🎨 Art and Creativity · Salamantija

Drawing and creativity for kids
with a digital app

Over 50 interactive creative projects: drawing, painting, digital crafts, comics and stop-motion for children aged 4 to 12. No ads, no limits.

Free drawingDigital paintingColoursCraftsComicsStop-motionDesignShapes
50+Projects
4–12Years
3Levels
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👶🧒🧑 3 creative levels

Art and drawing tailored to your child’s age

Each level respects the child’s natural creative development. Projects grow in complexity to keep the challenge and motivation alive.

ages 4 – 5
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Explorers

Colours, shapes and first paintings

  • 🔴 Primary and secondary colours
  • 🔷 Basic shapes: circle, square, triangle
  • 🖌️ Paint with fingers and a virtual brush
  • 🌈 Interactive colour mixing
  • ⭐ Draw with guided strokes
  • 🐱 Colour animals and characters
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ages 9 – 12
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Creators

Design, comics and stop-motion

  • 🗒️ Character and scene design
  • 💬 Comics: script, panels and dialogue
  • 🎬 Stop-motion: frame-by-frame animation
  • 🖥️ Intro to digital graphic design
  • 🌍 Art inspired by world cultures
  • 📐 Perspective and depth in drawing
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✨ Creativity without limits

50+ creative projects to explore

From finger painting to creating animations. Each project is a new world that stimulates your child’s imagination and visual thinking.

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Rainbow of colours
Painting 4–5 years
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My favourite dragon
Drawing 6–8 years
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My dream house
Design 6–8 years
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Magic unicorn
Colouring 4–5 years
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Fantasy garden
Illustration 6–8 years
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Space rocket
Guided drawing 4–5 years
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My first comic
Comic 9–12 years
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Stop-motion animation
Stop-motion 9–12 years
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Design your video game
Digital design 9–12 years
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Art from world cultures
Culture 9–12 years
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Colourful seabed
Painting 6–8 years
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Emotion masks
Crafts 6–8 years

... and over 38 more projects are waiting for your child

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🧠 Backed by science

Art drives your child’s cognitive development

Art education isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity. Studies from UNESCO and MIT confirm that art develops crucial skills that maths and reading alone cannot.

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Neural connections

Drawing and painting activate both hemispheres of the brain at once. Research from Harvard University shows that children with regular art education develop up to 25% more neural connections in the prefrontal cortex.

Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2019
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Focus and attention

Completing an art project requires sustained focus over long periods. A Brookings Institution study found that art education improves concentration in other subjects by 30%, especially in children with ADHD.

Brookings Institution, Arts Education, 2019
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Creative thinking

Creativity is the most in-demand skill among employers in the 21st century (World Economic Forum report, 2023). Children who practise art regularly are 3 times more likely to be innovative in STEM fields.

World Economic Forum Future of Jobs, 2023
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Emotional intelligence

Art is the universal language of emotions. Expressing feelings through drawing and painting reduces cortisol (the stress hormone) by 75% (American Art Therapy Association) and helps develop empathy and self-awareness.

American Art Therapy Association, 2020
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Self-esteem and resilience

Creating something from scratch and seeing the result builds solid self-esteem. Unlike maths, in art there are no "wrong answers" — every creation is valid, teaching children to value their own effort.

Journal of Positive Psychology, 2021
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Fine motor skills

Holding a pencil, making controlled strokes and handling art tools develops the fine motor skills essential for writing. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends art from age 2 for this purpose.

American Academy of Pediatrics, 2022

💬 What parents say

Children who discovered the artist within

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"My 5-year-old wouldn’t put down the tablet to watch videos. Since she discovered the art module in Salamantija, she uses the tablet to create. She’s made over 20 drawings in a month. We printed them all and they decorated her room."

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Patricia R.
Sofía’s mum, age 5 · Mexico City
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"My son has ADHD and it was always hard for him to concentrate. With Salamantija’s drawing projects he stays still for 40 minutes. His therapist told me art is exactly what he needed to develop sustained attention."

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Marcos D.
Emilio’s dad, age 8 · Monterrey
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"The advanced comics project was a revelation. My 11-year-old created a 12-page story with his own characters. Now he wants to be a graphic designer. Salamantija showed him that’s a real career."

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Claudia M.
Sebastián’s mum, age 11 · Bogotá

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