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The Art of Journaling

Ideas in creativity, design, color, materials, technique, & prompts -- Striving to be authentic, instead of just an "inspiration" fetishist... Less curating & more creating!

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Some cactus ~ artist Lucy Engelman. Color, line, & pattern to achieve the strong composition. This one made me smile :-) #art #journal

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Under the Stars, by Katie Daisy. Love her work. #art #journal #illustration #painting

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Planet Sam: Colour from the Season - Magnolia blossom white. Artist/designer Sam Pickard. She has a lovely blog with marvelous ink illustrations. #art #journal #illustration

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Suck it up, buttercup :-) #journal

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Zippered plastic bag as pencil supply case - why don't I think of these things? #journal

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What did you learn today? Can't think of a better prompt... #art #journal

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Family recipe journal, along with notes about those special events plus some pics - nice to pass along something your kids can use someday. #recipe #journal

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Lots of galleries of ATCs here...great for inspiration & very enjoyable browsing. #art #journal

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Each month, a page or two for flowers in bloom #journal #sketch #nature

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Robin Raley Such a great idea.

by the artists at Papaya! Art #art #journal

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Art Journal Workshop: Layers, video by Samantha Harding #art #journal

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*Excellent* prompt: creating an emotion map, tools to get started #journal

Journaling throughout the day -- there's an app for that! Article about digital journaling &/or note-taking for writing later. #journal #writing

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Every day is a chance for intention #journal

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This idea is a good prompt: what was received today, & what was released? Artist Jo, of Jo Creates #journal #prompt

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My eye is drawn to purple lately; nice layers here. #journal #art

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Love's offering, friendship series ~ artist Suzanne Vinson #journal #watercolor #doodle #color

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Livre altere 2 ~ artist Anne Le Toux. Beautiful layering #art #journal

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There's something about mapping small corners of the world... Artist Lucy Engelman #art #journal #watercolor #sketch

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Documenting a California trip ~ artist Lucy Engelman. Love this idea #art #journal #sketch #watercolor

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Birds, trees, & flowers of the 50 states ~ an ongoing work by super-talented illustrator Lucy Engelman. Lovely inspiration! #art #journal #prompt

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Nice tips for creating a scrapodex. If only I'd kept that fat one I had at work! #journal #art

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BLOG: A Year In The Life Of An Art Journal ~ really nice blog featuring a year of twice-monthly prompts, materials, techniques, & how-to's. A great source! #journal #art

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Amy Atkinson WOW! Thanks orginal pinner! this is sooo cool! xo!

Silence ~ sideB by heidiologyart. Index card journaling on the back, art on the front. #journal #index_card

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Silence ~ side A by heidiologyart. Art on the front of index card, journaling on the back. #journal #index_card

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Art journal box 2, by heidiologyart, via Flickr. Altered recipe box (one dollar at Michael's) for index cards: art on the front, journal entry on the back. Good idea for a less intimidating format :-) #journal #art #box #index_card

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The animals' tea party, by Teagan White. Remember to let that inner child out so she can draw :-) #journal

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How To Make a Lace Patterned Notebook #journal

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by Judy Wise. She's been making use of tea bags lately, with some really interesting 'small book' pages as a result. Her blog is here judywise.blogspot... #journal #art

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High school yearbook, by sketchbookbuttons. Never thought of doing this, but it would actually be a good sketching exercise. #journal

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By Lori Vliegen - You can always paint your paint set :-) #journal #art

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Doing a background wash on watercolor paper with coffee, tea, or red wine #journal #watercolor

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Caribbean Sunset ~ artist John Elice. Collage of highly-textured & hand-painted torn paper strips in vivid colors. #journal #art #collage #multimedia #color

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Like the layering on the left side. By Anna Rusakova #journal #art

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List of books read this year - good prompt #journal

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stitching or embroidering paper or cardstock #journal

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lettering, by Sveta Dorosheva #journal

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Painting the 6-stroke figure - watercolor, tutorial by Michelle Cooper #journal #art #watercolor

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Spring dragon season :-) #journal #art #sketch

from Flickr

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Teesha Moore journal page -- meditation #journal

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"blob & smush" - loose watercolor style with such pretty results. I like her description of the process :-) #journal #art #watercolor

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Paper bag page - there's just something so down-to-earth that draws me to brown paper #journal

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