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Entries in foundobjectart (7)
Friday, July 14, 2017 at 10:30 AMYou can find stories EVERYWHERE. Yes, even in a coffee stain!
As some of you may have seen in my Instagram story yesterday, I was creating some more coffee stains for doodling. Jeff (my husband) was about to reject some coffee grounds since he had accidentally set our coffee grinder for the wrong setting; I asked if I could have them. And I used them to create some super-strong coffee in a French press, then dropped the coffee onto some mixed media art paper with a spoon:
Found object doodle inspired by all the snow in Toronto right now
;)
Perfect weather for cocooning instead.
Or....
seeing ROGUE ONE this afternoon, WOOHOOOOO! No spoilers, please!!!
Be aware when research & prep becomes a crutch. At some point, you need to jump in & WRITE.
Be aware when research & prep becomes a crutch. At some point, you need to jump in & WRITE.
I love creating found object doodles and post them on Instagram, "Found Object Art" gallery on Flickr, Pinterest, Tumblr and in my Found Object Art portfolio.
Free, print-ready poster: "Reading Lets Your Imagination Soar"
Added to my For The Love Of Reading resource for teachers, librarians, booksellers and young readers: a free, print-ready "Reading Lets Your Imagination Soar" poster. For all my free, print-ready material, please see Debbie's Print-Ready Archive.
Creativity, art, and drawing with garden vegetables (thank you, Lily and Rina!)
As some of you already know, I've been having fun drawing with found objects during the past year:
Then just recently, I posted a video of how I created a tomato doodle:
Thanks to middle grade author Rina Heisel for tweeting this, which made my day:
Our Object Doodle artwork, inspired by the amazing @inkyelbows, using our garden veggies. @J_S_Dub Lily loved it! pic.twitter.com/xOzPfHhfq9
— Rina Heisel (@RinaHeisel) September 9, 2014