Project Life Update...

I've got another Project Life Update for you - this one is from the week of May 11 - 18, 2013Here's the full spread... I included the beautiful Mother's Day card I got from Becca in it's own 5 x 8" page protector, as an insert.  Left side detail... This week covered Mother's Day, and the end of the Book of Days Session.  The middle three panels is a journal...

Using Newspaper on an Art Journal Page...

Hi friends!  I'm so excited to be a guest blogger today over at Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's blog!  Julie invited Katie, Marina and me to each make a journal page that somehow uses newspaper. Here's what I made...It's a super simple process, and I share a tutorial over at Julie's blog.  I would LOVE it if you would stop by and say hello!  Here's a link to...

Life Book Update...

Hi friends and Happy Thanksgiving!I haven't done a Life Book update in awhile, so I thought I would share my latest page with you.  I'm wayyyy behind, but I skipped over the ones I missed, and did this week's lesson.It's called "The Chemistry of Words," and is taught by Melody Ross.  Here's how mine turned out...(acrylic, gesso, neocolor II crayons, ampersand stamp,...

Update on Three Different Journals...

Hey friends and happy Friday!  I've got an update for you on three different journals I've been working in - My No Excuses journal, Book of Days, and Watercolor journal.This is what I've been doing in my No Excuses journal...I'm using a Papaya spiral notebook (love those!) right now for this.  November's theme is "dreams,"  so I've been putting a short synopsis...

Draw Your Awesome Life - I'm getting there!

Hey friends!  Happy Monday!  I've been working on my Draw Your Awesome Life lessons, and I have to tell you - I am SO GLAD I took this class!  I've been wanting to get into illustrated journaling, and this is just what I was looking for.  These are all done in my 8 x 10 Watercolor journal...Lesson Eight:  The view from my window...Lesson Nine: Make...

Art Every Day Month - Book of Days Catch up...

The first session of Book of Days 2014 is open for registration, and I'm all signed up!  I can't wait for it to start on January 1st!  In the meantime, I have a lot of catching up to do.  I haven't busted out my acrylic paints since we moved, and it's been a month and a half at least!  I have missed ten lessons in my Book of Days, which means I have a lot...

Word Up - GRACE...

The new prompt is up at One Little Word!  This month we are inspired by the word GRACE. I decided to do a grace page in my 9 x 12" watercolor journal.  Here's how it turned out...I'm still finding my way with watercolors, so I kept it pretty simple.  It was fun to apply some of the techniques I've learned in my Draw Awesome class to my own work! This page...

Project Life - November 6 - 10: Special Event Page...

Hey friends!  I've got a Project Life Update for you today.  This took me three evenings to put together, so I'm calling it days 10, 11 and 12 of Art Every Day Month!It's for November 6 - 10, 2013.  Here's the full spread...Detail of left side...November 6th was a very special day for us.  We went to see one of our all-time favorites - Amos Lee in concert! ...

Art Every Day Month - Days 8 and 9 - No More Excuses Journal...

I'm so excited!!!  The 2014 Edition of No More Excuses Journaling is out - yeayyy!!!  If you're not familiar with No More Excuses, it's a journaling method taught by Gina Armfield, that uses a weekly desk planner as a base.   There has been a whole series of No More Excuses (NME) journaling workshops, and I've taken (and loved) each one of them.  This...

Art Every Day Month, Day 7 - Inky Shadows...

Hi friends!  For day 7 of AEDM, I worked on another Draw Your Awesome Life lesson. You probably can't tell, but this is actually a crumpled piece of paper.  It was a bit of a brain teaser to draw, but super fun to shade! Tombow Markers and waterI've been meaning to do some journaling with these exercises, but time gets away from me.  Perhaps I will add...

Art Every Day Month - Days 5 and 6...

Oh my goodness the days just fly by TOO FAST!!!  Where did this week go?  I feel like I say that every week, but it's so true!  EEK!  Anyhoo, I'm still participating in Art Every Day Month, and for days five and six I've got some more work from the "Draw Your Awesome Life" class to share... Here's the two-page spread...Detail of the left side... Detail...

Followup Article at Featuring Magazine...

I'm so honored to be featured in a followup article at the Featuring Magazine blog today!  Featuring is an awesome magazine about art journaling and mixed media.  I would LOVE it so much if you want to check out the article, by clicking he...

Project Life Update...

Hi friends!  It's day five of Art Every Day Month, and I'm bringing you a Project Life Update.  I did work on Project Life yesterday, but I didn't finish that page, so instead I'm sharing an older spread with you today. I hope you don't mind!This spread is from May 1 - 10, 2013...Here's the two-page spread:What's happening here?  The weather finally got nice,...

AEDM Day 4 - Life Cartoon...

Hi friends!  It's day four of Art Every Day Month; and I finished the second half of my cartoon storyboard version of my week.Here's how it turned out... Here's the whole week together... I used a combination of Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils and neocolor II crayons for this spread, along with my beloved Pilot Permaball pen.I'll be back tomorrow with a Project...

Art Every Day Month, Day 3...

Hello friends!  For day three of AEDM I've got another set of drawings from the Draw Your Awesome Life class.  These were both done with a black tombow marker...(I think this is my favorite lesson yet...)This is just a quick post, cuz I am dedicating today to unpacking.  There is still ALOT to do!  EEK!  I will be back tomorrow with another AEDM update.Thanks...

Art Every Day Month...

November is Art Every Day Month and I've decided to join in!  Thank you Dawn, for reminding me of this annual challenge!  I will do my best to post something each day in November, but as you can see I'm already one day behind (ha).  Anyhoo, here are a few more pages from the "Draw Your Awesome Life" workshop... Neocolor II crayons Neocolor IIs, Gelatos...