Books We Like! -- A brand new page

Hi, all!

Just wanted to let you know I've reorganized the blog a little, removed the bookshelf from the sidebar at right and added a brand new page--well, THREE of them, actually, so far--of books I think you'll find useful.  You'll find it at the top of the page, or click this link: http://artistsjournalworkshop.blogspot.com/p/books-we-like.html

Yep, there are some of mine (though not all those pictured above) but a LOT more from people whose work I love and have learned from.  (What can I say, that was the quickest photo I could find that had a lot of books! :-D )

You'll find artists, journalers, watercolorists, travel journals, calligraphy, how-to and much more.

There's an arrow at the bottom of these links to let you know there's more to come, and I set them to shuffle, so you don't see the same thing all the time, when you open the page. (If you don't see a favorite, look on page 2 or 3--or whatever!) 


I'll be adding to these as I go along...if you have particular favorites, please let me know and I'll check them out!

Patchwork landscape

By a student of grade 3.

You need:

1. white drawing sheets


2. tempera paint


3. brushes

This is an easy lesson in perspective for younger students. Talk about perspective and show the picture of the disappearing railway.

Do a step by step guide on the blackboard to make this drawing:





1. Put the sheet in the width for you.

2. Draw a wavy line on 2/3 of the bottom.

3. Place a dot in the middle on the top of the sheet.

4. Draw lines with a ruler from the bottom and sides of the sheet to the dot.

5. Divide the strips in squares.

6. Draw houses and trees on the horizon line.

After this the students can finish their artwork independently. Paint the squares all different and use different patterns. Stpale or paste the artwork on a coloured background.

MOMA

Made by Debbie, grade 6

You need:

1. drawing sheet A4 size


2. colour pencils


3. ruler

A lesson about drawing one point perspective.



Students draw a square in the middle of their sheet and draw four lines from the corners to the middle, see schedule. These are the floor and ceiling lines. Draw two lines from both short sides to the middle. Between these two lines the paintings has to be drawn. Draw lines from the bottom to the middle for tiles or parquet.

It's nice to draw artworks that students have made this schoolyear or to choose for artworks of famous painters.

Colour with colour pencils.