Resolved: To draw/paint/collage more often, to expand my subject matter beyond plants, to FILL LOTS OF PAGES! To provide entertaining reading for my nursing home days.
Somehow the best intentions get lost in the confusion of living every day and the plan follows ups and downs as capricious as any game of Monopoly. My own Journopoly game includes properties named for artist/journalists who inspire me.
From the journal of Jeanette Yee Sclar (Click on the image to view original)
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Julie Pritchard has just announced a one day only sale on her online workshops -
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Super Nova Part 1: Make Beautiful Books
Super Nova part 2: Art Journaling Tips and Techniques
If you have ever wanted to make your own art journals then Art Journaling Super Nova part one is for you. Part two will cover lots of journaling techniques. Workshops can be taken individually or booked together for a discount.
Sale price is applicable for classes purchased on 27th November 2009 only. For supply list and more details about the classes Read more here
As many of you know, Danny Gregory was one of the people who started me on my journaling journey. His book ‘Everyday Matters’ inspired me to start drawing again. So it is wonderful to see inside some of his original sketchbooks. Danny made a habit to draw something everyday – here you will see what inspired him – his local neighborhood, the conents of his kitchen cupboard, or drawings from newspapers and magazines…
Over at Artella they are having a 50% off sale at their Vintage shop until November 30th.
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“The final day we’ll accept vintage orders in 2009 is November 30. Our new vintage store won’t be open until Spring of 2010, so if there are any vintage goods that interest you, now is the time to get them at 50% off…AND enjoy all the inspiring ARTSgiving bonuses below!
In addition to getting EVERY vintage item in Artella Mae’s Vintage General Store at 50% off, with each purchase, you also receive a Gift eCertificate good on ALL Artella eProducts:
Plus! EVERY purchase over $15 receives the fun ARTsgiving 2009 Holiday eBasket, including these fun, inspiring goodies:
The NEW Artella eBook, “Artella’s Step-by-Step Vintage Holiday Cards”
Our fun and useful eBooklet on making “10 Christmas Crafts in 10 Minutes”
Our beautiful collection of downloadable “Christmas Carol Background Papers”
Download a FREE copy of the Artella eBook, Stunning and Simple Seasonal Salutations, an eBook featuring 10 beautiful handmade cards, complete with photos and descriptive “how-to” instructions, showcasing a variety of techniques such as rubber stamping, collage, and innovative paper and mixed media arts which will also be useful inspiration for your Christmas journaling.
Take inspiration from what you find lying around, clippings, photos, magazines, and turn it into a wonderful journal page.
“Today it was Monet & blue – went searching through one of my “journal drawers”. It’s a drawer where I keep misc. paper scraps & old stationary to decorate pages. I pick the pieces and color scheme according to my mood.”
From the journal of Betsy Cañas Garmon
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Exciting news – Jessica Wesolek of Cre8it.com has announced a new Cre8it workdate using PanPastels. A 5 week video lesson online workshop starting 6th November 2009.
A truly new art medium is a very rare thing . . .
Reformulating, repurposing, and repackaging are common ways to keep art supplies that have been around for centuries, feeling new.
But, PanPastels really are new and very different from the soft pastels on which they are based.
Artist grade soft pastels are an old and traditional medium (1600s). They look wonderful, but they behave in certain ways which make them hard to use for many artists. They aren’t easy to store, they are fragile, and they create an unholy mess of dust. They also have to be fixed with sprays that smell and are toxic.
So, the introduction of PanPastels has knocked the socks off anyone who tries them, because they do not create that mess, are easy to handle, and have a consistency that almost feels creamy, even though they are a dry medium. They blend like a dream, and can be applied with special “brushes” like you would apply paint. The colors are so rich it is like working with pure pigment, and maybe the best thing of all, they erase!!!
When I first heard of them, I literally ran out to get them and I have been having a love affair with them ever since. I have learned a lot about using them outside of the traditional pastel paradigm, and how to combine them with other media. In this workshop. I will share that information with you.
Each week, for 5 weeks, you will be given a video lesson on how to use PanPastels and the special tools that come with them, called Sofftools.
We will learn to “paint” and draw with Pan Pastels and to combine them with other media for some fantastic and unusual results.
To read more about this exciting new medium visit the Journal Craft store. We are offering a 10% discount on supplies for the workshop. Please email – enquiries (at) journalcraft.co.uk – when you have registered for the workshop and we will give you the discount code.
Download a FREE copy of the Artella eBook, Stunning and Simple Seasonal Salutations, an eBook featuring 10 beautiful handmade cards, complete with photos and descriptive “how-to” instructions, showcasing a variety of techniques such as rubber stamping, collage, and innovative paper and mixed media arts which will also be useful inspiration for your Christmas journaling.
