Art Journal Every Day - First journal spread

I decided to do Julie Fei-Fan Balzar's Art Journal Every Day for a few minutes a day. This spread took several more days than I expected because I didn't do any doodling over Thanksgiving. Last night, I doodled while watching TV and got a tad carried away.

Last day - finished spread - Nov. 27, 2011

Day 3 - next to last day of art journaling

Day 2 of art journal spread

And this is the 1st day of my art journal spread in a small 6x6 handmade book I purchased via Etsy. The pages are 140# watercolor paper.

I cut out an image of magnolias from some wrapping paper for the left side of the spread.For the majority of the edging, the large flower, and the vines, I used Neocolor IIs. I finished up with a silver pen, some Pentel markers, and the wonderful Derwent Inktense color pencils. I didn't know I could use water with them like any other watercolor pencils. Vibrant colors. And the finished spread really is this bright. I think I'll leave more white space on the next spread which I already started.

Comments

[Dion Dior]

So glad to see you doing Julie's wonderful prompts and inspiration. Your pages are stunning...don't you just love the NCII's? Hugs xx

[Charlotte Rains Dixon]

Oh wow, these pages are gorgeous. Your doodling looks like art, while mine just looks like...doodling. Really. I'm actually planning a post on how doodling can enhance writing for sometime after Christmas. Beautiful work, thanks for sharing!