What’s an art journal??
It’s keeping a journal and art all rolled into one…you gotta love that! I’ve never been one that could keep a journal for more than a week, but I admire people that can. When I stumbled upon art journaling I fell in love instantly! It’s sooo CREATIVE!
This kind of journaling doesn’t require you to write to fill up a page, or dig deep into your feeling to come up with something worth writing. It seems so much easier to me and you get to mix colors, fabric, torn paper, whatever you want into the mix to create a piece of art that reflects you and your thoughts!
Want more information on this? Here’s 5 blogs full of enough inspiration to keep you busy for months…
1. Creative Art Journal – You’ll need a little time to roam around this blog. Here’s a link to over 200 of journal pages on Flickr…WOW!
2. Hubbubery – Diana Trout creates hand made art journals, mixed media artwork and fabric jewelry. She has a fabulous Etsy shop!
3. Aisling’s Artistic Journals – There’s great information here on how to create and keep art journals.
4. Daisy Yellow – Want a run down on the basics of art journaling? You’ll know all about it once you read this blog!
5. Violette’s Blog – This is a blog for inspiration! I’ve enjoyed reading her blog for years. She’s the author of Journal Bliss, has the cutest studio ever, and I think she still drives around in a awesome van all painted to match her personality!
I hope you enjoy this little glimpse into the world of art journaling, and you’re sure to sound like an expert after visiting these blogs!
Do you keep a journal? What about an art journal?
~Kim
I’m like you and never have been able to keep a real journal going, but I LOVE art journaling! It keeps the creative juices flowing. 🙂
Oh, great! Another project for my ‘To-Do’ list! I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a while now, but have so many other projects, I can barely keep up.
But this really looks like something for my brain to focus on. Actually, kind of reminds me of how my brain would look on paper! LOL
Thanks for a great blogpost……so nice you are turning folks onto art journaling! Thanks for the kind mention! Sad news – my glittergirl van has gone up to artcar heaven…waaaahhhhhh!
Love, Violette xo
.-= Violette´s last blog ..Papier Mache Dragonfly is back up! Yay! =-.
I just started an art journal this fall and am sooo addicted!
Oh this so cool…I’m definitely adding this to my project list! Thanks for the great inspiration!
.-= Liz´s last blog ..Pop-o-licious! =-.
Great post Kim!
I’ve been keeping journals randomly for my whole life- I write, draw, doodle… art journaling looks so awesome. Sometimes I get overwhelmed at what other people have made and I think that my journal needs to look like theirs. But it doesn’t. So, thanks for the inspiration! This post might just be the push that I need. 😉
.-= Erica´s last blog ..Tall Birch Handmade Journal =-.
What a great post, Kim! I always wondered what kind of journal keeper I was. And as you know, I opened http://www.gadanke.com in hopes to help other people discover the same thing and share their stories.
I love what Violette once drove. That’s so cool! Thanks for the intro to creative women.
Katie
.-= Katie @ Making This Home´s last blog ..Create Simple Beauty that’s for YOU =-.
I just started art journaling this past summer via a friend who inspired me to try it. Love doing it now. To begin and get my imagination flowing I art journaled about a book I was reading at the time. Here is a link to one of my art journal blog posts:
http://encouragement-is-contagious.blogspot.com/2010/10/specially-made-for-you.html
Nice blog, nice post! So good to see people getting into art journaling. Thanks for the mention!
Hey, thanks for the mention. I love the process of spilling in color and image and doodle into a journal, then adding words. Have a wonderful journaling adventure! -Em