An Art Journal in The Making and The Artistic Mother

I’ve dreamt of keeping an art journal for years now. I’ve started one in 2007 and another in 2008 and even did a few pages in 2009. This year, I’d finally given up on actually doing one since I had the worst track record of anyone I knew.

And of course as things always happen, this ended up being the year I actually made progress on it. So I used the journal I picked in 2008 and decided to use it as a full book and not one that opens up:

This is an old 7gypsies book. I’ve covered it with a photo I took a long time ago and Journey was my word of the year for 2008 (but I think I could always use the reminder that life is a journey not the destination.)

Inside the cover, I sewed a pouch that holds all the odds and ends and little bits and pieces that I might want to glue on the pages.

The inside of the journal is filled with pages of different sizes, textures, and colors. All of the pages came from a kit I bought from Rebecca Sower. I added some copic sketchbook pages, etc.

My plan is to use this book for all my artistic endeavors and trials. I plan to use it for copics, watercolors, sewing, embroidery, pastels, and anything else I can think of. I’ve already put in all the trees and this week for my week-long daily art adventure, I have begun using a new book I bought called: The Artistic Mother. I will be adjusting the projects to fit my art journal but I will be doing as many of them as I possibly can. I think since I am buying these books, I might as well use the workshops to learn, grow, and experiment. If you have this book, too, and you’d like to play along, there’s a Artistic Mother Group you can join.

I plan to use this also for journaling. I mean regular journaling with words. Like Judy Wise whose journals are full of art and words. Hers inspire me so much. Let’s see how it works out.