8.16.2010

Finished Journal Page and some Link Love

Finally I am back to my normal routine!
I was away for vacation, and then came back
to go house/dog-sit until Saturday evening. 
My hands have been itching to be back in my "studio."
I did cheat, and came home one evening to paint
a journal page because I had THAT bad of a day.
My lovely, wonderful, supportive Aunt sent me
a Rumi poem, and I just knew it needed to be made
into a journal page.
This is the beginning layers...
finished product
My new favorite thing is to add a layer of paint,
spritz water on top...let it sit for a few seconds,
and then wipe.
Repeat until you want to stop!
This particular piece has about 7 different layers of colors
painted on, wiped off...and so on.
I recently have come across some really awesome 
and inspiring blogs that I thought I'd share.
I try to keep my blogroll updated...but sometimes its hard.
UPDATE: LINKS FIXED!    
Tortagiella: This is just a fun blog to read. She is bursting at the seams with creativity,
and shows many tutorials on book binding.
Art Journaling Ning: A great website with tons of workshops,
journalers, discussions and photos. I always
find inspiring work and artists through this site.
If anyone knows of an easy way to make my pictures
the correct size (less than 100kb), PLEASE let me know!
I edit my pictures in photoshop, and they are way too large.
Art Journaling Tumblr: This person posts photos and links
to what journal artists she enjoys. ALWAYS inspiring
The Creative Entrepreneur: I love her work! She is working
on a really awesome project right now, and gives lots
of advice for any fellow introverts.
My Peacetree: Ingrid does amazing work,
and it is so authentic, beautiful and comes from the soul.
Flora Bowley: I just found her website, and her artwork
and vision is just incredible. She's a new blogger,
but I promise you'll be hooked!

3 comments:

  1. Dawn, wonderful links...however the first 2 went to Open DNS.

    About changing your image size...I use Photoshop Elements. I go to Image> Resize> Image Size....then I change the pixels or the inches. Play around with it, hope this helps. Or when you go to save, you can pick the "save for Web" option.

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  2. Thanks so much for mentioning my blog - that's so nice of you! Your journal page is fantastic, so lush - that reddish orange color - wow!

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  3. The texture you have created in this journal spread is wonderful -- I love the perspective from the first photo. Thanks for the links too. Off to check them out now.

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