Post 61 - Another Sketchy Thursday page to share...

Blogging my evolution as an artistic art educator - An art-based experience... 

I flipped the original sketch upside-down (Sketchy Thursday), and created a graduation gift for my daughter, in the process... Two birds with one stone! TFL... Happy Wednesday!
           And, very excited to be... going on our Orlando vacation soon, playing with two gorgeous kits from Scrapbooking from the Inside Out, and just being me... No teaching, except for my own kid... I will miss my students, but not right now... Right now, I just want to be plain ole' me!

Safety, health, happiness, and peace... Pam

Post 60 - Check out the CK Editor's Blog today, and you could be the lucky winner of SFTIO's June kit giveaway!

Blogging my evolution as an artistic art educator - An art-based experience... 
           Head on over to the Creating Keepsakes' Editor's Blog today, (Monday, June 6) because not only will the Design Team be featured, but Rachel Kaufman, owner of Scrapbooking from the Inside Out, will be giving away an... OPTIMISM kit! (See picture below)

           Hurry on over today, or you could miss this incredible chance at a GORGEOUS June kit, from SFTIO!... See you there! 
Safety, health, happiness, and peace... Pam

Post 59 - Lots and lots and lots of altered books...Oh My!... Student work I promised to share a loooooooooooong time ago...

Blogging my evolution as an artistic art educator - An art-based experience...
            The following plethora of artistic work consists of the ALTERED BOOK pages and covers, created by my Paper & Fiber Arts high school students, which were completed this school year.
           There were so many good things going on, that you'll have to forgive me... I have to share them all with you... ENJOY, and please tell me what you think!
           Brief explanation of assignment... The students were required to incorporate: one spread, with the 3-PHOTO-ALTERING TECHNIQUES they learned how to do, one spread, with the PHOTO-COPIED HAND images we created, one spread, with the PAPER-DOLL TREATMENT we learned about in a Claudine Helmuth book, and to create a WRAP-AROUND INTEGRATED COVER design, to tie the whole altered board book together. The focus of the book was the Zodiac signs, and the traits that the students' felt they possessed, based on the research they did on their sun sign (birth sign/zodiac sign).
           Splendid results... if I do say so myself!!... True creativity requires being allowed to make messes, find answers for oneself, and being given just a tad of support, when it is absolutely necessary...

3-photo-altering techniques (examples) 

Photo-copied hands (examples) 

Paper-doll treatment (examples)

Wrap-around integrated cover (examples)

Safety, health, happiness, and peace... Pam

Post 58 - A new page, and I am crossing one item off MY "bucket list"...

Blogging my evolution as an artistic art educator - An art-based experience... 

Page I created for a Sketchy Thursday challenge... I used all older supplies, and a photo from eight years ago... It is so hard to accept that the kiddo is nine!


And, I have NOW completed one Sudoku puzzle, so I never have to do another one! Ha!... I am satisfied, and I can scratch "Complete one Sudoku puzzle" off my "bucket list"... Here is the proof...

It only took me TWO HOURS of my life!... I don't get the fascination with these things... I can think of soooooooooooo many other things I'd rather spend two hours doing... LOL!

Safety, health, happiness, and peace... Pam