Desk blotter biography project

          Fourth grade teachers Amanda Spears and Cindy Burnside assigned their students to read a biography of a famous person of the students' choice....




          Always cover your work surface with a mat or some type of protective covering like wax paper or plastic.










          • Prang® Metallic Watercolors
          • Bienfang® Watercolor Paper
          • Black Cardstock or Poster board
          • Plastic Wrap   
          • Elmer's® Craft Bond™ Tacky Glue
          • Elmer’s® Painters® Opaque Paint Markers - black
          • Pencil
          • Scissors


          1.

          On one full piece of Watercolor paper, paint the top of the paper with a wash of blue metallic paint and the bottom of the paper with green metallic paint.

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        2. Things I want in a desk blotter: similar size (fits blotter paper sheets); corners or, preferably, side panels that hold the blotter paper in.
        3. Fourth grade teachers Amanda Spears and Cindy Burnside assigned their students to read a biography of a famous person of the students' choice.
        4. This A3 5mm dotted desk pad is designed for you to use your own way - the dot grid gives you the freedom to practice bullet journaling, write down your daily.
        5. In most of my history at work I would have a desktop blotter/calendar with one sheet per month.

          6. Try to blend the two colors in the middle and keep the project wet so that the colors blend easily. Add more paint as needed so that the very top of the page is the darkest blue and the very bottom is the darkest green.
           
          2.

          While the base page is still wet, take a piece of plastic wrap and lay it on top of the project. Crumple up the plastic wrap and make it bunch all over the base page. Once the plastic