Journal Craft Inspirations

It's not about creating great art – it's about creating memories…

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Entries from March 2008

Venice Tiles by Jenni Last – Travel Journal

March 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I love this sketchy page in Jenni’s journal – showing different tile patterns she found while travelling in Venice.

JenniLast, Venice Tiles

“You can put ANYTHING you like in your journal – it’s a record of all your interests and likes and dislikes, not just a diary! This was drawn in a hand-bound journal with a mixture of different weight cartridge papers in it. I used a regular Pilot Precise or Fineliner pen because I like to use the same one for both writing and drawing. Whichever, it would have had soluble ink to achieve the washed effect. The colouring medium then would have been an ancient box of Winsor and Newton watercolours dating from my college days – and they’re a long time past!

From the Travel Journal of – Jenni Last
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Interview with Anita Davies

March 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I am delighted to introduce Anita Davies – in our March Interview feature.

“(my journals) allow me to record memories, not the big dramatic stuff we all remember because it’s annual or we were sad but the little things that can be so easily forgotten; holding my child’s hand by the sea, watching a school pantomime, recording an emotion as it happens, keeping it fresh forever..”

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