Art Journaling Workshop - July 2

Looking for a creative way to get your kids to write this summer or to record vacations or events over summer break?  I am offering an art journaling workshop on July 2 at Leidy's Church. I have a few spots left in the 9-12pm class and space available in the 12:30-3:30pm class.  Cost is $25 and includes a 44 page 5.5"x8" journal. This is appropriate for kids 6 and up.  Adults are also welcome to join.  I have two moms currently enrolled.

Art journaling is the best of both worlds; art and words. It is a place to practice different art techniques.  A place to record your thoughts or write a poem. There are no rules, no mistakes, just creativity.

In this workshop we will be learning to make different backgrounds that will be ready to add ephemera (post cards, maps, brochures, tickets), stamps, collage or paint.  We will make pockets, doodle, rip, cut, paint, color, collage to create fun pages for your journal entries.

Here are some examples from a previous workshop:

A few backgrounds:

Using ephemera collected on trips:

A few examples from my journals:

Wrapping paper background.

Photo copy of my hand.

Line & Pattern Landscape - Romero Britto

Our lanscape project is based on the bold, playful style of Brazilian Neo Pop artist Romero Britto.

We will be working with line, pattern & color while designing a whimsical landscape.

Foreshortening

Foreshortening is a perspective technique used to create the illusion of an object receding into the distance or background.  Objects closest to you appear much larger than other parts, sometimes looking distorted.

For our next project we will be using our hands and feet.  Students will trace their shoes with their hands positioned on top of the shoes.  We will look at the patterns on our shoes and try to duplicate them on our drawings.  We will add a small head and body - going over proper feature placement so we don't have eyeballs at the top of the head - to complete the foreshortening.  Students will further personalize their projects by adding patterns and color to their clothes and creating a scenario for "falling".

1st Step - hand and feet

2nd step:  add head and body

3rd Step - add color, patterns and falling scenario

Results from class today.  They look great!!