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Artists Who Journal
Do you draw in your journals? When you are traveling or all the time? How does drawing/making art add to your writing experience?
Do you like watercolor or markers or pencil or?
I thought this might be a fun place for us to share how we journal, how drawing or painting in our journals adds to our experience, and if you ever share them? You can even upload a page if you dare!
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Okay, here are three pages from my three current journals/sketchbooks. Mine double -- I write and I draw and I set a place for ideas to paint to arise. I was going to do the Sketchbook Project, but when they sent me the sketchbook for the $$ I had to crack up. I wanted a year to do a REAL sketchbook and they sent a thang with 30 pages, because too many people are overwhelmed with having to fill 30 pages. So I passed.
The first one is one of my early-morning-can't-sleep-worried pages.
The second is also middle of the night (I guess I do some sketching after Mitchell is asleep) sketch of crows to paint.
The third is one of my small women drawings about boddhichitta.
All © D.Katie Powell
Thanks, Marcy. You're very generous!
I can't wait to see them. This is gonna be fun!
Wonderful images! Yaaaaah!
I love watercolor pencils, and I do use them, probably more than regular pencils if I am traveling.
I need to image a page from my journal to share! Many Thanks!
I have, but not extensively. Your work is gorgeous!
Have you used watercolor pencils? They're really great for traveling, and you can use a water brush, one that has a built in water well, to smooth out the colors.
So glad to be here among you artists/writers!
I've been creating journals forever, but am especially fond of producing them when I travel. I just returned from two marvelous weeks in Spain sketching, painting and writing about los pueblos blancos, the white villages that we visited. I use a Lamy pen, extra fine nib and watercolors. If I'm pressed for time, I use a Koi kit-if not, I'll use tubes.
Here is an example of how I might do a double-page layout:
Here a single page:
Unfortunately, I lost my entire journal on a plane coming back from Spain, but at least I took a couple of photos!
There us a wonderful Facebook group started by Cathy Johnson called Artists Journal Workshop. Artists and Artist/Writers from all over the world post there and receive wonderful feedback. Here's the link.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/artists.journal.workshop/?fref=ts/ ( I hope it links!)
I draw in the margins, or on my 3 X 5 cards. If I'm going to focus on drawing, I prefer watercolor, colored pencils, or markers, depending on the design. And I like the softer colored pencils better than the hard.