Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls

by Dawn Sokol

Overview

Doodle Diary is an interactive guide to doodling that teaches girls how to combine images with words and art journaling techniques.

In the tradition of Keri Smith (Wreck This Journal, This Is Not a Book), Dawn DeVries Sokol has created a fun, easy artist's journal to get kids started with the basics.

Beautifully illustrated in full color, Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls provides clear explanations, instructions, and inspirations. Every page prompts a different project using a different artistic medium. For example, the Extreme School Makeover page directs you to paste a photo of your school on the page and then doodle over the image to remake it. Another page is for your movie reviews, but don't forget to add your recent movie stubs or photos from ads to enhance the page. Whether you want to doodle about your day, make lists of your favorite things, or just write down goals and daydream, ,Doodle Diary is a great way to learn about art while having fun.

Try different mediums:

• Pens
• Watercolors
• Markers
• Stamps

Add in:

• Family photos
• Ticket stubs
• Found art
• Xerox transfers

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423605294
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	08/01/2010
Series:	Children's Doodle
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	8 - 16 Years

About the Author

Dawn DeVries Sokol provides an engaging way for budding artists to learn and practice their artistic skills. Whether it's used for practice or daydreams, this book is sure to delight artists of all ages. Dawn DeVries Sokol is an art journaler and doodler. Her blog (www.dblogala.com) provides ideas and discussions on materials, overcoming creative blocks, and prompts. She currently resides in Tempe, Arizona.

Read an Excerpt

Here's what you need to get started in your Doodle Diary:

PENS

Use all kinds of pens. Find ones that work for YOU.

PHOTOS & COLLAGE

Cut up some of the backgrounds, words, and doodles at the back of this book and use them for collage, paste them around the sides of the pages as borders, or glue them down and add on to them!

Cut out and paste in copies of photos of family and friends. Used magazines also work great for images of people and objects. Turn the magazine upside down while flipping through to see patterns and shapes you might not otherwise notice.