Art Adventures: Art Journaling & Mixed Media

Did you ever get an idea in your head for a project? And get really excited about it? So excited you can’t wait to start? And then you start … and … stare blankly at the page (or screen)? Sigh.

As part of my “fearless” art journaling adventure this year, I had the lofty goal of recording each of the weekly challenges for the Documented Life Project. And while I sill would like to do that, it turns out that’s not always practical – sometimes inspiration strikes at inopportune times.

The past few days here in the California Foothills have been gorgeous! Uncharacteristically warm...

As I mentioned in my last post, the past six weeks have been tough. So, Cilenia's Artful...

I’ve got lots to do. A video to edit for my Documented Life project page. My Week 6 challenge response for Artful Intentions. I need to put together my art journal travel kit for this coming weekend. Product to finish for an upcoming release. A sale ad to create. A Valentine’s card to make …. just lots of stuff.

If you’ve been following along, you know I’ve been filming (video-ing???) my Documented Life project pages and sharing the process with you. This week, I tried to stretch myself a bit more. Instead of narrating the video after the fact, I recorded myself talking through what I was doing as I actually did it.

Well, January is just flying by, isn't it? For the 4th week of our Artful Intentions art...

The Week 3 challenge for the Documented Life Project was to incorporate an envelope from our mail in some form into our journals.

The challenge for Week 2 of the Documented Life Project was to incorporate a “selfie” into our journals.

Another week, another art journal challenge! If you've been following along, you know that the...

It’s been such a busy couple of weeks that I haven’t had a chance to post photos of my first week’s Documented Life Project and we’re almost through week two!

You will recall that last week I kicked off Artful Intentions 2014 by challenging Cilenia Curtis...