Join me for 365 Days of Art, where I have a go at a whole year’s worth of art ideas. Filling my sketchbook to the brim with inspiration, crafts, doodles and drawings. Learn how to create a delicate watercolour and ink flower scene, just the thing for a summer craft.
This is a show I curate each spring where I work at the Art Complex in Duxbury. I love seeing what the high school kids come up with. Come see the show! We are having a big opening tomorrow-Sunday, 5/22, from 1:30-3:30. Also on display is a beautiful collection of artists work who have shown there over the past 40 years, as well as Dorothy Krause's exhibit of amazing lenticular images- you have to see these to believe them! All week these pieces have been appearing on the grounds... Sacred Heart High School's"Dial a Style" installation of "Monkey Business" "Cheetah" coming out of the South Shore Charters Schools's "Veggie Van" "Aquarium" "Who Killed Humpty Dumpty" The students will walk around and talk about their pieces to the public at 2:30 PM- 4 schools- 31 pieces in all. Hope to see you- and I am told the sun might make an appearance- although we are there , rain or shine and I hope you have the time!
Sometimes all you need to get going in your art journal is one word to inspire you. To help you get started, here is a list of 365 one word journal prompts to jump start your creativity.
So this post has been a long time coming. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you know that we read Wonder by RJ Palacio as a read aloud this year. My students were captivated by it...especially the Julian chapter. In the book, a major storyline revolves around the precepts that Mr. Browne, a teacher, teaches the students each month. These are short quotes that become sort of "rules to live by". At the end of the story, Mr. Browne asks each of the students to write their very own precept and send it to him on a postcard. So that is what we did. I first had each student create their own "Wonder picture". You see, each of the chapters are broken up with a picture of the child telling the story. The picture is drawn with very little facial features and only using black ink. So that is what we did. Here is mine I used as an example with the kids. Then, I asked them to choose a precept that related to their own life. This could be a famous saying (like the one on my Wonder picture) or something that they made up on their own. Underneath their picture, I had them write their name and the precept. Finally, I asked them to write a postcard in friendly letter style to Mr. Browne explaining their precept. Since they were supposed to be on summer vacation, I had them take on that persona. A kid, formerly in Mr. Browne's class, explaining the precept on vacation. They then used the address in the book to complete the postcard. The kids really had a great time doing this. They connected so deeply with the book, that making their own "chapter" was fun for them. They loved trying to make their Wonder picture resemble themselves but still keep it within the style of the book. And writing the precept really brought it all together (and added a more academic element as well).
August was a month for healing and building up my stamina. Oral surgery on July 31st really sapped my energy and I have done very little crafting. I’m almost back to my regular work-out rou…
As imagens que vocês conferem logo abaixo são só uma amostra do projeto 365 criado por Gabriel Picolo, neste projeto o ilustrador se propôs a criar um desenho
Briefly describe the work you do. I consider my process to be one of gathering and disseminating information, rooted in the paper scraps and ephemera of our consumer culture. As I create and gath…
Need ideas for what to draw in your sketchbook? This list of 365 drawing ideas is sure to inspire you to doodle, draw, or sketch everyday!
Now that we are halfway through to the year, I wanted to share with you my experience and journey so far of my 365 Challenge that I’m doing over on Instagram. This is a personal challenge that I started at the beginning of the year to improve my illustration and drawing skills.
This split double accordion book with a piano hinge over a piece of bamboo slat was a bit of a challenge. The paper piano hinge has to be precisely cut to work. So do the slits in all the accordion fold pieces. Then they have to be very carefully fitted together. But when they are done, you have a beautiful little book. It will be fun to make this structure again with the added challenge of adding text and deciding how to lay it out. I should know the name of this paper--I've used it before, many times--but it escapes me at the moment. Suffice it to say, it's beautiful and lovely to work with. It loves PVA glue, and it molds itself perfectly to the board. This was a joy to work on. STUDIO REPORT: I am getting a new 5' long hardwood workbench as a birthday present! So I have spent much of the last couple of days cleaning out and reorganizing the studio to make room for it. It's amazing what I found hiding in there! It is going to be SO cool to have everything organized, right where I know to find it, within reach, and clean! And a proper table to lay things out on. With an oversized cutting mat on top! Heaven! I'll try to take some pix once it's all together. And be on the look out for some... different... books as soon as it's all up and running again. Gotta use all the wonderful stash stuff I found!
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Now that we are halfway through to the year, I wanted to share with you my experience and journey so far of my 365 Challenge that I’m doing over on Instagram. This is a personal challenge that I started at the beginning of the year to improve my illustration and drawing skills.
