I recently decided that would like to try art journaling, so I signed up for an online course with Strathmore, an art paper company.
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Showing posts with label journaling. Show all posts
Friday, January 7, 2011
Beginning Journaling
One of the fun things about teaching art is that you get your hands on a variety of media. Every few weeks you switch into something new. I've developed that habit with my own work as well. My personal preference for art making is paper cutting. Over the last couple of years I have also developed a love of pysanky (egg decoration) and 3D paper buildings. I do one of those for a few months, then switch into something else.
I recently decided that would like to try art journaling, so I signed up for an online course with Strathmore, an art paper company.
The first assignment was to take photocopies of your work and incorporate them into a journal page. This is my first attempt.
I recently decided that would like to try art journaling, so I signed up for an online course with Strathmore, an art paper company.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Visual Journal Online Workshop Series - Strathmore Artist Papers
These free online classes on art journaling begin January 1. The people who have signed up so far are of all ability levels. It sounds like an interesting opportunity to try something new. Come join us!
Monday, November 15, 2010
VAEA - Session on Using the Visual Journal in the Classroom
I have been keeping my own visual journals for a few years. They tend to be conglomerations of note taking, sketches, collage, photo montage, my granddaughter's art, paper cutting, thoughts and ideas. Not only do I enjoy the activity of creating journal pages, other folks seem to enjoy browsing through them.
Since I have been curious as to how I could use visual journals in the elementary art room, I attended the session "The Visual Journal and Creative Possibilities"at the Virginia Art Education Association conference. The presenters were Eric Scott and David Modler. They have a blog called "Journal Fodder Junkies" and a book titled The Journal Junkies Workshop.
The presenters said that their own journals are used as personal tools for:
--art making
--meaning making
--documentation
--reflection
--enjoyment
They described the qualities of manufactured journal books that you can purchase and then described ways that kids can create their own. They can be as fancy and high quality as your budget permits, or can be as low tech as folded drawing paper stapled together on the side.
For their high school students, the journal is a self directed activity. Friday is their designated "journal day," though students are required to put in a certain number of hours in the journal during the week on their own time. They experiment with techniques in the journal; take notes there; and work through their own ideas.
The presenters' book is interesting but not geared towards the classroom. It contains a lot of techniques for creating different kinds of art in a journal. I wish they would write a book on how to use the visual journal in a classroom and show lots of examples of student work.
I'll write this week about what my students are doing in their journals and maybe show my own as well.
Since I have been curious as to how I could use visual journals in the elementary art room, I attended the session "The Visual Journal and Creative Possibilities"at the Virginia Art Education Association conference. The presenters were Eric Scott and David Modler. They have a blog called "Journal Fodder Junkies" and a book titled The Journal Junkies Workshop.
The presenters said that their own journals are used as personal tools for:
--art making
--meaning making
--documentation
--reflection
--enjoyment
They described the qualities of manufactured journal books that you can purchase and then described ways that kids can create their own. They can be as fancy and high quality as your budget permits, or can be as low tech as folded drawing paper stapled together on the side.
For their high school students, the journal is a self directed activity. Friday is their designated "journal day," though students are required to put in a certain number of hours in the journal during the week on their own time. They experiment with techniques in the journal; take notes there; and work through their own ideas.
The presenters' book is interesting but not geared towards the classroom. It contains a lot of techniques for creating different kinds of art in a journal. I wish they would write a book on how to use the visual journal in a classroom and show lots of examples of student work.
I'll write this week about what my students are doing in their journals and maybe show my own as well.
Visual Journal Online Workshop Series - Strathmore Artist Papers
Visual Journal Online Workshop Series - Strathmore Artist Papers
At the art ed conference, I attended several sessions on visual journaling. One of the presenters mentioned Strathmore's journals made especially for that purpose. I Googled them and found an opportunity to participate in a free series of workshops on visual journaling. Yippee! Check it out!
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