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Category: Art Projects

Category: Art Projects

Collage-style Classroom Activity with Julie Flett

Collage-style Classroom Activity with Julie Flett

June 11, 2019 June 11, 2019

Julie Flett is an award-winning Cree-Métis author, illustrator and artist. Her books, which include My Heart Fills With Happiness, Little You, When We Were Alone and more, all feature her signature collages. She plays with color, texture and shape to create beautiful and lyrical illustrations. And your students can, too. …

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Guest Post: Marthe Jocelyn Sees Art Everywhere

Guest Post: Marthe Jocelyn Sees Art Everywhere

November 10, 2017 March 12, 2019

The following post is written by Marthe Jocelyn, creator of One Red Button and One Piece of String. You asked how I would describe my creative process? Well…I see something…a lost button on an elevator or a single mitten on a park bench or a note tucked under a windshield …

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Classroom Activity: Litter Bug Arts & Crafts

Classroom Activity: Litter Bug Arts & Crafts

September 1, 2017 March 12, 2019

In What Matters by Alison Hughes and illustrator Holly Hatam, a young boy picks up a single piece of litter. He doesn’t know it, but his small act has big consequences for the little critters whose path would have been blocked, for the grass that would have wilted and for …

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The Unnatural Selections Drawing Game

The Unnatural Selections Drawing Game

May 19, 2017 February 5, 2019

Have you ever seen a Hawkodile? Or a Toraffe? What about a Cowaconda? All of these creatures (and more) can be found roaming through the imaginative universe of Unnatural Selections, a picture book by artist Wallace Edwards. To create this book, Professor I.B. Doodling, a traveling artist, took suggestions from …

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Guest Post: A Leap of Faith

Guest Post: A Leap of Faith

April 20, 2017 March 12, 2019

The following post is written by Trudee Romanek, author of Raising the Stakes. Ever thought about performing improv? Standing in front of an eager crowd with no script, no back-up music—nothing but your wits? I’ve had heart-thumping nightmares that were less stress-inducing. I love watching improv but figured I could …

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Learning about Linocutting

Learning about Linocutting

March 16, 2017 February 8, 2019

A guest post by illustrator Sue Todd. Her linocuts can be seen in An African Alphabet, out now! What is the technique and process of  linocutting? Once my rough sketch is approved, I transfer it to the linoleum with carbon paper, clamp it to my desk and start carving, keeping …

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