Downloads and Freebies
Here you will find a variety of free downloads to use for yourself, your students, or your friends.
Looking for some videos and tutorials? Check out my YouTube Channel for lots of great how-to including recorded livestreams, my original series Mixed Media Monday, and much more!
Get to Work
Many folks believe that they art not creative. But everyone is! The key is to consistently make and create. This is a PDF of some practical advice on how to consistently get to work!
Watercolor
This pdf contains examples of seven basic watercolor techniques.
Watercolor Pencil
This pdf contains examples of six basic watercolor pencil techniques.
Eric's Rules
This jpeg is image of the rules Eric made to remind himself to make art.
Permission and Initiative
Many people seem to be waiting for someone else to give them the go ahead to make art. Print out this PDF for inspirational prints and cards to grant yourself the permission and intiative you've been waiting for.
Change Tutorial
This visual journal tutorial walks you through the steps Eric took when creating a two-page spread all about "Change." If you every wondered how to get richly layered, meaningful pages, this is a good place to start.
JFJ Packet
This ten page packet is something that David and I often share at our visual journal workshops. It contains some basic info about visual journals, a few techniques, and some resources.
Monster Maker Workshop
This is a hand out that I’ve used in many classes when I teach about drawing monsters. It’s not really a step-by-step, and it’s meant to give inspiration for students to create their own, original monsters.
Cartoon Faces
This is a hand out that I’ve used for years as inspiration for drawing cartoon faces. It’s not a step-by-step, but it gives ideas for drawing cartoons with a variety of shapes and features.
Paper Sculpture — Basic Forms
This is a two-page handout with directions on how to make basic paper sculpture forms — cylinders, prisms, cones, and more. It’s good for older kids since it has a minimum of visuals on it.
Journal Assignments
This is a list of 165 possible visual journal prompts that I used to share with students when I taught high school art. Although the original intention was for students to work in a journal or sketchbook, the work can be created anywhere. It has a wide selection of open-ended prompts as well as some more directed prompts.