Journal Craft Inspirations

Jessica Wesolek of Cre8it.com has written a great article on art journaling -

“… I can’t even count the wonderful changes in my life because I keep my art journals, and I have therefore become an evangelist on the subject. When something makes me really happy, I like to share that happiness. There is *so* much in art journaling for every creative soul, and most folks even have a sense of that already.”

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Don’t forget – Jessica’s online workshop ‘Love This Journal’ starts tomorrow, there’s still time to sign up, if you’re quick!

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Nancy has used an old printed book for her Art Journal.  Using a pre-printed book takes the fear away of making that first mark on the pristine white page…

“This was done in a French text book that I found at a junk shop and became my art journal! I painted right onto the page using acrylic paints, first with a dark olive and after it had dried I rubbed antique gold using my fingers. I then painted in white acrylic for the center and painted a leaf in fall colors. Last was my journaling for my love of Autumn and all it’s magnificent colours!”

Acrylic paints in an old book
From the Art Journal of Nancy Baumiller (click to view original source) – Image copyright of the Artist

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Jessica Wesolek of Cre8it.com is running another online journaling workshop starting 17th October  2008

If you are new to keeping a journal but are not sure where to start, or are keen to incorporate fresh ideas into your journaling – then this online workshop is for you.

I cannot recommend this workshop highly enough, it is suitable for people of all levels of ability and an absolute bargain at US $50.

Read more about the ‘Love this Journal’ Workshop here

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Try an unusual approach to your subject -

“Can you tell what this is? It’s the view from the window of our house, drawing only the negative space. And yes, that’s the ocean out there!”Watercolours in Moleskine Watercolour Notebook

From the journal of Jane laFazio
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For those of you lucky enough to be based in New York don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to take a journaling workshop with Danny Gregory – the author of “Everyday Matters” and “The Creative Licence”.

Danny says -
“Every Tuesday evening from November 11th to December 16,  I shall be teaching a workshop at the Open Center in New York City.  It’s entitled, “Everyday Matters – Illustrated Journaling as a Path to Creativity.” We’ll form a group of journalers and explore all aspects of the art form over six wonderful weeks. I do hope you can join us!
I’ll also be giving a Free Introductory Class on Tuesday, November 4 at 8pm.
It’s the first time I’ve done such a thing and I am pretty excited about it. “

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I love Kathrin’s journal pages, they always zing with vibrant colour. She uses a standard Moleskine daily planner, usually with copic multiliners and Copic markers. However these do have a tendency to bleed through to the next page, to avoid this she will sometimes use watercolours, acrylic colours or crayons.

“This page is of the Landesgartenschau in Schleswig. I created the photo strip in InDesign and placed the pictures there, after that I printed it.”

Copic markers in Moleskine Planner

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