I am really struggling with the drawing portion of the Carla Sonheim Junk Mail Book. I made a cover that has nothing to do with the class, but I thought that maybe I could distract myself and loosen up and relax into the puzzle drawing. Good excuse anyway. I used one of the Artist Cellar [...]
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Journalfest 2011 – the extras
Soon I will stop blogging about Journalfest. It has had a lifetime impact on me so I will never stop thinking about it and being someone that comes from having been there. Upon arrival everyone checked in and received a goodie bag along with our room keys and an orientation booklet. In the goodie bag, [...]
Journalfest 2011 Art Classes start with Carla Sonheim!
Last week I started writing about Journalfest and realized it was way to much writing for one post – so here is installment #2 and you can scroll down to previous posts if you want to start at the beginning. Day 2 – the classes begin. Class number one was with Carla Sonheim, a hero [...]
Happy Halloween – New Toys from The ArtistCellar! – Keep an Art Journal
My friend Lisa has an online store called The ArtistCellar. She carries the cool stuff that you can’t find just anywhere. AND I love to shop with the small personal stores. Lisa just added new stencils from The Crafter’s Workshop this fall and I waited eagerly for them to arrive. Well of course they came [...]
Fabric Paper and Eucalyptus Paper Collage – Make an Art Journal
I’ve been making fabric-paper or stitch-paper over the past weeks using decorative napkins acquired in an online napkin swap. I have tried a couple of different fabric-paper/stitch-paper methods and the two that are most reliable for me are Kelli Perkin‘s method and Beryl Taylor’s method. Caution: You need to know for any of these stitch-papers/fabric-papers, [...]
Art Journal Project ala Art Camp for Women – Keep an Art Journal
I am participating at the Art Camp for Women – Art Journal Project. For the purposes of honesty and full disclosure I will tell you that I am one of the partners and facilitators for Art Camp for Women. Follow the link to read and see all about the Art Journal Project . At first [...]
More Art Journal Pages ala Kelly Kilmer|Keep An Art Journal
I just downloaded a new photo editor software and am trying it out. Mainly all I need to do is crop, rotate and re-size. But I need to do all that without sacrificing the picture quality. The new software is GIMP and is a free download. My man says it does everything Photoshop does but [...]
Kelly Kilmer – July Art Journaling Classes
On the last Friday in July I treated myself to a Kelly Kilmer IRL (In Real Life) Art Journaling Workshop! Kelly comes to Colorado once a year and once or twice a year to Arizona. I do my best to make it to at least one of her art journaling classes. The Colorado classes this [...]
Think Outside the Book – samantha kira harding
The July/August issue of Cloth Paper Scissors, one of my favorite magazines, had an article by Samantha Kira Harding. It was titled Think Outside the Book. I loved the idea, the only problem? I’m not much for sewing. In school, when starting 7th grade all the girls were required to take Home-Ec so I know [...]
Art Journaling Every Day – Flower A Day
One last post about A Flower A Day in June. The idea was to draw a flower a day to increase my drawing skills and to sharpen my observations. I managed to draw 9 flowers in June – so not one a day by a long shot. The practice of the exercise did sharpen my [...]
