I think art journals are so much fun. One of my inspiration journals I started years ago was really a form of art journal. To me it was just a fun book where I could cut and paste, decorate with colored pens or crayons, and write a few things. Now I've come to find out it's some sort of big deal art form. That means I can now obsess whether mine is "good enough." Aren't we silly creatures sometimes???
If you keep a notebook filled with decorating ideas and inspiration, you're already doing a form of art journaling. Some of the decorating notebooks I've run across are "works of art" (not to be too obvious!)
I think art journals would be a wonderful project to start with children. Just think - every rainy day when the kids whine, "I'm
One of my favorite sites for inspiration is Kelly Kilmer. Kelly is both a very accomplished artist and a busy instructor. In addition to her blog she has her artist's website where you can check out where she may be having a workshop.
Isn't this page beautiful?
And if that isn't enough she also has "A Prompt a Day" online classes. I'm planning on signing up for November. Her site is also a wealth of great links to places selling great pens at super low prices, and links to her favorite paint sources.
Check out her finished Prompt a Day Journals from January to October....Wowzaa!
Aimeslee's journal page from her post Bad Hair Day, Life, and Art School Update.
Now that you've seen some really gorgeous stuff let's take a look at mine. No laughing allowed!!!
My cover:
This is an art book I had laying around. Did I mention my love for notebooks? I have a whole box full. It's an obsession!
This is a page that I gesso'ed (big mistake), then tried to use water color (another big mistake - I HATE working in water color- what was I thinking?) By the time I got to the lettering, I was soooooooooooooooo out of the mood. I also couldn't find my glue gun and on and on. But I had fun and guess what? I know what day I harvested the lavender this year and my book smells divine!!
More on Art Journal's:
Aislings Art Journals: How to create and keep an art journal (this site is chock full of fun stuff!)
Teesha Moore: Teesha's Circus Teesha is another well known artist and journaler
5 comments:
*thank you* for such kind words.
I LOVE your pages!!! Fabulously heartfelt work!!! Keep it up!
I kept a 3" 3 ring binder for years and years full of magazine clippings that moved me. and a pile of mags that were freebie catalogs to cut from....the thing weighed about 45lbs all told and nearly destroyed the picnic basket I kept it in. Then I quit glueing stuff into notebooks until RECENTLY when I went and bought me some pretty notebooks and pens for jornaling those things circling my brain.
now I've bought a package of FIVE GLUE STICKS!! and printed off several pics from the web that I fell in love with and soon will sit with scissors and pens and PLAY!!
But I like your lavendar page much better than those others you showed. The others were too busy. on a page as well as in a quilt the eye must have "a place to rest" a non busy place to look or things are too overwhelming. it's actually the reason why I've only recently gone with a pretty template...and what I don't like about my template. If I could I'd widen the edges of the page without widening the printing about 1/8" on each side...just to give a bit of "rest space" there. but oh well, I just couldn't pass up those beautiful symmetrical buttons donchaknow.
aaahhhh well, forgive the book-comment. kinda chatty tonight huh?
Oh my gosh, lol, my husband just said, rest this. What I say is thanks for remembering me. And I love what you did with your own journal. I see you found Kelly - do you understand more what I was talking about with the paint layers now? You definitely will once you do her class. xoxo
Aimslee and Kelly - My puny little page next to you guys - almost blushing!
MM - I've always liked to cut and paste. Have the kids start journals. I think they would love it!
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