Twyla Tharp in her book The Creative Habit suggests designing a ritual for the creative process. In this sense, “Art Journaling” would make the best effect to lead our students to tap into the reserves of creativity within themselves.

“… the language of design, of word, of image, of gazing and of noticing (Hieb, 2005)”.

To promote artful learning in your classroom, we can introduce the concept of art journaling with some examples we can find on the internet. Then, we can ask our students to keep an artful journal throughout the week outside class. Giving about 10 minutes to our students on Monday lessons to share what they have on their journals not only gets them warmed up for the lesson but also encourages them to continue with their artwork.

Alternatively, we can set an “Art Journal Challenge” in our class by using the prompts below or creating our own 30 days of prompts together.

Why don’t we start your creative habit today?