Sometimes I get to having so much fun with blogging I forget to post my art! I am having a lot of fun with my journaling these days. I’ve been working in what I call my VSB – Very Small Book. I made the book in my Kelly Kilmer workshop in Arizona and while making [...]
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Round Robin – Things with Wings
The theme of Lisa’s book is Things with Wings. My assignment for February was to make a double-page spread that would fit in this theme. My take on the assignment is to give something of myself as well. I am really interested in the subject of women who have pursued an interest without regard for [...]
The Sketchbook Project – Remember?
Way back at the beginning of this blog I had a video showing the Sketchbook Project and then I kind of left you dangling and went off to NANOWRIMO land and then December land and never brought back the fruits of the Sketchbook Project. So here is a link to show you the photo gallery [...]
First Tape Shipment Arrived!
When I finally caught my breath from my February adventure (which included a class called Addicted to Tape) I decided I would work my way through Kelly Kilmer’s tape article for a little shopping therapy. I wish Kelly would get some kind of commission or free tape but really she does it out of the [...]
A Collaborative Art Journal aka The Round Robin
I first read about this type of collaborative journaling in ’04 in Altered Books, Collaborative Journals, and other adventures in Bookmaking by Holly Harrison. I was fascinated by the idea of making an art journal and then sending it around the continent for others to put their art in. It sounded like a lot of [...]
Celebrating Winter Solstice
We celebrated Solstice this year and partly due to dwindling coffers, gave thanks instead of material gifts. Oh all right we gave the kids gifts and we passed on some goodies that were on hand to receptive homes. The best thing is that while everyone else continued on for another week of frantic shopping, cooking [...]
The Heart of the Matter
Why I Art JournalI had an idea that I would like to use some old ledger pages for collaging and decided to add a new ledger page that would tally all the things that I use and use up on a daily basis. Since it was on ledger paper I added up the new tally [...]
Keep an Art Journal in the Great Outdoors!
Here is the story and accompanying picture from the camping trip – different from my ‘at home’ work, but still quite fun.
Keep an Art Journal Plein Air
Camping is a way for me to reconnectwith the universe and the natural world. Normally I only take my writing journal and wait until I’m home to let the art out. It seemed such a shame to let the long unscheduled hours to drift by without any art journaling at all that I decided that [...]
Keep An Art Journal – the Green Way Part II
Click on image to enlarge. Grocery Sack Art The pervasive plastic grocery sack is becoming an obsession with me. I have reusable grocery sacks in each car and even carry one clipped to my purse – and we still accumulate the obsequious plastic sacks by the dozens! To find a fun and creative use for [...]
