I haven’t shared my art journal in a while, and the honest truth is that I haven’t been working in it much lately. I am still making art, but what I have been doing most often lately is embroidery in bed at night, or reading art books. I will hopefully share some finished embroideries on … More My Friend: The Library
I think this journal spread gave me the worst case of procrastination to date. It’s still not my favourite when I pop open my journal, but I think it’s important to not always rush to cover up something we don’t love. Sometimes when we sit with it, it becomes familiar to us, and that familiarity … More Art Journal: Expectation
I have been watching some art videos lately, mainly in mixed media, and the majority of the focus has been exercises you can do to help you find your style. An idea I had from these classes, that I wanted to share, is a swatch inspiration journal. I found a little mixed media book that … More Colour Swatch Inspiration Book
For this art journal spread, I decided to try something that I don’t normally do with my art.. reuse my own art! The flower at the top left corner is actually a scanned and printed copy of part of one of my originals. It turned out pretty well, but I was missing the usual texture … More Art Journal: Day Five
I have been working ahead in my art journal so that I wouldn’t be behind with my posts. However, I got stuck on the 6th spread and ended up procrastinating a while. It feels like a long time since I painted this one. First impressions for me, I like it. I’m not normally a huge … More Day Four: Bright Orange!
Sometimes all you need is a little creative inspiration. Lately I have been deep diving in the archives of Everything Art, an educational platform hosted by Jamie and Kasia Avery. I discovered their videos when I was searching for some tips on learning the art of encaustic. My two major takeaways from EA was to … More Art Journaling: Let’s Get Started!
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