Waterways Picture Book Artist
Computer with word processing (scanner and photo imaging and page layout software are
helpful)
Printer
Photocopier
Paper cutter
8.5x11 Paper
8.5x11 Card or cover stock
Long arm stapler
Student drawing materials: pencil, sketch paper, erasers, ink, pens, brushes,
scratchboards, scrapers, watercolors and brushes, some larger paper for making folded
accordion books
Scissors
Glue sticks
Construction paper
Audio or video recorder and refreshments for book party
Heuristic Elements of Poetry
Examples to show:
Streams, Waterways' student chapbooks (pocket-sized books of
student writing) and picture books
Other examples of student writing - e.g. "New Youth Connections"
Books by artist/authors: Art Spiegelman, William Blake, Eric Drooker, Molly Barker,
Franz Masereel, John Muafangejo, Kenneth Patchen, Edward Gorey, and collaborators such as
Ntozake Shange and Romare Bearden, Philip Guston and various poets, Robert Creeley and
various artists.
Non-art teachers may need some guides to basic art concept and practices. The following
references might be useful:
The Natural Way to Draw, by Kimon Nicolaides
Drawing for Older Children and Teens, by Mona Brookes
Draw Squad, by Mark Kistler
Drawing on the Artist Within, by Betty Edwards
Any introductory drawing book