Art Journal Month « karenika

Art Journal Month – Now is the Time

And here’s page three.

Yep, a bit of the same theme as yesterday. And similar colors but I still love it. Paint, trim that I colored with copics, some beads and some alphas. Now is always always always the best time to start.

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Art Journal Month – Start Where You Are

And here’s page three.

I’ve been thinking a lot about starting things where you are instead of where others are or where you wish you were. For me this is specifically about the struggles I’ve had around exercise and getting in shape, etc. This is a reminder to me to start where i am. and that it’s time to start now. don’t wait. it’s ok to be where i am. i can do this.

I channelled my inner-donna for this one. I used some golden paints, beads and flowers and alphas. simple but i love it.

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Art Journal Month – No Time for Regret

And here’s page two. focused on yesterday’s thoughts of regret.

My page is using a lot of Tim Holtz products so here they are:
Retro Grunge Paper
Lost and Found Paper
Alphas Grungeboard
Timeworks Mask
Aged Mahagony Distress Ink
Journaling Tickets
Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Stormy Sky Sapphire Distress Ink
Shabby Shutters Distress Ink

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Art Journal Month – Home is where the Heart is

So I am still really afraid of art journaling. Not sure why. I think it’s cause I feel I am really artistically untalented. (Is untalented a word? It appears so since spell-check isn’t correcting me.) I can’t draw. Or paint. Or anything. To top it off, I don’t collect quotes. So I never have ideas on what to make the pages about. But I love the idea of art journaling. I have a lot of supplies I’ve bought in excitement over the years. Expensive ones. I’ve taken many classes and I really enjoy looking at Donna’s or Dina’s pages. So I decided that maybe if I did the same thing I did for scrapbooking in May, I might actually get to get better at this. (Or at least less fearful.) So here’s to a month of art journaling.

My hope/plan is to make a page a day. I know it’s October 5 and I’ve missed the first four days. But who cares. 27 days in a row will be just as powerful if you ask me. I doubt the extra 4 days will make or break this. And I could have done this So instead of waiting until November which is already full of other obligations/projects like my December Daily album and my parents’ visit and a trip to NYC, I’ll choose the better option. Now. Now is always best.

Fair warning, I don’t know how to art journal. I am not talented. These pages will likely suck. I am still going to put them up daily. For me, more than anything. Feel free to skip. My biggest goal here is to conquer the fear. So if I can accomplish that it will be a big success.

So here goes nothing.