5 Things to Remember When Creating an Art Journal!

1- Permanent Markers bleed through on your journal paper- So be careful when writing on the back of a page!
2- You will get messy-your hands may turn black when using India Ink and foamy soap does NOT clean them!
3- You are not always going to like the page backgrounds you do-the trick is to fix them!
4- When working in the classroom and you start tearing up large sheets of paper with your hand covered in India ink your students will look at you funny!
5- Jack Johnson on Pandora Radio does not drowned out hard rock!

A HS Art Teacher's Journal

Today is Friday!  Its started off a bit chaotic, but has now settled down!  Thanks heavens to Betsey for that.  So today I decided to spend minimal time on the computer and spend my day making art with my students.  Every once in a while I do that with them, they really do love it.  Last semester I did a drawing of Hadley on her dad's snowmobile.  And now that I have a student teacher I can do art ALL day!

Julie and I did an online workshop fro Art Trader Magazine on Art Journals.  Well, last semester was a bit crazy and I never really got around to doing it.  So today I printed off all the pages, put it in a binder and I have officially covered my journal!  A HS Art Teachers Journal of art n things!

Since our school is focusing on literacy I really want to incorporate what I am doing into my classes. Deb Day and I would love to team teach a class the incorporated art and writing, it would be AWESOME!  Stay tuned for examples of the journal, I am hoping to go CRAZY with it!!!!