A Visual Journal... Altered Book Style

Over the years I’ve started many journals, but they’ve always been set aside because I’ve never liked the way they looked… it was just all my own writing. Recently, I’ve been inspired by several other artists who’ve posted Art Journals in their online galleries. I love the look of their art journals. Combining art, graphics, colours, and techniques with writing is something that completely appeals to me. Must be the scrapbooker in me. However, I wanted my art journals to be something completely different to my scrapbooks. They are my play space. I place to try out different techniques, colour combos and just have some plain no rules fun. And I must admit, I’m having so much fun.

I wanted to share my first two pages. The first is about the whole reason this journal came about. I kept searching—for new techniques, new ideas, new anything—and it stopped me from simply playing creatively. So now, if I find myself aimlessly searching, I plan to just sit down and create a new page in my journal.

I had so much fun doodling on the second page. The window is actually cut out, and the flower is part of the following page. I love using windows. :)

I’ll post some more once I have another batch together.