Art Journal Play

Bicycle, Bicycle!

Handmade art journals

I love handmade art journals! I am not as keen about making them as I am working in them. I do it because I love the results. The ultimate custom work for your own needs is pretty hard to beat.

This first one was inspired by a pad of beautiful Italian paper I bought in a pad. It is a lovely ivory colour and has a deckled edge. I simply folded it in half and used the full size of the sheet.

I painted the outside sheet of each signature with my Gelli plate in fresh spring colours and used the Coptic stitch to bind it. The covers are birch panels from the art store and it was also painted with the Gelli plate.

This journal is made to explore using Yupo. Yupo is a synthetic paper made from resin. The cover is actually Terraskin which is a similar paper made from limestone and resin only thicker.  This cover was also painted using my trusty Gelli plate. The strap is just a left over scrap of the Terraskin. I used the long stitch binding method for this journal.

Love of Faces and Art Journaling

My New Bike!

The Trek Silque

Her name is Julep

and she is my favourite colour!

More art journaling and spring flowers

Conte crayons

Happy Appy

ipad collage using my portrait

Helebore or Christmas Rose

Pan pastel over gelli print

I made a quill from a Turkey Vulture feather

Don't think its finished just yet

          

Yes thats better

Conte crayons on a Gelli print background

New art, I have been busy :)

I have been busy in the art studio this winter. I have enrolled in numerous online art courses and having a blast! It is going to take quite some time to go through all the lessons.  Much of what I have posted is just me play some is from my lessons.

Enjoy! 

Using my ipad to make digital collages from my own art

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Buddhette

Gelli print background with Pan pastels

Mooooooooo

Fishy

Collage on Gelli print

Jazz - my horse

Using my ipad to make digital collages from my own art

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Guy

ink and watercolour

Gizelle

Used iPad to make digital collages from my own photos

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Determined

painting expressions

After I did this I realized that its Mom!

The Devine

graphite and pastel on grey paper

For Kellie

We swap journals and this is in hers.

Wildfire

Gouache on gelli print background

Oz the ostrich

conte crayon on gelli print

Used iPad to make digital collages from my own photos

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Murphy

Gelli print with collaged bird?

Used iPad to make digital collages from my own photos

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Zen doodles on Gelli print

Used iPad to make digital collages from my own photos

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Vinnie thinks he is a person!

Pan pastel