Artist Journal Upgrade by Linda Hess
I recently became the Art Teacher at a local Catholic school. I am responsible for grades K-8th, each coming once a week. My background in teaching is with the Elementary grades (K-5) so 6th-8th may be a little challenging. Thankfully the former art teacher left me a ton of fabulous ideas that I can use as a jumpstart. One thing that she had for middle schoolers was to cover an art journal in some permanent way (paint, paper, fabric, etc) that reflected a little of their artistic style. Fabulous jump start to the year! I gave the assignment to them during the first class and answered any questions that they had..."Can I use Duck Tape?" "yes" "Can I wallpaper?" "yes" "Can I...???" You get the idea. I realized that I could not expect them to decorate a journal without doing one myself, so for the first time in my adult life I shall have an art journal of my own. With that background, let's decorate a journal...