Traveling Art Journal: Open Theme = Rumi!

This journal belongs to Maria Levine and it was an open theme...

I went Rumi!

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.  

~Rumi~

Book: 

8 1/2" X 5 1/4"

Finished spread: 

8 1/2" X 10 1/2"

Materials:

Sprays, stencils, acrylic and watercolor paints, Gel pen and Sharpie PEN

Final Scan:

Pencil Sketch...

 

 Inked and 1st burst of color...

 Finished!

Travelling Art Journal: PETS

Still working away on the 'mail-along' items before the move...

The past few days Julie's Journal, Theme PETS, has been in the works.

The pages started as Gel Medium and Printer Image transfers. Laid the Gel on extra thick and had to wait over night for each page to to dry. Did them separately over 2 days so as to not risk spilling sh-tuff  over and onto others pages. This one is almost full! *happy dance* 

Then a little doodle-y doodle-y doooo... with Sharpies and Gel Pen.

Book is 8" X 5"

Finished layout is closer to 8" X 11" (with spiral spine)

Finished pages

 Post-Dry Pre-Peel...

 Post-Peel... but still damp...

Travelling Art Journal: Portraits

 Last few days have been spent clearing 'to mail' commitments...

 Since packing is in FULL swing, don't want anything that's not *ours* getting tossed in a box. lol 

This was made in Valerie Nunez's Journal

Theme:

Portraits

Size:

8 1/4 " X 5 1/4" (10 1/2 " total across)

Mediums:

Pencil, eraser

Watercolor Crayons

Sharpie PEN and Marker

Scan:

Travelling Art Journal: Numbers

Belongs to: Denise Hunter

Size: 5 3/4" X 8 3/4"
(Made a double so it's 2X as wide)

OPEN YOUR 

EYES AND 

REFUSE TO 

ONLY BE 

A NUMBER

Went all MATRIX style on this one... 

That running screen of eerily glowing green numbers kept popping into my head...

Now it's out and ART-ed. 

Printed papers and lots of paint smeared on with a used iTunes card. 

Travelling Art Journal: Favorite Quote

Belongs to: Linda Breshears

Size: 7 1/4" X 11"

Quote:

Don't forget that your spirit-twinkle 

makes life's rainbow shine bright.  

~Terri Guillemets~

Decided to work with the lovely texture already on the paper in this book...

Dolloped paint on and smeared it across (several times) with a piece of plexiglass then doodled. 

 

 

Traveling Art Journal: for Elizabeth Taylor

Been awhile since one of the Journal Circle book hit my mail box... 

and this one is just so fricken'  CUTE! 

It's 5 3/4" x 5 3/4"... Just a baby. :o)

Was in a messy, quote-y and colorful mood.

Must been the Easter Egg dye that stained my hands this weekend...

Got 2 pages done and I'm going to send it off.

 

Page 1:

Art is... 

A question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening.  

~Aaron Howard~

Page 2:

 Life is a great big canvas, 

and you should throw 

all the paint on it you can.  

*Danny Kay* 

Book of Days: January 16th and 17th

Snowy... yucky... waiting for the freezing rain to start day... yuck!
But the mailman brought Sunshine int he form of Mail Art from my forward ahead on the Traveling Art Journal circle!!! *happy dance*
I decided to incorporate it into my Book of Days today. My pure circumstance the 'swoop' I drew in the book yesterday 'worked' with it. Gotta love Art-y-incidences! Masking taped it in and used the colors as today's inspiration: Pink sponged in white then stripes in teal.

Yesterday was a good day too, being a Monday.
I love Mondays! So I went bright and cheery.


Spread with the 2 days added.

Travelling Art Journal: No Theme!

2 pages completed yesterday,
in the Facebook Traveling Art Journal Circle.

Journal of:
Elizabeth Peregrina
Theme: No Theme
Size: 7 1/2" X 10"

Spread:

Fairy Magic:

Artful Wine:

Travelling Art Journal: YOUR DARKEST HOUR

And.....
Yet Another Page done for the FaceBook Traveling Art Journal Circle...

Amy Sargent's Journal
Topic: YOUR DARKEST HOUR
Size: Varied, mix of re purposed materials binder ringed into a book.
My selection was about 6" by 4 1/2"

I'LL BE YOUR MOON

Background of Chinese Newspaper (turned sideways).
Glimmer misted in blues.
Clip art, sanded.
Rubbed in inks.

Travelling Art Journal: JUICY

Another Page done for the FaceBook Traveling Art Journal Circle...

Darlene Takegami's Journal
Topic: JUICY
Size: 8" X 4 1/2"

My Garden... My Muse Fuel.

I started with a picture taken last year in our yard.
Adding a lovely Walt Whitman quote, paint, ink and my journaling.

Traveling Art Journal: WORDS

Got my hands dirty today... have missed my glue and paints.
Another Page done for the FaceBook Traveling Art Journal Circle...

Sandy Proulx Journal
Topic: OPEN theme
Size: 7 1/2 X 10"
X2
WORDS

The pages are 'wallpapered' in vintage book pages:
The Swiss Family Robinson, Julius Caesar and a couple of other wispy page vintage books I used the covers from long ago.
***SEE I *do* eat Books! ;O)***
Layered in Copper and Antique Gold Paint.
WORDS letters are $1 store 'kit' leftovers Modpodged on plus a sprinkle of glitter.
Floating Letters and Ribbon Furls are Rubber Stamped.
Journal/Doodling in Sharpie and Pentel.
Mixture of Letter Stickers used for GOOD, EVIL and COMBINE.


Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne~

Art Journal sh-tuff....

Got the next page done in the FaceBook Traveling Art Journal Circle.
For Laura Harms Journal
Topic: Words of Strength and Encouragement
Size: 5 X 8
I Wish You Enough
3 layers of book pages, lots of rubbed ink,some paper I used as a spray-guard (heart) and Glimmer Mists. Rubber stamped butterflies, dragonfly and flowers colored with markers, then they and heart coated in 3D Crystal Lacquer. Pink glitter in between 2 layers on the heart. Doodles in sharpie and a couple of gem stickers.

Journaling:

“I wish you Enough”

by Bob Perks

I wish you enough sun…

To keep your attitude bright.

I wish you enough rain…

To appreciate the sun more.

I wish you enough happiness…

To keep your spirit alive.

I wish you enough pain…

So that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.

I wish you enough gain…

To satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss…

To appreciate all that you possess.

I wish enough "Hello's"…

To get you through the final "Goodbye."

Then I realized I hadn't posted any more pages from my wee personal carry-around journal.
4 X 6"

Part of the Works...

Fairy Doodle

Candle, Candle

Heart Beat

Behind the Clouds

Funky!

Tree House

Falling Star

Traveling Art Journal: Home

Through Facebook I'm taking part in a Traveling Art Journal circle. I'm one of 3 Canadian artists, there are 2 overseas and the rest in the US, 20 in total participating.
Each book will have a 'theme' and some 'rules' when it arrived, in all shapes and sizes.
I can't wait to see these treasures as they arrive in my mailbox!

I went pretty sturdy and standard size: 8 1/2 X 11 Hardbound Artist Book. I figured it was better to go that way so it will better protect some of the 'lumpier' artwork I expect will be coming back. I fear for a bendy cover.
*cringe*
Plus it was the one on super sale at Wallack's when I got there! So good I bought myself a 2nd and one for each of the kids for the 'end of the year-keep busy' gifts. They also got art supplies to share, bus tickets for the eldest and watches so they could go out and come back on time. Hopefully.

My pages are displayed backwards here. Blogger is having picture loading issues (again) and better they are in backwards than not at all.
Besides... why be normal? ;OP

My Journal's Theme is:
HOME

Love Lives Here...
Printed photos on regular printer paper, yes I already had them arranged. Sharpie for all the black, Stampin' Spots from Stampin'Up rubbed on for the background and roof.
Heart is punched out of a Starbucks Cup Wrap, coated in 3D Crystal Lacquer then sprinkled in Mini-Beadz and Glitter. All surfaces sealed with light wood glaze. I had to use what I had on hand and raid Greg's workshop for some sealer and a brush.

OTTAWA is Home
Glimmer misted red, then covered with a partial page from a 1968 Brittanica Book of Maps. FreeCycle find, it's HUGE and there are soooo many maps I can't wait to use! Postcard is real. National Anthem is a sticker. Again, all sealed with the wood sealer.

My 2011 Word of the Year: Home
Started with a few pages torn from a paperback (was eaten partly by the puppy) then covered in Gold and Cooper paint wash. Thicker paint under the paper strips which are pushed into the partially dry paint (no glue!) Circle Words are stickers, House plan is a Rub on stuck on plastic and all, ATC card from 7 Gypsies, Key from Pixie Press and Butterfly is salvage from Cohen & Cohen (degolded jewelry). I stamped the Clock then doodled over it, coated in 3D Crystal Lacquer then doodled over that once dry. Everything is stuck on with the wood sealer since I have no glue. Doodling etc... in Sharpies.

The 'Rules'...
as required by, uhhh... The Rules! lol