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2016 Topic 17: Making Marks Heather Hansen Well hello everyone, Darcy here with our latest topic. This one is a very broad subject, and the title alone may baffle you, but I shall attempt to clarify and give you lots of inspiration in this post. Mark making is a term used when we want to describe lines and patterns, also textures ,if they overlap. Marks can be made with any tool, any medium and on any surface. these marks can be dots, dashes, spirals, scribbles, even scratches. They can be…

Make a rainbow paper craft that changes colors as the paper is tipped back and forth in sunlight! Create gorgeous rainbow patterns and designs while teaching children the basics of thin film interference. Add this rainbow paper experiment to your list of simple experiments for kids and creative art and STEAM projects!

I am still trying out different ways of working in enamel using this concertina book form as a vehicle for my experiments. I have used my own photographs of early entomological collections making them into enamel transfers. Then I have sand blasted label shapes and beetles into the enamel surface. Rust will happen!!

Art and Craft Ideas Using Maps for Decor I have always loved maps. Even in grade school I loved drawing maps! The above photo is part of my updated mixed media collage; I added the maps two years…

Examples of sketchbook pages to inspire students who are working on a natural forms theme in their GCSE Art sketchbooks.

Five different ways to create homemade invisible ink that can be revealed from a heat source like a candle OR from watercolor paint.