22 Aug How I Created “Vintage” Travel Posters With Canva

In the past I’ve written about using the Library of Congress vintage travel posters collection in Google Earth. Last week I read a new Library of Congress blog post the vintage travel posters collection. Reading that post inspired me try my hand at creating a “vintage” travel poster of my own. Drawing is not a talent that I have developed in my life so I turned to my favorite graphic design tool, Canva, for help. 

In Canva there are lots of templates for making posters for all kinds of purposes. There is also a massive library of drawings and clipart that you can use in those templates. I chose not to use a template and instead chose one of the drawings that I found to be the background image for my poster. I then inserted a drawing of woman wearing a backpack and looking through binoculars. Finally, I used one of the text templates to add “Explore America” to my poster. You can see my finished product below. 

Applications for Education
Creating travel posters could be a nice way to have students summarize what they’ve learned about a national park, a city, or another travel destination. I’m not an art or graphic design teacher, but I can see a project like this one being used to help students develop skills in those areas as well.

In the past I’ve written about using the Library of Congress vintage travel posters collection in Google Earth. Last week I read a new Library of Congress blog post the vintage travel posters collection. Reading that post inspired me try my hand at creating a “vintage” travel poster of my own. Drawing is not a talent that I have developed in my life so I turned to my favorite graphic design tool, Canva, for help. In Canva there are lots of templates for making posters for all kinds of purposes. There is also a massive library of drawings and clipart that you can use in those templates. I chose not to use a template and instead chose one of the drawings that I found to be the background image for my poster. I then inserted a drawing of woman wearing a backpack and looking through binoculars. Finally, I used one of the text templates to add “Explore America” to my poster. You can see my finished product below. Applications for EducationCreating travel posters could be a nice way to have students summarize what they’ve learned about a national park, a city, or another travel destination. I’m not an art or graphic design teacher, but I can see a project like this one being used to help students develop skills in those areas as well. Here’s a video of the process that I outlined above. Canva, Free Technology For Teachers, graphic design, how to, Social Studies, TravelRead More