. Notice whether the brush holds paint. Most of the frustration in an art space does not belong to the child. It belongs to a material nobody tried first.
Quality and cost are also not the same thing. Some excellent materials cost very little. Plenty of expensive things do none of the above. A good round brush runs about three dollars. One area of art, set up properly, runs about twenty five to forty five dollars.
There is a reason we are careful about this. Give someone a cheap broom and they throw it away. Children cannot tell you when a material is failing them. They simply stop wanting to make art.
What does Nature of Art® sell?
Materials stocked for early childhood through elementary. Our advice is always to build one area at a time rather than buying a little of everything.
Paints
Non toxic paints that mix true secondary colors. This is also where color theory work begins.
Drawing
Pencils and mark making tools that hold up to real pressure from a young grip.
Crayons
Eco friendly crayons shaped for a whole hand grasp before a pincer grip arrives.
Clay
Modeling materials with a body soft enough for small hands and firm enough to hold a form.
Paper
The one material that leaves the room. Weights that take water without pilling.
Crafts
Building and construction materials for open ended, self directed work.
Art teaching books
Ten titles for parents, homeschoolers, and classroom educators. They answer the question the supplies cannot: what do you actually do once the materials are on the shelf.
Art curriculum
Five curriculums for children aged 2 to 6 years and 7 to 12 years. Each one covers a single material area in depth, with the sequence and the teacher guidance included.
What holds it all together?
Every product Nature of Art® makes rests on the Science Art Method™, a visual arts framework built on three systems that develop at different rates in every child: how the eyes see, how the brain processes what they see, and how the hands control a material.
That is why the supplies are sorted the way they are, and why a curriculum covers one material area at a time. The materials are not a separate business from the teaching. They are the same idea, one you can hold.
Who is behind Nature of Art®?
Nature of Art® was founded by Spramani Elaun, an art educator, author of ten books, and creator of the Science Art Method™. She began formulating her own paints and crayons after finding that the materials available for young children were neither safe enough nor good enough.
She has trained educators in Turkey, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Canada, Poland, Vietnam, and the United States.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are Nature of Art® supplies non toxic?
Yes. Every material is formulated to be non toxic and eco friendly, and selected for use with infants, toddlers, and early childhood classrooms where materials reach hands, skin, and mouths.
If I can only buy one thing, what should it be?
A round brush, size six to twelve, under five dollars. Not the largest set and not the prettiest box. One brush that holds paint and moves smoothly across paper does more for a child than a forty piece kit.
Why do children’s brushes need short handles?
Scale comes before everything else. A small hand on a long adult handle loses control at the tip, so the child fights the tool instead of exploring the material. Short handles put the working end where the child can actually see and steer it.
How much should a classroom budget for one art area?
About twenty five to forty five dollars sets up a single area properly. Put the whole budget in one place for a season rather than spreading it across five. Thirty dollars in one area builds something real. Thirty dollars across five builds a drawer nobody opens.
Where does the money actually go over time?
Paper. Brushes, palettes, jars, and droppers are bought once and reused for years. Paper is the only material that leaves the room, which is why cutting sheets into quarters stretches a budget further than any discount will.
Contact Nature of Art®
Get in touch
Email: Info@Spramani.comNature of Art® Publishing
P.O. Box 443
Solana Beach, California 92075
