Twinkling Sea Monsters
I have been painting with Twinkling H2Os, a mica infused watercolor paint, and am trying it out on pages in my journal. The original pages of this journal were for a project for the Sketchbook Challenge. See that post HERE. I drew one critter, then shut the journal and transferred the wet markings to the other side to start up the other critter. They both have fish tales. They are Sea Monsters, both of them with pumped up arms. It was almost a year ago I did this, but today I had to add some bling to these babies. Here is how I did up Oceana. Then I had to fancy up Terra, to balance out the...
Read MoreSelf Portrait Kid Maps
John Arbuckle is a teacher I have talked about before. I am having a great time reading and seeing what the kids in his 3-5 grade classes in Seattle are doing with my book. Here is the latest—they used the “Street Map” in the book and made self portrait maps of their heads. A few of them even have compass roses! Making a Self Portrait Street Map 1. If you want to do a project like this with kids, give them a profile of a head to start with. They can trace that, and add their own facial features to the the profile. 2. After they create the “streets” with tape,...
Read MoreMapping on a Sunday
Two weeks ago we had a big storm headed toward Denver, on the day I was to teach a mapping class at the Denver Public Library. Many Coloradans that I know are big scaredy chickens when it comes to snow and won’t drive in it. Since my class was from 2-4 and the storm was to arrive at 3, odds were good there would be no one there when I got there. BUT! 14 people showed up. My friends all, from the Colorado Calligraphers’ Guild, braved the weather (which did not show up until the way home, and then with gusto). We made memory maps, which is a map of a dream or a trip you took more...
Read MoreHot New Releases!
This morning I had to check all my stats, it is fun to watch the numbers go up and down, and on Amazon I saw this. It is updated hourly, but still! I am gratified with all the attention the book is getting. Now I am working on a Webinar for January 19th, on CreateMixedMedia.com. I will be talking about the book, but intend to use all different art: student maps, some very fabulous vintage maps and stories about crime and cartography. Is there anything any of you would like to see me cover? Ideas are welcome! Today the blog hop heads to Lyric Montgomery Kinard, who has a fabulous post. Check...
Read MoreGreenwood Drive
This is a photo of Jane LaFazio’s childhood neighborhood, which she created just for my book. Check out her blog for the story behind the map, and for another shot at winning a free copy of Personal Geographies: Explorations in Mixed-Media Mapmaking.
Read MoreGeo Papers and Reviews
Today is a big day for me. I have a tutorial on my other blog on making the papers for this project. I call them Geo Papers, and I make lots of different kinds because I love to paint paper and I love maps. Mappish paper is such a good thing. This style I call “Flying Over Kansas” because it looks like the endless blanket of farmland you see when flying over the middle of the U.S. There are more instructions for other styles of painted Geo Papers that you can download for free on CreateMixedMedia.com. Ricë Freeman Zachary has posted an interview on Create Mixed Media, some...
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