Art Journal Pages

Here are a few Art Journal pages. I hope you likey!!


Front...

Back... (Magic is just science we don't understand yet).


Have a great rest of the week!!!!

Shonna

ETSY UPDATE!!!

Sorry I have been gone for so long. I have been very busy making new items for my Etsy Shop. Including some really great handmade art journals, pendants and bookmarks. Go check out my shop, it is now full of cool stuff!! Here are some examples:



Glass Tile Pendants

Examples of some bookmarks in the shop

Completely Handmade Art Journals

Handmade Collaged Art Journals

Example of what the inside looks like

Another Collaged Art Journal


Fabric Art Journal (Inside is hand sewn watercolor paper)

Many more...

My First Abstract

Thanks again to The Land of Lost Luggage online workshops for helping me to create my first Abstract piece. I had a great time making this. It is a bigger piece (16X20 on canvas) and it looks much better in person than on screen. It was hard to photograph, but I tried...


Shonna

I Heart Junque/Art Journals

Have you ever heard of a "Junque" Journal? It's a composition book you decorate and put all of your odds and ends in. You know, those movie tickets, baseball game tickets, brochures, and even those Christmas card photos that people send you every year and then you have no idea what to do with them after the holidays. Basically junk! What I think is cool about this idea is you can also journal about the experiences you had with these items and once your journal is full, you can pass them down to your children and they can look back on all of the things you did over the years and read your thoughts about them.

My cousin Lisa is 19 years old and has been in the Navy for a year now. She came to San Diego on the USS Reagan for about 2 weeks and spent last weekend with us. I made her a Junque journal for her travels. She took the task on full force. I painted the cover and started the inside of the journal for her. She sat down with all of my stamps, ink pads, stickers etc. and "junked" up her book big time. She loves "In and Out Burger" and never gets to eat it until she visits California (which isn't often)and she even took one of the wrappers from the burger joint and glued it in her journal. I love it!!

If you do a search on YouTube under "Junque Journals" you will find a great 3 part tutorial on how to make one.

Awhile ago I took a class by Julie Prichard from The Land of Lost Luggage on how to make journals. Well, months later, I have finally finished the one she calls LTS (Long Tall Skinny). I have to tell you, I LOVE THIS JOURNAL!! I think it came out so cool. The pages are all collaged and ready for painting and journaling! If you get a chance to take any of her classes, I highly recommend doing so!

Also if you live in the San Diego area and need portraits done, Julie is a wonderful photographer. The beautiful young lady on the front page of her website is my daughter. Julie shot her High School Senior pictures and they came out so beautiful!!

Promise

New piece using graphite, acrylic, watercolor and colored pencils on watercolor paper.

Katniss And A New Journal Page...

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I have let summer take over...

Here is a new journal page I just finished. I experimented with using watercolors only. I really enjoyed the process and I think I will do more like this. The lyrics are from one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite artists. You can catch their songs (and this one in particular) on the playlist on my sidebar.

Katniss is a piece I did a few weeks ago and realized I never posted her to my blog. I am reading the book "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. I just started the book, but from what I am told, it is a great read. The main character (Katniss) in the book is a warrior of sorts and I imagine this to be what she looks like.

Peace,
Shonna

Life Is Better When...

Another circle journal entry. This journal is titled "Life is Better When..."