Garden Art Journal Class

Here at CS from April 14th thru June 30th we will be creating a Garden Art Journal. Each week will contain three prompts or ideas for pages that week. So the goal is to complete either three single pages or three two page layouts per week or a combination of one and two page layouts but something for each of the three prompts. Your art journal will end up with 36 pages if you do the one page layout approach at the rate of three per week. Goals of the Class

• Discover more about yourself and your gardening style.
• Gather ideas about gardens/flower beds
• Express yourself creatively
• Experiment with some creative techniques
• Create an artistic representation of your garden (photos or sketches)

Materials for the Class:

• A scrapbook/art journal. you can find them at Walmart, Michaels, and just about any craft store. You can use them with or withour page protectors. You can use spiral bound, binder style, or any type. You can use any size you want. Immediately following the this list I will include some links so you can see a few kinds.
• Some kind(s) of adhesive. You might want several kinds...glue dots, tape runner, craft glue.
• Paper...you decide on colors and pick them out ahead of time or just use your stash as we go along. But you will want to have an assortment of bright, beautiful colors.
• Embellishments: Can include traditional items like stickers, ribbon, brads, buttons etc. Or non traditional items like magazine pictures, seed packets, plant information stakes, jewelry, etc
• Photos of your garden...past or in process this year, pictures of plants, newly emerging beds, and in full bloom! Or you may use sketches, water colors, and other materials to create representations of your flowers and beds.

Links to examples of art journals: Three ring 12 x 12 album 8.5 x 8.5 post bound album All sizes of Spiral Bound Examples of 12 x 6 and 6 x 12 Albums These links are for looking at examples ONLY...most sizes can be purchased locally even at Walmart or Target. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLASS WILL BE POSTED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS!! Please check out the forum at MHH where we will be discussing our class as we create together. Garden Art Journal Class Forum.