No Excuses Art Journaling: Making time for creativity by Gina Rossi Armfield introduces the idea of using a daily or weekly planner as an art journal. Armfield gives directions on how to set up the planner using a variety of art supplies. Due to the size of most planners the space for each day’s journaling is small and is not overwhelming, as a whole blank page might be. Craftiness with a glue stick is also encouraged to add in any sort of debris found in daily life that might be interesting to add to the journal.
Overall, No Excuses Art Journaling gives a brief yet engaging how-to on creating a journal that fits the individual. The book also includes examples of other artists’ journals as inspiration that is varied and inclusive. In addition, many art tools are introduced in this book in a very encouraging and not overwhelming way.
I would recommend this book to older individuals, such as late middle to high school, but it’s contents could be adapted for use in elementary school. I think the book’s simple text and ample photos would be highly accessible.
-Robin
Robin, thank you for your post. This book sounds very adaptable to a 5th grade classroom. I appreciate your recommendation. This would be very exciting to use in the classroom as kids love art and could learn so much through "Art." This will be on my list of books to purchase. -Adriana
ReplyDeleteThis looks fantastic! What would you do with those students who don't want to do this journaling? Would this be done everyday? Did you try it in your class?
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