Well, Coronavirus is HERE! And I had something to say about that this month .... March started with a blog about mixed media art and collage - the line is blurred between them, if there is indeed a line at all. I made a quick animation of an art journal page about the feather footed flower bee to show a way to collage in your art journal. Here's the animation: I also looked at art journaling as a creative process and discuss my take on what this means. I think I may write a follow up blog to this showing how the creative process can work in an art journal. My next post was the aforementioned response to Coronavirus . Being stuck at home is a very different situation to a working week and many people have struggled with it. In this post I offer a little help with details on how to go about creating an art journal page. I keep it simple so that most people should have the resources needed. Here's a short animation sh...
I'm just going to say .... February is a blur! Where did it go? I've written 6 blog posts and filmed 6 art journal spreads for my upcoming course which starts Wednesday 4th March. The sun is out today which is tempting me outside but I have support materials to prepare so that will have to wait. My first blog post of February was on the Joy of Art Journaling - a little art journal page breakdown on a more cheerful note. The next week of February I looked at Challenges of a Daily Art Journaling Practice . I make some suggestions for approaches to connecting with your journal every day despite limitations. There's a lovely post which breaks art journaling down into steps that could be taken each day . Art journaling is such a supportive community. For a brilliant list of prompts check out this post about art journaling prompts - prompts are a really great way to break the creative block that often arises when you have f...