Wednesday, December 5, 2012

' Life Art Journal ' for Scrappingville

Hello dear friends,
To end the year and early celebration of the new year, my friends and I at Scrappingville are embarking on a new artsy journey :). We are soon to introduce a new class dearly called, 'Life Art Journal'.

It's an ongoing journal class where students purchase a hard-bound journal and work together with ourselves on different sessions, filling the book with lots of LOVE and beautiful thoughts. Think of it like your personal diary, where you write your thoughts, feelings, reminders, wishes, and splash in some paints, mediums, and colors in between!. Ahh, it is so liberating. Just the thought of doing anything you want with the journal. Anything goes :). We are here to inspire you to journal from the heart, speak through art, challenge the mind to speak the mind, to draw, to sketch, to mix-media, to paint, to collage and to anything :). Be bold to decorate the covers to your hearts' content :). 

I'm so excited for this new journey. I'm sharing here what I have done in my 'Life Art Journal' so far. Hope you'd be inspired to keep a journal. Start with something small, if you prefer :).

Front cover.

Back cover.

The original journal covers were in black. I would spoiled them with light-color paints anyway [I'm messy when work with paint, LOL]. So I decided to make them look aged, by giving a good distressing job. I stenciled with texture paste both the covers and mod-podged crumpled tissue papers to create the vine-looking texture all over the covers. When dried, painted with taffy acrylic. Then distressed them with Brown Stazon.

Heavy texture on the cover.

I decided to fill up the journal with mostly watercolors, sketches & doodles in pen. Something different from my usual art journal entries. I wrote lots of things in it too, like places to visit, things that make me happy, my strength and my weaknesses and how to work things out. 



I added a pocket to hold random thoughts and aspirations. Little notes to remind me how lucky I am, to be living in these times of infinite opportunities. Thoughts on how to continue making me a better person, artist and friend.



I'm going to use lots of pens, sharpies and watercolors. Maybe a bit less of thick mediums and heavy collage. Here are some pages to show what I meant;







I wrote in-between-entries some notes to self (just like a diary). Only thing I'm sharing them with my students and everyone here :). Don't worry about filling them with grand artwork. Just know that everyone is an artist. If you bake, or you cook, you are an artist. If you can draw lines, you are an artist too. If you sing your kids to sleep and read them storybooks, you are an artist. This, I BELIEVE.




If I had somehow make you pick up that pen, I have done good. Hope you'll enjoy this journey with me as much as I'm enjoying myself. 

Have a great week!. HUGS.

32 comments:

  1. I love all the inspiration your provided here...I really like much you changed the cover....I have been wanting to experiment with Texture Paste.

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    1. Hi, Danielle :). I'm glad I decorated the covers too, set it up nicely before I begin this journey :). Thanks so much!.

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  2. Love your journal pages! So much inspiration and I can just feel the freedom and soul emitting from your work..It may not make too much sense to you but there are no other words to describe your journalling.

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    1. Hello, Duaa!. Thanks so much. I think, you'd make amazing things if they come from honest heart and feelings. Just be yourself and it'll show in your art :).

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  3. I am in love with your journal and pages. It is already so full of love and gratitude that will keep growing with your pages. I too am happiest when I am one with nature. Your pages are just beautiful. I especially LOVE your sketches of Paris, Venice and England. Have you ever been to any of these places?

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    1. Hi, Linda!. Thank you so much. I haven't been to Europe, must be great to see all those beautiful old countries :). One day.

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  4. What a treat to peek at all these pages. I love the rich textured covers and that sweet little singing bird makes my heart happy.

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    1. Hi Marjie, I just wish that I'm so good at stamping as you are. But, I'll make do with more doodle animals & stuff, LOL. Glad you enjoyed it. Hugs.

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  5. Gosh! So inspiring and so beautiful from cover to cover and in between. :) Best wishes, Tammy

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    1. Hi, Tammy. Thanks so much. Do you keep a journal too?. I haven't been online for more than a week so I've not visited your blog. Does the weather permits you to have long walks?. Here, it rains every afternoon. I'm limited to only morning walks :). Take care.

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  6. OMGosh...amazing as always!!! SOOOOO beautiful :)

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    1. Thanks, Lalo. Missed you. Yup, a little fun diary to write on every day. So much so that I'd abandoned my blog for more than 10 days now! LOL. Will share the latest doodles soon. Hugs.

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  7. Just look at all these wonderful page. And I really love the covers you created. You truly are a wonderful artist.

    Hugs~

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    1. Thanks so much, my friend. I must say making the covers are the most fun part!. Hugs.

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  8. Your journal pages are absolutely amazing and I love how you changed the covers. You are so clever!

    Wishing you a wonderful December!
    Gaby xo

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    1. Hi, Gaby. I just wished that I have the knowledge & materials to work with metals. I would love to play with metals for journal covers, would be gorgeous!. Someday :). Thanks so much. HUGS.

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  9. WOW WOW WOW!! What an amazing and gorgeous book you have made. The covers is lovely, I like what you changed. The pages inside are so neat and fun. Nice to see all the variety of them, the watercolors painting is so real, LOVE THEM!! The doodling is wonderful, so much to see and enjoy. You have outdone yourself again my friend.

    So happy to see your art posts again, MISSED THEM!!

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    1. Hi, Dawn!. Oh how I missed ya. Been away again, can't help myself, sometimes being away creates many crazy ideas too. I'll visit you soon. Hugs.

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  10. Holy freakin' MOLY! These doodles are, are Amazing, inspiring, incredible, artistic, whimsical, wonderful, fantastic, fun and a whole lot more adjectives but I've misplaced my Thesaurus! I especially love the White doodles. Seriously, the white doodles look like a print I would pay big bucks for on Etsy (Sharpie?). BEAUTIFUL!!

    PS I'm FINALLY sending the tea-cups in the mail today with a little something extra because I'm slow and I Love ya :)

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    1. Hi Amy, I'm speechless. You are too kind, but your sweet words really makes me happy today. I doodled in white with a white gel pen. I wish they make white sharpies. And thanks so much for the cups, pray they'd make it here. Hugs.

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  11. Grrr. blogger just yanked my whole message to you and refreshed the page! I was saying that I love this book so much and I WILL be trying this idea!
    Beautiful work my friend, just stunning :)
    hugs,
    Lisa xx

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    1. Oh Lisa, I had mistakenly replied your comment here. I'm nuts. Anyhow, yes ... you must try it. Simple sketches are just the perfect thing for this king of journal, since the pages are thin and won't take much fluid or mediums. You're great with sketches!. Hugs.

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  12. HI Shahrule! havent been here in a while and WOW...these are amazing- Love your idea and I am working on it!

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    1. thanks so much, Jane. I've been away too long myself. Been busy creating things :). You must share with us your journal sometime. HUGS.

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    1. Hi, Lili. A simple notebook will do, but I bet you can find some pretty ones from Kinokuniya!!. I haven't been there since last year, LOL. ANyway, good luck making journals. Hugs.

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  14. Hi Shahrul!! Wahh... an art journal class?! Bestnyerrr....
    Lama x visit you..so sorry..but this will be an exciting class for sure! Your drawings are excellent friend! so talented you are... ive not been doing my art journal for quite a while lar.. i missed that too... caught up with busy office schedule.. and some crazy deadlines ..now that my wingman in the office is resigning.... anyways, i love your work!! Keep it up!!!

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    1. tulisan cantiklah...bersih jer... i like!!

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    2. I've missed ya!. Now, you are the frontman @ office?. Enjoy work and don't forget to play as much :).

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  15. This looks amazing! Glad that you get to teach what you are passionate about!

    P/s: There are white Sharpie pens! http://www.amazon.com/Sharpie-Paint-Markers-white-extra/dp/B0026HHZGM

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    1. Hey Yvonne :). Yup, totally excited for this class. THANKS! thats what I REALLY needed :). White sharpies. Hugs.

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  16. Sharul, I just love this; it actually DOES inspire me!! Your use of tangle-like doodles carries thru as a unifying element in the whole book. Really happy to be a subscriber!!

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