art journal experience #2

Here is a look at today's creative endeavor. Theme: Beauty

If your heart & eyes are open, beauty is everywhere...

Namaste'

Leslie

first visual/art journaling experience

I've been thinking about, preparing, reading about, & watching youtube videos about art journaling for about a week now. Today was the day I decided it was time to "Jump In" and do it. So, "Jumping In" was the theme of my pages. I gesso-d (is this a word?) the pages, then used water color crayons for the background. I tore pages from magazines, stamped, painted, and stuck on rhinestones all while listening to Feist radio on Pandora with a yummy Henri Bendel fig candle lit and sipping a home-made mocha (which I must say was pretty darn good). It's been a divine afternoon. Hope yours was, too.

Namaste'

Leslie

art journaling...help!

I'm sitting in Starbucks (so thankful they finally got free wi-fi...it's about time!) researching art journaling, and I've decided to take a short break to blog. I have been wanting to begin art journaling for a while now, and I decided today was the day to begin. After I leave Starbucks, I'll be heading to Michael's craft store to pick up a few supplies. I already have a journal I can use, mod podge & brushes, and lots of stamps, ink, and colored pens. Unfortunately before the move, I trashed all my magazines, so I'm going to have to start up another collection of those. I am not really fond of paint, so I don't think I'll be doing much painting in my journal.

I am so very excited about this! I have journaled for as long as I can remember (although my journaling has slowed a bit since I began my blog, but I still do write in it periodically), and the thought of creating a more visual journal is really appealing to me right now. Tomorrow it's supposed to rain all day, and if that is the case, I'll have plenty of time to experiment with my newest form of creative expression.

So at this point, I know very, very little about art journaling & if any of you out there has experience with it, I would love to hear your recommendations, thoughts, advice, etc. Thanks in advance!!!

Namaste'
Leslie