Collaborative coloring mural

How to Make a Collaborative Mural – ToolKit – CREATIVE RESOURCES FOR SENIORS

Collaborative projects! Collaborative projects are one of my favorite things. I love them at the start of the year and the end. I love doing them with the whole school or just a grade level. I love using songs, themes, artist-inspiration...you name it. I just love collaboratives! We've done a TON over the years and I thought I'd put them all together in one big ole blog post. So, here you go: my 20 Favorite Collabortive Projects. Be sure and click on the links, many of these have how-to…

These wooden tile mosaic murals are all 60-100 square feet and permanently mounted in schools where they were created. For each of them I created a "big picture" concept beforehand. I spent 1-2 weeks at the school teaching classes on portraiture, landscape painting, color mixing and composition to students. The resulting works the students created then became the pixels for my preconceived "big picture."

If you know me...then you know I do my field day duties a little different than the rest of the school. After years of face painting, snow cone-ing and watching kids grow bored of sidewalk chalkin' after five mintues, I decided a couple of things: 1. It's too dang hot outside on field day! 2. It's the PERFECT way to do a collaborative because you see all the kids in the whole school all in one day! You can read all about the field day activies that I love to do in this post. My fave: BACK TO…

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Collaborative art projects are the perfect way to connect with your kids. We’ve got everything from murals to drawing games. Activities are easy to prepare and don’t need special supplies. Click through to get your creative juices flowing!

“Chromatic Cascade” by Jen Stark, Los Angeles Jen Stark herself! Parking Garage Mural by Jen Stark, Los Angeles Jen Stark is a Los Angeles based artist known for h…

Mary Blair and Joey Chou are the inspiration behind these murals. I loved Mary Blair's original work for Disney. All of her amazing illustrations remind me of my childhood. Joey Chou was hired to modernize her It's a Small World illustrations. He did an amazing job and is now a big source of inspiration of mine. I pre-drew several versions of the city on paper before I grabbed my chalk and drew on the black paper. But when I start, I like it to flow, I do not stick to the drawing. It is more…