How To Make A Simple Folder To Hold Your Pastel Drawings

If you follow me on instagram on my art account @sara.rivka.dahan, then you certainly know that I’m on a journey to make 100 5″ x 7″ oil pastel drawings/paintings. (If you don’t follow me, please do, I need you!) More on that later, the big question is, what to do with them all, especially since pastel is gooey and sort of wet for years, unless sealed, which is another story. So, lets just say that all the pastel drawings are not sealed, because why invest in that (time, money and toxins) when you are learning right? Yes you could sandwich each piece in a piece of tracing or parchment paper, or tape something like that to the piece, but then what? I came up with this quick folder to store your work, using items you may even have on hand. Well if you live in Israel and have or had school age children, you certainly have this on hand, as this is made from school binder paper, and here that means half of an A4 sheet size, which is perfect for my 5″ x 7′ works of well, gulp, art?

You’ll Need:

• binder paper, mine is A5, yours could be any size that works for you, or cut the paper down to size if necessary
• yarn or t-shirt yarn or string
• some markers to decorate the cover

How To:

Self explanatory, right? Just thread the yarn through the holes, and tie a BOW. This way you can add more pages as needed. Slip your art between the pages, and what a relief it is to have a place to neatly store them, in a folder that is just the right size! Ah yes, and spend a few minutes making a cute cover, you’ll hopefully be seeing it often as you fill it up!