Joyful Purpose

Today is a gift

 

a gift and a reminder from my dear friend Denise

I have been working on my journal pages this morning ...

 

 

Art Heals

Free Arts for Abused Children's (a non profit that I have worked with for many years now and hold so dear to my heart) had its annual fund raiser "Art Heals"  last night.  I was in charge of organizing the silent auction to which I donated 4 paintings - see below.  The Event was a smash and we raised a good amount of money to heal children's hearts with art.

 

 

A Buddha with Wings ... New Journal Page

Artfest Class Info for Story Painting with Punch

For those of you who are taking my class "Story Painting with Punch"  at Artfest this year here is some information that may answer some of your questions and help you feel better prepared.

Above is a pic of liquitex basics acrylics 36 tube set x 22 ml tubes

If you are starting out with painting this is an inexpensive way to have many colors at your disposal without having to mix.  The  link is the best price I have found - only 19.95 for the whole set.

Also in this month's edition of Somerset Studios magazine I have written an article "Every Picture Tells a Story"  that is based on the class that you may find helpful.

Thirdly, I am offering an online class starting in Jan.  that uses black and white photographs and drawing and painting into them with many mediums in journal form that will be very helpful when it comes to the class and working on canvas.  Sign ups end Dec 15th and space is limited.

click here to sign up and for details

If you have any further questions please email me at [email protected]

I am so excited to meet you all!

more journal pages

More journal pages ....  Featuring my son ;)

Journaling for FUN!

Teesha Moore has been posting these AWESOME videos as of late on her incredible journaling techniques.  I have always admired her journals and her style.  The one thing that really struck me was that she uses them to play to have fun - not to work or create something or have to do something.  I have always used my journals as sketchbooks or art books so this idea was very freeing for me.  And guess what I am having FUN!  Check out my first few pages which (I choose to use my own black and white photos) and my new 16 page journal ala Teesha.

 

Auumn Book ~ Part Three

Now for the fun part!  I added different bits of ribbon to the spine by tying them through the pages and the binding.

 

Then I added buttons, glass leaf beads, bras bells, a pewter owl, and a pewter acorn.

Voila!

Stay tuned for the inside ......

Autumn Book ~ Part two

 

After painting my pages for the book I then choose two metal book covers that I made in Stephanie Lee's class that I took at Journal Fest for my covers.

I then used an awl to pierce holes in my signatures to begin binding

then I bound them together using the (great how to video) Coptic Method

Stay Tuned  ..... More to Come

The Autumn Book Series

stay tuned for more  ....