{"id":203,"date":"2010-11-11T03:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T03:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/dandelionlady\/2010\/11\/thrifty-art-thursday-reusing-kids-paintings.html"},"modified":"2010-11-11T03:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T03:50:00","slug":"thrifty-art-thursday-reusing-kids-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dandelionlady\/2010\/11\/thrifty-art-thursday-reusing-kids-paintings.html","title":{"rendered":"Thrifty Art Thursday:  Reusing Kids Paintings!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dandelionlady\/5166903670\/\" title=\"journal004 by dandelionlady, on Flickr\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1227\/5166903670_8b61161ef1_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" alt=\"journal004\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I was completely inspired by The Book of Kells, when my kids and I watched it last night.  It is a beautiful movie, thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/adfcatprints.blogspot.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Grey Catsidhe<\/a> for the suggestion!  So there I was, desperate to make some awesome white on dark art, scouring the house for materials.  White gel pen in hand I needed something to draw on!\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I love my white gel pen, but I\u2019ve found that it doesn\u2019t always write well on all surfaces.  It needs a little tooth to really flow well.   What I\u2019ve found works the best is my kids old finger paintings!  It turns out that cheap tempera is an excellent ground for gel pen.  It dries to an extremely matte surface which is just what I need. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For those of you who don\u2019t have a ton of kid made backgrounds you\u2019ll have to make it yourself.  I suggest getting yourself some cheap tempera paint, and a bunch of stuff to make marks with, including combs, sponges, leaves, cheap bristle brushes, and especially your hands.  Go for abstract rythym and movement, let everything be unplanned.  I love the papers that my kids make, I\u2019ve been saving them for years.  They make wonderful backdrops to gel pen, collages, block prints and stamps.  Hope you\u2019re having a wonderful Art Every Day Month, and thanks for stopping by Thrifty Art Thursday!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MTPAvY4y0pY?fs=1\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MTPAvY4y0pY?fs=1<\/a>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was completely inspired by The Book of Kells, when my kids and I watched it last night. It is a beautiful movie, thanks to Grey Catsidhe for the suggestion! So there I was, desperate to make some awesome white on dark art, scouring the house for materials. 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