Oak trees by Loch Tay
Originally uploaded by tina_manthorpe

Lov ethe ink drawing colored with great colors. just wonderful

I"m pretty much in love with this woman's journals. these combine the concept of sketchbook, with art journals and Suzi Blu's idea of a life book. Perfectly

book 21.2 (july 1994 – winter 1994) from womanonfire on Vimeo.

clarity
Originally uploaded by sketchbookbuttons

I love this NaNoJouMo image from SketchBookButtons on flickr. Head over and look at it big. it’s great, especially look at the grass/ seaweed on the left of the page.

nanojoumo- collection
Originally uploaded by lessherger

I’ve been feeling kind of out of sorts with things lately. When I’m out of sorts I feel like there is nothing in my head. Just sort of a swirling fog of not muchness. Oftent eh out of sorts is when a lot if happening outside of my head. When I’m feeling right the gears are turning and things are happening, art, writing ets happens. Left page_ these last few days the right side- my usual brain functioning. GEARS!

Okay. So I'm home and on my very own personal laptop. Can I tell you something? Using someone else's laptop is weird and I don't like it one bit. I feel like I"m invading their privacy and I don't have any of my links or anything like that. Also I can't work on any of my stuff. I've got stuff I'm working on!!! Like videos and pictures and STUFF!!! Its hard to do that when you've got it saved on your laptop or external hard drive.

last night I loaded up a short (-5min) video showing some pages I was working on while I was in Maine. It's not my best video but it's something. I'm pretty happy with it given what it is. I played around with adding some effects and transitions. I'm working on what Christie calls "my editing skills." As of right now they are abysmal. So I'll keep working on that. I've also loaded up some images from my journal to my flickr. You can go see them if you'd like.

In my future plans: I'm opening a NING site! Yes, all about art journaling and how to keep an art journaling, My hope is to create a site where not only myself but others can teach classes on their techniques. I'm still working on the technical issues with the site. I'm hoping that after Thanksgiving I can work on the pages and those technical issues. 

I'm hoping to do another product review entry/ video coming up soon. I'm thinking something about colored pencils. Any thoughts? Any suggestions? I'm also considering watercolors. Mainly becuase these are something I have on hand and many different brands. (I have an issues with an inability to walk past a clearance rack or a sale…)

I'd also like to do a video on a simple book binding technique. So some plans of what I'm hoping to do over teh next few weeks/ month.

Milano drawing
Originally uploaded by geertvanleeuwen

love the lettering over the background images.

nanojoumo- desire for safety
Originally uploaded by lessherger

I put up some of my travel journal pics, head on over to flickr to see them all.

I’m  a big fan of Danny Gregory’s work. THis is a nice watercolor sketch he did in LA of a landscape. Check it out.

L.A. Landscape from DannyGregory on Vimeo.

So have ya ever wondered, Who ya truly are? I mean KatieLynn asked a question that I believe alot of us don't know. It's easy to say ya a Mother, Father, Friend, etc… But do ya KNOW WHO YOU ARE? Try to answer it truthfully without adding the usual typical as KatieKal (my nickname for her) Says…

via lillovecreations.blogspot.com

NaNoLouMo not enough journaling for you? Need another prompt? Check out Poe over at Lil Love Creations, she's got a good one for you?

Hold Your Own
Originally uploaded by Original Bliss

love the circles and red stripes.