journaling away

Well, I was super inspired by the Graffiti of My Life Art Journaling class I took and some of the new techniques I learned! Here's a recent journaling page I completed...

Who doesn't love pink?

I had an old ledger that I hunted forever for and finally found.

The pages were just lovely with old handwriting from the 1980s. It's so weird to think that wasn't so long ago and we used ledger books instead of computers! And, this was a local person's ledger, so I was familiar with all of the business names used.

I glued several pages together to create stability for the many layers of paint and collage. Then, I gessoed and collaged away.

Happy Wednesday!

graffiti of my life art journaling class completed!!!!

So, a while ago I signed up and downloaded Dina Wakley's Graffiti of My Life online art journaling class. I was so pleased with the techniques that I learned. Dina did an excellent job of teaching her grungy style. I'm going to show you the majority of my finished pages. There are lots of photos...hope you enjoy!

I wanted you to see most of the pages and how there is a theme throughout the journal. I chose quotes and words that would inspire me when I read them to include in my journal. Instead of binding my journal by sewing, I chose to use my Zutter Bind-It-All. I really wanted the black rings as opposed to stitching. Maybe on the next one I'll try to bind it by hand.

The technique Dina teaches is awesome. I've enjoyed experimenting on other things. I'll show you some of my recent Valentine's Day tags in a day or so using that technique.

Hope you enjoyed the journal. I'm very pleased with the results.