Owl Inspired Art Journal Video

Hello Bloggers!

I'm often asked where my inspiration comes from & this week

 I was inspired by the artwork of 6th graders.

Why? Because I happened to be looking for owl art when

I stumbled upon MJ's site. I was super excited about

her owls so I had my children create

similar paintings for our homeschool art class.

We opted to leave our backgrounds white, but MJ had her students

use bright colors for theirs.

 

Here's what my 3rd & 8th grader completed:

GORGEOUS, huh?!!

I loved how they turned out & was completely

inspired to create an art journal/ sketchbook similar

to their paintings.

 

Here's a video I made of the process...Enjoy!

 

Rainy Days & ZENTANGLE

 

                    MY ZENTANGLE OWL           ZENTANGLE BOOK

 

Many of you have probably heard of Zentangle before, but

if not, welcome to a whole new way of doodling!

This form of drawing is more involved than your average

scribbling, but loads of fun & great for rainy days!

There are lots of books on the market (including the one above),

but even more exciting...TONS of free patterns & websites

dedicated to educating the public on this art form!

Fellow blogger, Soshi, has lots of great patterns to share

on her site & beautiful work displayed as well!

If you would like more info, send me a message &

we can swap patterns :o)