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Category: Art Journal
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Art Journal FAQs
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What type of journal do you use? I make my own art journals. They measure about 4.5×6 inches (11×15 cm) and are filled with watercolor paper. They’re simpler to make than it looks; the only special materials you need are chipboard, an awl, and waxed linen thread. Check out the…
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Wild Things
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Lately, my art has skewed more maximalist and energetic. Even when abstract, it’s impossible to separate oneself from one’s work: the joys, concerns, and experiences seep into the process. As Jackson Pollock said: “Art is coming face to face with yourself.”
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Leave Your Creative Comfort Zone
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On Tuesday, I joined A Work of Heart‘s Under the Influence Art Journaling class as a featured artist. I spoke about my background, inspiration, and artistic process, and then participants explored elements I use in my own work — collage, energetic mark-making, and bright colors and splotches — as they…
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Baltimore Journal III
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Last week, I finished up the last pages of my art journal, the whole of which was filled in just over six months — a personal record! There’s definitely something to be said about finding (or making) the perfect book for yourself and your art: it allows you to just…
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Final Pages
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I started this art journal in early April of this year — I know because I stamped the date on the cover. I am nearly finished with it. Here are some of the final pages, created with collaged papers, acrylic and tempera paint, oil pastel, acrylic ink, graphite, and paint…