Altered Book-Journal2

Here you have two more pages of my journal #2.I did not mention in my previous entry that my intentions were to make it a travel journal for my first visit back home in 2005.I got the book ready,which means I glued bunch of pages together,cut some pages so it did not get too fat and painted some of the pages with acrylic paint.When I got ready I realised that I misplaced the memorabilia and the notes from my trip.Then the flood happened and although it was salvaged I almost threw it away because I had a lot in my plate already.So,recently when I've started thinking about a new art journal i remembered about this baby and decided to re purpose it.In the first layout I was just trying different techniques and the second one is my 2008 list of exciting things or first-time-things that happened to me during the year.I saw it in some body's blog in a different way and changed it to suit me.In the other blog it was a list of 100 hundred things and you had to highlight the things that happened to you.

It is a pretty cold sunny day,today.The temperature is 3deg.F/-15C/.It would be nice if there was not that nasty wind that make it feel colder.

My New Art Journal

I knew I wouldn't be able to go for too long without a journal so at the end of the old year I started my new art journal. It is in the technique of the altered books or in two sentences you take one old book,paint and decorate it and it turns into an altered book.If you want you can incorporate text or you can just use the language of the images.As I am more traditional person I like to write long entries for the events of my personal life and share my thoughts.

This is one of the pages in my journal.I coll aged one of my drawings onto the page which was gessoed and painted with acrylic pains beforehand.I wrote the entry with a golden color gel pen which supposed to be acid free.The drawing was completed with ink pen and watercolor pencils.

Sonya Watching Barny

This is another page of my art journal- a double sketch of my daughter at the age of three.

I am not in a mood of painting today- too busy getting ready for Christmas.I have to wrap some presents ,to get the stoking fillers ready,to write and send some cards to relatives here in town and so on little things that are time consuming.

I will be happy if I have a little time for a sketch or a mixed media something.I have finished three mixed media cards which I would call inspirational cards but I haven't found the time to upload them in the computer and post them in my blog.

It is still very cold outside as it was the last three days.This morning when I took my daughter to school it was 6 bellow zero.It felt cold but not so bad.There was not any wind which was nice.I don't want to sound crazy but I love winter,especially the winter sunny and snowy days.

An Angel

This image is from my art journal too.It was inspired by Christmas wrapping paper.it was done with watercolor pencils.

A Page Of My Art Journal

When my daughter was a little baby I did not have much time for painting but the urge to create was so strong that I would use every little bit of time to do something art related.

I concentrated on art forms that were not so time consuming or bigger projects that could be done in small segments of time.So that time I did a lot of sketching and got interested in artjournalling that gives you a lot of freedom and allows you to experiment with different media.I finished one journal that time,doing some collage ,some sketching and drawing,some stamping,some paper decorating and page designing.I would sketch and draw on stray pieces of paper at work during my breaks and would incorporate my sketches in my art journal pages.I would work on card projects and would try new ideas,I would even write down some recipes for delicious dishes.

Now I spent more time painting and keeping my two blogs up to date.I also spent time on the website of Wet Canvas which is kind of time consuming.But I kind of miss my art journal and I am not going to be surprised if I start another one pretty soon.In the next several posts I am going to show some pages of my art journal.This particular page was created with bits of paper I designed myself with acrylic paints and with stamps I made myself out of school erasers.