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Art Journals
Audi Gerstein audi1@home.com
I've been using a small (5X7) blank sketch book from Canson to record my ideas and fool around with some of my stamps. I used to do this with my Calligraphy and still have those books.
I've been using a small (5X7) blank sketch book from Canson to record my ideas and fool around with some of my stamps. I used to do this with my Calligraphy and still have those books.
Annette Cramer cramers@olypen.com
Elaine's post reminded me to thank this wonderful group for all the super ideas. I had so many unorganized pieces of "stuff" - actually many, many notes on stamping ideas either for cards to individuals or upcoming swaps among other things. Half the time I couldn't find the one I wanted. Well, the Art Journal has begun! Also tried a project today that required keeping tack of what colors I used and which were successful. What a great place to keep the information! Everyone's ideas were so helpful. Now maybe I can find what I want when I want it!
Elaine's post reminded me to thank this wonderful group for all the super ideas. I had so many unorganized pieces of "stuff" - actually many, many notes on stamping ideas either for cards to individuals or upcoming swaps among other things. Half the time I couldn't find the one I wanted. Well, the Art Journal has begun! Also tried a project today that required keeping tack of what colors I used and which were successful. What a great place to keep the information! Everyone's ideas were so helpful. Now maybe I can find what I want when I want it!
carol brown rubberbug3@juno.com
In a few of this weekend's WQ postings, some of you mentioned putting items into your art journals. What is that? Is it a "keepsake book" of treasure bits, stamp impressions, etc.?? How do you use it? What's in it? What comprises your journal and what does it look like? And so on, and so on....
In a few of this weekend's WQ postings, some of you mentioned putting items into your art journals. What is that? Is it a "keepsake book" of treasure bits, stamp impressions, etc.?? How do you use it? What's in it? What comprises your journal and what does it look like? And so on, and so on....
Marty Stern aa472@seorf.Ohiou.Edu
I started officially keeping an art journal in December of 1996. I kept at it, even when the pages I had made didn't look "arty" enough to me upon first creation. It is the first time I stuck with it instead of having high expectations and ending after 2 pages. I am now on my 3rd one. I am using the archival paper sketchbooks from the art supply store, mainly because that is a good size and the covers are more sturdy, so I know they can take the abuse. I have stamps (postage type), mail art, collages, stickers, all kinds of stuff, even little samples of beadwork stuck in mine (I use the double sided embossing tape from Coffee Break). To take it even a step further, I have put in envelopes I have made from wallpaper sample books, to give it more of a Griffin and Sabine flavor. Last month when Linda McCartney died, I pasted in the clippings from the various papers and internet sites . Sketches of quilts and beadwork in progress, notes on what to do next. Accounts of dreams remembered. Grocery lists even. The best book to help get you started may be the A Trail Through Leaves by Hannah Hinchman? (someone recommended this book on the list last fall, I was able to get both her books on my Thanksgiving vacation). I also like the SARK books and Natalie Goldberg and Julia Cameron for inspiration.
I started officially keeping an art journal in December of 1996. I kept at it, even when the pages I had made didn't look "arty" enough to me upon first creation. It is the first time I stuck with it instead of having high expectations and ending after 2 pages. I am now on my 3rd one. I am using the archival paper sketchbooks from the art supply store, mainly because that is a good size and the covers are more sturdy, so I know they can take the abuse. I have stamps (postage type), mail art, collages, stickers, all kinds of stuff, even little samples of beadwork stuck in mine (I use the double sided embossing tape from Coffee Break). To take it even a step further, I have put in envelopes I have made from wallpaper sample books, to give it more of a Griffin and Sabine flavor. Last month when Linda McCartney died, I pasted in the clippings from the various papers and internet sites . Sketches of quilts and beadwork in progress, notes on what to do next. Accounts of dreams remembered. Grocery lists even. The best book to help get you started may be the A Trail Through Leaves by Hannah Hinchman? (someone recommended this book on the list last fall, I was able to get both her books on my Thanksgiving vacation). I also like the SARK books and Natalie Goldberg and Julia Cameron for inspiration.
Scoolmarm scoolmarm@icnt.net
I, too, would like to thank everyone for their ideas on how they use their Art Journals. There are certain color combinations I use to color in images for pins; if it happens to be a holiday pin I'm making, I'd like to be able to find the colors in my marker bins easily. A couple of weeks ago I needed to make several copies of a pin before I sent the original away, and if I'd had an Art Journal I wouldn't have had to color little swatches of so many markers before finding the colors I'd used for that pin.
When I first started stamping, I used to stamp my new images as I bought them and even stamped some rough compositions I wanted to be able to work on later...I even had color swatches of my Le Plumes and my Tombows and pieces of paper that were cut out with my Fancy paper edger scissors. Well, I stopped recording my stamps as I bought them (...that was a REALLY STUPID mistake) and even stopped using the "journal" for composing scenes.
Well, with all the talk about Art Journals, I decided I'd look for mine. I found them! I bought 4 at the time because I liked the format: the top half of the paper is un-ruled and the bottom half is ruled, so it lends itself to making a composition and writing about it at the bottom. I look forward to using them again...what an adventure! It'll help me, I'm certain, when I just can't think of anything to make...when I'm in those silly unpredictable "dry spells" and feel unable to come up with an idea for creating some art!
What's really exciting is that I'll have ONE place to keep all the information I need for swaps I'm joining, rather than trying to find my hard copies which somehow mysteriously get scattered about the house. (Right now I'm in 4 carving swaps...it would be nice to not even have to print out a hard copy of the swap requirements, but I can't seem to keep my DH away from the darn computer (!), ergo, the hard copies!)
I, too, would like to thank everyone for their ideas on how they use their Art Journals. There are certain color combinations I use to color in images for pins; if it happens to be a holiday pin I'm making, I'd like to be able to find the colors in my marker bins easily. A couple of weeks ago I needed to make several copies of a pin before I sent the original away, and if I'd had an Art Journal I wouldn't have had to color little swatches of so many markers before finding the colors I'd used for that pin.
When I first started stamping, I used to stamp my new images as I bought them and even stamped some rough compositions I wanted to be able to work on later...I even had color swatches of my Le Plumes and my Tombows and pieces of paper that were cut out with my Fancy paper edger scissors. Well, I stopped recording my stamps as I bought them (...that was a REALLY STUPID mistake) and even stopped using the "journal" for composing scenes.
Well, with all the talk about Art Journals, I decided I'd look for mine. I found them! I bought 4 at the time because I liked the format: the top half of the paper is un-ruled and the bottom half is ruled, so it lends itself to making a composition and writing about it at the bottom. I look forward to using them again...what an adventure! It'll help me, I'm certain, when I just can't think of anything to make...when I'm in those silly unpredictable "dry spells" and feel unable to come up with an idea for creating some art!
What's really exciting is that I'll have ONE place to keep all the information I need for swaps I'm joining, rather than trying to find my hard copies which somehow mysteriously get scattered about the house. (Right now I'm in 4 carving swaps...it would be nice to not even have to print out a hard copy of the swap requirements, but I can't seem to keep my DH away from the darn computer (!), ergo, the hard copies!)