Wednesday, March 5, 2014

postheadericon A New Project - reclaiming old skills

On Facebook there is a group of artists who are creating art journals from weekly planners.  It took me a few weeks to actually get a handle on what they were doing but here it is in a nutshell.

Project Details

Moleskine Weekly Planner
ALL of your art pens, pencils, brushes, markers
Plenty of papers to alter
glue
sprinkles and sparkle
stamps and stamp-pads
EVERYTHING you have

My take on it is to just put the really important happenings on the planner page for each week.  So far I am lettering in the given spaces.  All 7 days are on the left side.  Some artists are painting, coloring, adding pattern, all kinds of takes on what to do with that side of the pages for the week.

The right side is lined for journaling about the week.  I am doing that, so far.

THEN a piece of art paper is adhered to the right side along the right edge with some pretty Washi tape.  I had to go buy some and hit a sale at Michaels so the edges of the pages are getting really pretty!  Some of the artists are creating the art piece each week first THEN adhering it to the book and some are creating right in the book.  There is a temptation to put all 52 of the papers in the book with Washi tape just to see how pretty it is.  I am not that confident that I will create what I like right from the start.

Here are the challenges.  I will add to them each week.  I will also add my attempts to regain an artistic bent I used to have many, many years ago.

Overview of project


January 1, 2014 - Week One - Photograph, sketch, paint or incorporate your front door.

January 5, 2014 - Week Two - Selfie

January 12, 2014 - Week Three - Add an envelope from your mailbox.

January 18, 2014 - Week Four - Write a secret message then paint over all but one key word.

January 25, 2014 - Week Five - Add a doodle border.

February 1, 2014 - Week Six - Open your Pinterest board and be inspired.

February 8, 2014 - Week Seven - Draw one shape - repeat - add color.

February 15, 2014 - Week Eight - Add a flap to your flap.

February 22, 2014 - Week Nine - Collage something you recycled.


March 1, 2014 - Week Ten - Make a list of the things that make you YOU.



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Long before it was popular, I was trying to decorate arrangements of photos and sentimental items. Here I want to share some of my personal history and more important, some ideas I have gleaned from more than 40 years of scrapping.

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