Yes, I was an inconstant art journaler; days or even weeks might pass without a new entry in my
officially designated art journal. However, an idea from
Year of the Spark plus a recent online class have changed my ways :-)
The first influence I attribute to an art journal page
layout that
Carla Sonheim shared in a Year of the Spark lesson.
The page looks like this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxoZ7TwZeGUjIWJgpd80Ryl8A9HwpZQU6CHqUqShJbr-ycc3EryaCf0uG6kPxe6hA2HqmmH4g6ImE1E85gWAhnu5qd6ucMdt9B7sYMtb-c0m3NJsNzDCWQsBxXm4zdcFdm3rItzaPsRX3/s400/Carla+Sonheim_Art+Journal+Layout_wb.jpg) |
Draw it new every day. |
Creating the boxes and printing a set group of words is a
nice ritual to get my hand moving. I
like the categories for the boxes – I find them to be very useful. Also, the sketchbook is a plain wire bound one
(so it isn’t precious in any way) and it is a larger format – a Strathmore 400
Series 9” X 12”.
The second influence is from an online class I recently
completed – “
Making Art a Practice” – which was taught by
Cat Bennett.
Cat emphasized enjoying the creative process
and doing it daily.
She generally sticks
to simple tools and media e.g. a few brushes, colored pencil, opaque
watercolor, and NeoColor II.
Cat’s
approach is relaxing and playful
:-)
These are some randomly chosen pages from my art journal – specifically of the
Draw and Misc boxes:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNf_8xW09QyVPkVzzJN9E1IB3FM0O7JtsyixGtTlilmUUIYHC7cV9q_Nwms4Dv-JM590bF0VHM-chDBCiYUcx63pq0ir0ubTFz8gI3x5t_PBVzpVmW67jnMPGqz6Qjbqhyphenhyphen3HAgWnpkyto/s400/WMFI_LAJ_Draw%2526Misc_15Nov2015_wb.jpg) |
Remy in ink. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoUNmVJ0IbGsauQXKd4hHxisf-2TgS14PxYU2Zm4f-xwjf9_e80uUZHwW5SclacGBej-rGAlX_a6sbvIoTY2KBPhYEpdwKvPUmda8YDve2mK5-MEJk8it1uqDlCULjmi3XXIUdSFf03fk/s400/WMFI_LAJ_Draw%2526Misc_21Nov2015_wb.jpg) |
Colored pencil, ink. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHogD7EOMcha4NjiDCsn97trVjZt_Rlhpm2mLhF_oIBQa0IdN75NXakvIDb6kt7Iy1QkQVYVBU_EI3xOZjsCYDkgbbnS6IUXzZvu7495IO9lZ7v6V2xuguEd2u2HRJ34I0HlzarePIHpYX/s400/WMFI_LAJ_Draw%2526Misc_27Nov2015_wb.jpg) |
Pitt brush pens, ink |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrOfdrxBU36f6JB-N_w1VWM9O12yvZS91QSkm6g26FP-Mv9_Aq69Q0OTB-1j19HhkIN3OxJvSgsaTHjJPihzAcos0MQXqMwCZxFLVTs_Mm2frsnzbZS_0IXa7IdTM4n-cDAqs9_myVz4nh/s400/WMFI_LAJ_Draw%2526Misc_29Nov2015_wb.jpg) |
Sharpie
pens, ink, Pigma Micron pen, randomly created “stamps” |
The content is pretty much what I see around me or doodle or imagine - probably why my red coffee mug appears so often :-)
The "10 Ideas" box is great for capturing thoughts or projects which come to mind first thing in the morning. I like capturing all of it in one place.