I joined an online Journal Workshop hosted by Christina Zinnia Gallaher of Roses on My Table. This is my January response to the journal prompt: NEW IN MY LIFE. I started this art journal spread with some collage elements then painted over them because I didn't like what I saw. I followed by using Glimmer Mist and Walnut Ink then added more collage elements.
The 4th layer of elements included doodling and journaling.
More doodling completed the art journal spread. I used washi tape for a frame.
More spray inks, white pen, charcoal pen and smudge stick plus doodling and it's finished. It was fun and I'm ready to start a new January response to the journal prompt - NEW IN MY LIFE.
This is something new for me. The first two art journal spreads included doodling on a white page. This time, I experimented with paint and paper elements. I'm not as afraid of the blank white page anymore.
Very nice journal artwork! I've always wanted to do something like that but I just don't think I'm oriented that way. I love what you did though!
Sharon :-)
Posted by: sharon | January 17, 2012 at 11:13 PM
Thanks, Sharon, for the kind comment on my journal page. I'll tell you a secret: I don't get to my art journal as often as I'd like. But I have more than one sitting on my worktables ready for me to add paint and gesso over stencils, etc. I belong to a free online group, Art Journal Every Day, sponsored by Julie Fei-Fan Balzar. Her blog, Balzer Designs, on Typepad, has lots of free information and some quick YouTube videos. Anyway, it's fun when I actually get to it. Thanks again.
Marrianna :-)
Posted by: Marrianna | January 18, 2012 at 07:13 AM
Very nice, I like your style! I saw your link on Balzer Designs blog. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Posted by: Beth | January 22, 2012 at 05:14 PM
Thank you, Beth. I was finally able to purchase the Winter 2012 issue of Somerset Art Journaling at our one and only Barnes & Noble in Flagstaff. I believe I finally found an idea that will really make me enjoy journaling even more. I've been a journal writer for years but art journaling is another story. Very sporadic. This new idea is to print photos that inspire me from the web, glue them in a journal, and write or doodle around them. Yipee!!! Now to decide on the size. I think I'll start small, 5x7, and work my way up to large.
Thanks for visiting my blog and your kind comment.
Posted by: Marrianna | January 22, 2012 at 07:16 PM