with Jessica Wesolek of Cre8it.com
This workshop runs on a regular basis – check the Cre8it website for the latest dates
A page a day for 21 days. . .
Each day, you will be given a link to a video which will teach you how to make a specific kind of page. You watch the video and at least get the page started – you can always go back to finish it later (and the videos will be available throughout the workshop and a bit beyond, so you can watch them as often as you like).
This will be an ALL VIDEO online workshop – the first of its kind as far as we know.
Requirements. . .
There are no requirements. You do not need any skills to take this workshop – you do not need to know how to draw. Any skills you need will be learned as we make our pages.
Note: You can complete this workshop without ever leaving your house if you have to. The journal will travel well, but it’s also a good friend at home.
You must have Quicktime installed on your computer (the latest version for your system) in order to watch the daily videos.
Tuition. . .
Total cost for the 21 Day workshop is US$50.
Click here to find out more and sign up for this workshop.
supplies needed . . .
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A Moleskine “Large Sketchbook”
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Set of Watercolor Pencils (at least 12)
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Pencil Box (for taking your journal out on art dates, or just room to room)
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Waterbrush – Small or Medium (this is a brush that holds water in its handle)
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Pencil, 3H lead, not a mechanical pencil, just a plain drawing pencil, and soft white eraser.
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Permanent Black Pens in two or three nib widths. We use Pitt Pens in Fine, Medium, and Brush Tip. Sharpies will not work because they bleed through the page.
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A Bone Folder
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Spray Bottle and Rubbing Alcohol (regular 70% alcohol – Isopropyl Alcohol (not 90%) and an old hairspray bottle works well)
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Sheer Heaven (at least 2-3 sheets). There are some techniques that just can’t be done with anything else – like transfers for example.
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A roll of 3M Removable Poster or Scrapbooking Tape (Available at office supply stores, this is a wide, very tacky, double-sided tape that remains removable) This will be used for one of our techniques, not for sticking things in our journals.
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A Glue Stick or double stick tape for sticking things in your journal.
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A good paper scissors and a craft knife with metal ruler and cutting mat.
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Some kind of pastel chalks
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clear packing tape.
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Fun Foam (1 small sheet – available at craft stores)
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Stiff, clear plastic: A transparency will do. I prefer to run a laminating pouch through a laminator with nothing in it (copy shops will do this for you if you don’t have a laminator). Plastic should be stiff but easily cut with scissors.
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Just stuff that you have. . .
Some stamps and stamp pads in a few light colors and a set of alphabet stamps. We find the small Chalk Pads or Crafter’s Inks in small pads or sets to be best because they can be heat set and then painted over without smearing.
The photo above left shows the portable supplies – everything fits in a pencil box or case, so your journal can always be with you wherever you go.
The photo right shows additional supplies to use when working on your journal at home -
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I recently participated in Jessica’s first ‘Love This Journal’ online workshop. The first group was truly international with participants from the USA, Canada, UK, Sweden and even a member participating whilst visiting Australia! (read some of their testimonials at the bottom of this page). I personally found the workshop to be inspiring, and it taught me many new ideas and techniques that I know I will incorporate into my journal pages in the future.
So, if you interested in keeping a journal, but are not sure where to start, or you are keen to incorporate fresh ideas into your journaling – then this online workshop could be for you…
Read what Jessica has to say about Journaling -
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“Art journaling has done more to enrich my life as an artist and as a human being than anything else I can think of.
This is a spread from my artist journal on which I commemorated a part of a trip I took with a friend to Salida, Colorado.
Here’s what happened:
We were shopping and having a wonderful time. We found a great bead store and I bought just the right beads for a project I was working on. We went into a gallery owned by a very interesting artist who did much of her painting on site, and she had the most amazing bunch of paint brushes I had ever seen. I asked her permission to photograph them. Her business cards were little hand-painted originals and my friend and I got to choose our favourites. Back at our cabin that night, I was inspired by the brushes to do my own rendition of a vase full of paint brushes.
That’s what happened that day. Now, I have a question for you. Did you enjoy reading about it in the last paragraph, or experiencing it by looking at these journal pages? I think I know your answer because I feel that way too. Looking at those pages takes me right back to those moments.
I have convinced every friend and relative to give it a try – regardless of how non-artistic they thought they were, and now we never go anywhere without our journals.
In my own journaling, I have come up with lots of neat tricks, tips and techniques that make it easy and fun to create visual celebrations of even the more mundane moments in life – like just sitting in the garden (see page right).
Everywhere I go with my journal, people want to know what I’m doing, and find themselves intrigued by the idea, so now, I have also convinced my hairdresser, assorted waitresses and several passers-by that they would love art journaling, and they do.
So, at the consistent urging of many folks, I have decided to share my love of art journaling with you with this online workshop”
Click here to find out more and sign up for this workshop.
If you have missed the signup date for this workshop, check back here every now and again as Jessica runs these workshops on a regular basis.
