Submitted By: Lori Rennekamp, an art educator at St. Louis School in Indiana.

Objectives:

• create and assemble a sketchbook from assorted materials.
• use various media to create the cover design of the sketchbook.
• create sketch ideas for the weekly sketches.

What You Need:

• cardboard
• hole punchers
• yarn or metal fasteners
• drawing paper
• paint, pencil, glitter, markers, colored pencils, construction paper, tissue paper, etc.
• small 2x3 pieces of paper
• bowl (we use a fish bowl)

What You Do:

1. Give each student two pieces of cardboard. (I use 9"x11")

2. The students will put their names and titles on the front covers and decorate them using various media. I encourage them to use a creative title. The back cover may be decorated, but that is optional.

3. Use a three ring hole puncher to punch holes in the cardboard. Also punch holes in 20-30 pieces of drawing paper per sketchbook.

4. Use yarn, string or metal fasteners to assemble the sketchbooks.

My students really enjoyed this project. They each got to write a creative sketch idea on a little piece of paper. We put the sketch ideas in a bowl, and every other week I choose a student to draw one out. Whatever is drawn is the assignment for the week. They look forward to drawing a new one out. In fact, a lot of them want assignments EVERY week! It really gets them drawing.

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