AJC10 Weeks 7 and 8 - What's new?

I had a week off as it was half-term so this week is my week 7 and 8 on the Art Journal Caravan. The itinerary was to explore a new art journal technique. I found spontaneity difficult so I thought I would try doodling. My first effort was to outline and highlight a cardboard flower I had made. The silver wording says "Just doodle it".

Credits:

Background paper - 7 gypsies, Morroco Journey Pack "Argan"

Paper with black diamonds on - 7 gypsies (a paper scrap from my stash)

Teal paper - K & Co (a paper scrap from my stash)

Flower elements from stash - details not known now

Black and silver alphabets - Making Memories

Pen - ZIG Dotta-riffic

AJC10: Week 5 - Bloom where you Grow

The Blog of the Week for this week's Art Journal journey is Cori Dantini's and her art inspired the above picture. I haven't draw anything for a long time so getting pencil and watercolour paper out was daunting but that why they make pencil rubbers :). I pencilled out the idea and then used my black pen to go round everything using the thicker end to frame the drawing. I used watercolour pens and wetted the drawn hair, adding some pink lines from a sharpie to darken some highlights.

Credits:

Pink background paper and lime green paper used for frame - Studio Mgl scraps, Dreams in Colour 2.0 papers

Watercolour paper, A5 acid-free Sketch Pad, bought from local supermarket

Watercolour pencils - Derwent Inktense pencils

Black pen - Kuretake

Pink and Aqua Sharpie markers

Grey flock sticker - My Mind's Eye, Self adhesive Bloom and Grow Felt Border

AJC10 Week 2 - Fears and wishes

This is my first all digital scrapbook page - so no dodgy photos this time. I came across the quote from a journal book and it led to my other recorded thoughts on the matter. Getting to know how to use my photoshop software a bit more today :)

Credits:

Background page - Tangie Baxter, Journal Anthology papers

Bird (reversed) - Tangie Baxter, Art Journal Caravan Week 2 parcel

Splat and Stars - Tangie Baxter, Journal Anthology elements
Label - Tangie Baxter, Art Journal Caravan Week 1 parcel

AJC10 Week 2 - my week in journalling

The theme this week are to produce a stylised "Weekly Based Journal Calendars" influenced by the artist Geninne. The instructions were to "Think outside the box, how can you implement an "idea" from her and make it your own" and the Verb of the Week is "Accept". Geninne's journals involve a lot of drawings, particularly of birds, and dividing the page up with black marker pen lines.

This is my work-in-progress for this week. The idea of doing a calendar did scare me as I didn't feel that I currently do enough to fill a diary, although my thoughts can fill my day without anything else going on. So this is why it says "Sometimes my life feels very small... but my journey has only just begun"; a journey of letting go and of discovery, to learn who I am. The layout is also my first try at including some digital elements, other than just photoshop fonts, on the background paper - the flags at the top and a splat in the middle of the page.

Credits:

Background paper, bird, journal labels, paint splatter, flag set - Tangie Baxter, Art Journal Caravan week 2 parcel elements

Word Card altered - Tangie Baxter, Art Journal Caravan week 1 parcel elements

Air Balloon, Around the World sticker - Tangie Baxter, Art Journal Caravan, Steamer trunk elements

Follow your Heart - Tangie Baxter, Journal Anthology elements

Calendar day squares - from a 2009 freebie calendar I got from a magazine