Whether your family is artistic by nature, or you want to showcase the developmental art of your young children, I have four tips I’ve used recently to display or incorporate our family art into my scrapbooking.
1. Photograph the artist in action when the work is almost complete.
This way you document the activity as well as the art itself.
2. Duplicate the style of the art on the scrapbook page.
i did this on both the above layout and the one below. For Something New, I wanted to recreate the fantasy feel of my son’s painting, so I created a smoky circular haze around the photos with three shades of paint on a dry brush. I added flowing-shaped rub-on’s, streaks of Platinum Stickles (glitter), and bits of bling for a magical style.
On Artsy Girl, I used my daughter’s doodling as inspiration for the doodled look on the layout.
3. Take a square or circular punch to the art and use it as embellishments for a layout about your child being artistic.
I noticed my daughter using a lot of hearts and rainbows lately, both to doodle and in larger drawings. I punched some doodles to use for the layout above.
4. Crop the art to a size similar to a photo and then scrap it as if it were one.
Just like I did in the above 6×6 layout, treat it like a photo and journal your thoughts about the developmental progress you’re observing in your artist.
5. Put the art piece straight into a page protector as-is.
You see an example of this on the right side of the above album. I put Aiden’s picture into an 8.5xll page protector. I especially like this next to a page that displays art on a layout with explanatory journaling.
6. Use art to journal about an another subject altogether.
This was my second attempt at painting an actual picture and I thought it was pretty good for a beginner. Since dancing is one of my lifetime favorites, I decided to tear the painting out of my practice journal and use it for a layout about how much I love Modern Dance.
Note: I used pop dots behind the cloud-like paper to give dimension, further highlighting the art.
With so many options for showcasing family art in your scrapbooks, you can display a lot of different pieces without overshadowing your own scrapbooking style. Put the layouts in albums about the people who created the art. Or, if your family is particularly artistic, dedicate an album or album section to layouts that are about your family’s creative endeavors.
