It matters not how strait the gate how charged with punishments the scroll I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul William Earnest Henley After going XL on brown paper I decided to go extra small (XS) with another experiment! What I did was tear the big painted sheet […]
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“The crusades” is a monthly art journal challenge that I love. It’s one of few that almost always inspires me.
Painting Extra Big on brown paper
Adopt this philosophy: When it comes to art journals, anything worth doing is worth overdoing! Quote from the book True colors (found at The Altered page) Love this quote! And so appropriate, because overdoing is my favorite thing to do too. Last month I did a few flowers on brown paper and noticed how much […]
The Power of Tissue Paper
Ah, tissue paper. It’s the wrapping tissue I’m talking about, that thin, translucent paper used for packing, wrapping, or protecting delicate articles. In Sweden it’s called silk paper (silkespapper). I don’t have a huge collection of it, but the plastic folder I have containing tissue papers is a little treasure among other papers in my […]
Art Journal play: Braving the elements
This is where I’ve been sitting all day. On the floor with all my paints out. I’ve been working on my batch of postcards for the DIY Postcard swap I’m hosting (There is still some room, feel free to join! For inspiration Daisy Yellow has some great links to mail art on her blog!) but […]
Black acrylic background and popping colors
Paint some pages in your Art Journal black and come over to the dark side with me! Gee, my black paint was starting to dry in the tube, it was about time I got around to using some black. But what to do with the page now, it’s so… dark… You dig through your stash […]
I caught The Teesha Bug – atchoo!
After watching (and posting about Teesha Moore’s Art Journal Collage Videos) I was inspired to create a spread in my own Art Journal. I had already painted the page black so that was the background I went with – it feels fitting to this season as darkness is ascending in Sweden. The body part figure-girls […]
The benefits of keeping a blog
You rock, did you know that? If I rock, you rock – and in that case we all rock big time! Why? Because we are awesome girls and woman who empower each other. The benefits of having a blog to me, has been that I’ve found support, wisdom, inspiration, encouragement and people who will give […]
Art Journaling | Find the right spot to add your t...
This is part III of III on how to use text in your art journal. I love how letters are both beautiful (as art) and meaningful (as text) and then both of those things at the same time as meaningful thought provoking art! If I make sense, please let me know… Do make friends with […]
How to use Text Elements as backdrops for collage
This is part II of III on how to use text in different ways in your art journal. In post I (of III) I was looking at how you can add hand written journaling to a visual page, emphasizing how important text is in your Art Journal. You are working in book form after all, […]
How to add Journaling to your Art Journal
An Art Journal spread with lots of text (this is part I of III in a series of posts about text in your Art Journal). I finished this page this weekend as I sat outside in the sun and thought about what music means to me; Art Journaling to me is working with art in […]
Dry Brush Effects in my Art Journal
I have had the best weekend in ages. Free from blogs and internet, and filled with culture and my kind of City Adventures. I’ve been to an art museum, a classical concert, spent time with old and new friend talking about art and writing, had dinner with family, bought a new-to-me magazine on literature, been […]
Being a top hat pick
I have my creative hat on… every day! See? Thanks to Michelle Ward I now have this very cool Top Hat: Yay! I just said “WHAT?” out loud when I read my comments after breakfast this morning! Michelle told me I’m a winner of this monthly challenge to do something new in your Art Journal. […]