Finalmente,my art journalling journey begins:)

A year of struggling with what to do after the page has been gessoed…..of debating between using acrylics or water colors……images and words to use and paste and how…..what to say:)!!!!Thankfully,it all seems to have come together here and there is so much more that needs to be said and shared and expressed:)…and a need for it all to get better and better all the time:)….thank you for being a witness to my journey:)

Hail Journaling

Creating an art journal has now turned into an obsession.In these last two years,I’ve bought various kinds of notebooks and sketch books and sketch pens and colored pencils and water colors and brushes and what not and ,lovely books on how to begin and keep journaling….and I have been working in spurts.
Hopefully,now,I have  begun to be [...]

Thank God for Gesso:)!

After months of looking for ideas on creating art journals,I finally took the plunge today:).
Over the last few months,I’ve been drooling over some amazing books on creative art and art journaling:
Artists’ Journals and sketch books: Lynne Perrella
Collage Unleashed:Traci Bautista
Kaleidoscope: Suzanna Simanaitis
Journal Revolution: Linda Woods,Karen Dinino
The Decorated Journal:Gwen Diehn
A lovely artist I discovered online is Judy Wise.
Besides [...]

Of Collages and Art Journals

Convinced that being able to interpret everything I’d love to do and say visually and in color would help me create better beads and jewelry,I began looking for books and ideas about creating collages and art journals.I’d picked up a book on altered books about two years ago but that was not what my [...]