Magazine Circles of Color

I started this page with the idea of repeating circles. Students could fill in solid circles with colors that appeared in the cut out photos...

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Sunflower Journal Page

It’s so much fun to browse art journal pages over on Pinterest. I found a really inspiring page by Dion Dior HERE , which i just simplified ...

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Masking Tape Art Journal Page

When I want my students to make a really colorful and layered page, I keep coming back to crayon rubbings and watercolor paint. It’s still j...

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First Art Journal Project

I was looking for an easy way to have my young students put their name on their new art journals this afternoon, and was happy to find these...

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Art Journal: Circles of Color

This could be a lesson in harmony as the filled in colored circles could be made to match the magazine circles next to them. 1. I used a sp...

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Ocean Collage Art Journal Page

 Save your nature magazines, or anything that has photos of water in it to make this fun collage page. 1. Students cut out enough swatches o...

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Art Journal: Circles of Color

I started this page with the idea of repeating circles, and just played around from there. I think it could be a good exercise in harmony...

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Summer Swimming

I was inspired by some swimming self-portraits over at “Use Your Coloured Pencils” and loved the floating hair. My students gave it a go to...

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How to Draw a Dandelion

I wanted to use new gel pens in my art journal class, and some dandelion doodles got me experimenting. The trick is to draw them in a very o...

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Strathmore Art Journal Cover

I’ve been looking for a cover treatment for my student’s art journals, and think this is pretty good solution. One container of foam stick-o...

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Sarah’s Fish Journal Page

This is another reason why I love kids art. Today a first grader made her own version of my “One Fish” journal project posted below. I must ...

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One Fish Art Journal Page

It’s fun to add a little texture to your journal pages with yarn. 1. A fish is drawn on heavy watercolor paper, traced with a crayon and cut...

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Magazine Tree Journal Page

Pattern scrapbook paper could also be used to make these leaves, I was just trying to use what I had on hand. 1. Students cut out a tree tru...

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“Where Am I?” Art Journal Page

This project is possible only because I found a great source for paper crepe tape at Red Bow Studios on Etsy. The many colors and widths yo...

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Make Your Own Color Transfers

This really works! I placed some cheap packing tape on a magazine photo and let it sit in warm water for about 5 minutes. The white peels ri...

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“Cool Shades” Art Journal Page

I  like to give students photos of items as a kind of drawing prompt. In this case I was looking for images of sunglasses, and came across ...

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“My Pet” Art Journal Page

This was a lot of fun today, watching kids make adorable little creatures based on color prints of real animal eyes. They were allowed to dr...

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“Where I Live” Art Journal Pages

My Art Journal class is focusing on themes that describe their life as they know it. Here is a collage page in my Strathmore Art Journal Kit...

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“Thankful” Bubbles Art Journal Page

I love finding ways to have students write in a non-linear fashion. Here is a writing and painting page that I made in my Strathmore Art Jou...

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Cat Collage Art Journal Page

The Strathmore Art Journal Kits I've been using come with an assortment of colored paper pages. I’ve found that kids as young as kinder...

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