Altered Journals

I have been occupied with multiple projects.

One of them being, taking old books and altering them to become art journals.

This entails many steps and if you are interested let me know and I will gladly share the process.

One of them is 5.5" x 9" - perfect size for "on the go".

Yesterday when I was totally all done I was excited to begin working in it.  So I devoted most of the afternoon to do just that.

Let me show you:

Here is the front cover of the book

Then pages inside the book.

                    

  

Another journal I made is 8.5" x 11"

I am devoting this journal to only dry mediums.

Going to have lots of time to practice and learn.

Mediums used for the piece below was were pastels-PanPastels-mechnical pencil

Titled, "Intrinsic Nature of Autumn"

Autumn symbolizes a period of change.

Balance, preparation, and reflection.

During Autumn day light and night time hours are equals lengths.  Which spiritually indicates the balance between light and dark.

It's a time of surrender, of letting go.

Getting out of the way and let spirit be in charge of our lives.

when the student is ready...

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

This is how I felt this morning when I entered my studio.

Checking FaceBook and e-mails before drawing another face for today (Day #6)

In my mailbox was Joanie Springer's newsletter that I subscribe to.

Needless to say, I watched it and was totally inspired by it.

Take a moment and watch this short video.

         

After I watched this video I knew what I was going to do.

I went outside to find a stick to draw with.  I whittled a point on one end.

Got out my black and sepia India ink.

Sat outside on my patio in the backyard and drew this faces.

I had the best time!  

It brought back memories when I used to paint with odd instruments.  

Haven't done it in awhile.

That is going to change.

I finished these pieces in my studio using acrylic paint and pastels.