Some of my good friends are enjoying making art journals, and never wanting to miss out on anything that sounds like fun artistically (up to a point) - I have started one myself. It is much like a practice book - but I 'm not trying any structural things in it. I am using a composition notebook I covered with fabric, just like covering a board book as in the tutorial given earlier. I had no particular plans and was sort of wondering where to start, so I thought I'd follow what some of my art pals do, clean off your table and use the scraps. I had a folder sitting there with images and some poetry I wrote prior to doing the Mushroom book. These were rejects for that project - but they are good enough to save, so I started with them. Here are the first few pages. Thanks Roberta, Jackie, Pat, Sally, Krissi and the rest of you who have inspired this activity. I think this is something I can work on at the Sr. Center instead of carting paintings back and forth.
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I see I'm already going to love your journal...the personal little drawings that make the images stand out....the bits of poetry....I think it's time I started a new one with a little different twist. You always inspire ME!
ReplyDelete"Practice Book!" Yeah, that's what it is! I have a Moleskine sketchbook in which I put ideas, studies for paintings and stuff I draw to pass the time in front of the TV. I never thought "art journal" quite captured what it was, but "practice book" does!
ReplyDeleteAND YOURS IS AMAZING, of course! xoxo