Hello All…
I don’t know what has happened to me… I have been in a slump for quite sometime now… but recently things are looking like they may fall into place. Happening upon this class for instance… and creating in ways that I have not in a long time… I would like to thank you all for your beautiful work. I am awed and inspried. I am looking forward to the next 20 weeks…. thank you all. So here is my cover… i think….
...but tonight is not the night – so I shall browse through the rest of the entries and draw inspiration. I’ve purposely planned what I want to do first though so that my journal is not too much influenced by everyone elses work. I seem to be really good at copying other’s ideas and not so good at coming up with my own, so I’m challenging myself to be more original with this. I think it’s a lack of confidence thing more than anything else.
So anyway, Hi to y’all and I’m looking forward to joining in with all the fun/art/creation/community.
xx Shirl.
My first real go at the prompts from Monday. What would I keep about my life exactly as it is right now? My daughter. Simple. The photo was a blocked inkjet mistake from last week and I rather liked it so kept it, thought the blue tones went with the blue mood of the wordiness. Clock bits & bobs.
Chalk, acrylic, oil pastel and zig writer background. Must shop for new pens!!
Lynz. xox
I’ve been enoying looking at all of your incredible entries thus far, and finally decided to share my first page, though it didn’t photograph as well as I’d have liked – the colors aren’t the easiest to photograph properly.
If you can’t properly read the text of the page it reads like
I. I will stop doubting myself today.
II. I will love myself more.
III. I will Live Out Loud from now on.
New Home. New Life. New Me.
56 Windsor Ct.
This is my first journal entry for Shim’s class and also in this new space that feels like a breath of fresh, creative air. Today I am starting over. Today I will begin to stop doubting myself. Today I will finally begin to love myself more. Today I will finally start to live out loud. Today is a new day. Today I have finally found my voice.
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I’m very excited to be here with all of you and I really hope to learn from you.
The past few weeks I have been living, breathing change – i feel it’s coming, happening. I have felt it before – but this time I wanted to make sure I record what is happening to me! I am hoping to us this art journal for that exact purpose—to record both my thoughts, feelings visually and with words…..
(and yes, you can do this anywhere!!! I just created my first entry while at my parents house watching the news…. – quite liberating, but also a bit odd)
Good afternoon Everyone!
Here is the opening page for my Deep Thoughts journal.
I got out the old Kodak Digital camera for this one and shot some pictures of myself gasp*CLOSE UP*gasp. I really liked how artistic they turned out…yipee! I also have my idea for the week 1 prompt circling around in my head and I hope to get that out of there soon! I hope it all comes out just the way that my imagination has it set up, but we will see!
TFL,
Korey
Well, I’ve already broken one of my “rules” ... one of the reasons I wanted to do this journal was to get back to using glue and paper … guess what? this is all photoshop. I want to re-create it when I get a chance with tangible art.
(NOTE: with three kids under six, a Jack RUssell puppy and a DH who travels, I just have a hard time getting down to the basement where my art supplies are … when dh gets back, we’re going to have a talk about scheduling my time!)
Anyhow, I envision my journal as a rainbow journey, from where I am now (angry and RED) to where I’d like to be (calm, creative and purple). As I go through the colors, I hope I figure some things out!!!
Thanks for looking,
Christy
The other entry was a 2 page spread, leaving the first page of my book blank. I did another quick one with “happy” words to go on that page.
well – here we go, the cover of my journal – LOVED making this but conscious that I need to move away from scrapbooking which this looks suspiciously like!
Some awesome work on here folks, can’t wait to see more!
So, I got my journal this morning (what a great week to be on holiday!!) and had to have a bash this afternoon while the wee Lamb was painting herself (and I do mean herself) in the back garden. Confession – I was excited but really nervous and just loved it!! I’ve never done anything like this before….wish I had!!I can’t wait for Lamb’s bedtime tonight (roll on 7 o’clock!) so I can have another go. I had so forgotten how I loved to guddle with paint!!
Method: chalk and acrylic background. Easy-peasy!!
Lynz. xox
