Bright Ideas in Action: Digital Art

Katie FieldingCreativity, Summer Learning

Bright and playful graphic titled 'Summer Art Projects' with illustrated book covers labeled 'Bright Ideas: Summer Arts Projects.' The background includes a smiling sun with heart-shaped sunglasses, a palm tree, waves, and flowers, evoking a fun and creative summer atmosphere.
The Bright Ideas Summer Enrichment Celebration is launching for the first time this summer—a brand-new event created to spark curiosity, ignite creativity, and celebrate student learning through hands-on exploration.

This summer, let your students' bright ideas shine! Our new K–5 Digital Art Activity Books are designed to spark creativity and deepen artistic thinking through hands-on digital projects—all within Book Creator.

Whether students are layering shapes, sketching with the pen tool, recording reflections, or building multimedia collages, these activity books transform summer learning into an artistic adventure. They’re the perfect companion for extended learning programs, enrichment camps, or anytime creativity is needed.

Why we love it: bright ideas in action

These digital art books are more than just fun—they build foundational artistic and design thinking skills through intuitive, engaging challenges.

🎨 Build essential digital art skills

Students explore the building blocks of digital art including lines, shapes, color, and space. As they progress through the grades, they practice creating balanced compositions, applying contrast, and using color to convey mood and meaning—all digitally.

🧠 Encourage design thinking and creative expression

With each activity, students make artistic choices: What colors best express my idea? How can I arrange these elements to tell a story? How does size, space, and placement affect how my design is perceived?

🗣️ Promote reflection and visual literacy

Students don’t just create—they explain and reflect. Prompts throughout the books encourage learners to write or record responses that analyze their choices and connect their art to their emotions, ideas, or lived experiences.

🖌️ Book Creator tools students will use

Book Creator makes it easy for students to experiment, explore, and express themselves. Each activity is designed to maximize the creative potential of the platform:

  • Pen Tool: Perfect for sketching freehand lines, experimenting with line styles, or tracing over shapes.
  • Shapes Tool: Students can layer, rotate, resize, and color geometric shapes to build complex designs and patterns.
  • Video & Audio Recording: Learners can explain their artistic choices, narrate a visual story, or reflect on their learning process with embedded video or voice recordings.
  • Icons & Images: Students can customize their pages using built-in icons, stickers, and image searches, adding visual interest and narrative depth to their digital artwork.
  • Touch-friendly design: With drag-and-drop simplicity, Book Creator’s tools are perfect for tablets making creativity accessible for all learners.
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Where bright ideas come to life—digitally

This summer, let students discover the joy of creating digitally, using tools that help them visualize, communicate, and celebrate their bright ideas. Whether it's creating radial patterns with shapes, using color to show emotion, or recording an explanation of their composition, these activity books empower students to be digital creators.

Ready to spark some bright ideas? Fire up Book Creator and let the creativity begin!

These books are a perfect fit for home learning, summer enrichment programs, or camp activities. No matter the setting, students can dive into artistic exploration and build their design skills in a fun, flexible, and accessible way.

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