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Design your own stationery with a few practice strokes. |
Make your mark
While preparing a class session on brushwork, I was searching for ways students could apply their newfound skill. That's what inspired this stationery idea. All you need to do is apply a pale wash of any color to watercolor paper and let it dry completely. If you choose, you can splatter or sprinkle salt or use some other device to create texture, but you need to remember that you will be writing on the surface so keep the background simple. Choose a corner for your simple design and paint it with as few strokes as possible. Once that is dry, put it on a color copier and print it out. If your printer doesn't print all the way to the edges, trim off the white margins.
The one pictured here is an imaginary bunch of berries and leaves, but I have plans for shells, irises and maybe even a palm tree.
Family Arts WeekEnd
The IU Art Museum has family events Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. History and science will be featured in 30-minute gallery sessions and hands-on work stations on Saturday. Sunday's topics will be math and literature. Families will take home the hand-on projects plus resource materials to extend the museum experience to the home. The events are part of Bloomington's ArtsWeek 2011 celebration.
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