Ten Recent Pages in my New Artist Journal

Ten Recent Pages in my New Artist Journal

Ten Recent Pages in my New Artist Journal

Above, you can see the awesome new artist journal I purchased recently while I was in London, made with thick, absorbent handmade paper, coverless coptic binding, and rough cut deckled edges. Below you can see what I’ve put on the first ten pages of it.

So far in this one, I’ve only used easily portable materials like watercolor, crayon, and ink. When I settle back into my studio (I’m just back from Maine and heading off soon to Texas), it’ll see a wider range of mixed media, I’m sure.

I feel like an artist journal is an important place to meditate, muse, doodle, try things out, think things through, and just keep your hand in art-making between bigger more, more focused projects. It is good to have a place where the marks for just for yourself, and the result doesn’t matter.

It also gives you a chance to sort out what ideas you like better. For example, I’m liking the white spaces in the third and seventh ones, and am thinking I should incorporate more literal white space in my larger work.

Which do you like best? Are you keeping an artist journal? I hope so!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I work to amplify good wherever I find it. I love color, texture, beauty, great ideas, nature, metaphor, deliciousness, genuine spirituality, and exploring new territory. I encourage authenticity, nurture creativity, champion sustainability, promote peace, and hope to foster a new renaissance where we all are free to be our most fulfilled, multifaceted, and terrific selves. Read more here.

2 Comments

  1. Dilys 3 weeks ago

    They are beautiful works of art in their own right!
    I love them all x

  2. Wendy McAuley 3 weeks ago

    My favorite is #10. All are so fun!

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