From Texas, Alley’s adventures continued through Arkansas. That part of her journey was documented on the next two pages in the round robin journal from the Yahoo Group, Artists’ Journals. Here are those pages, larger: Click here to follow Alley’s next step of the journey, as she and her husband drove from Arkansas toward Memphis,…
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Round Robin Journal #2b – Alley’s Art
After I finished a quick pair of collage pages, Alley Hauldren from Texas took this round robin journal on an adventure, driving from Dallas (TX) to Winchester (TN). Here’s her first two-page addition to this journal: Here they are, larger. Her next two pages cover the second segment of her vacation. Click here to see…
Round Robin #2b – First pages
Last Spring, two round robin journals were launched through the ArtistsJournals group at Yahoo Groups. The first one — Round Robin #1 (aka RR #1) — returned to me first. It’s pages have been scanned and posted. Round Robin Journal #2 had a slightly rockier start. The first person I sent it to… she kept…
RR Journal #1 – Final American Scans
These are the final scans from the American participants in the round robin (RR) journal #1 that began at ArtistsJournals in April 2010. The first are 10 pages by Linda Giese: The next journal pages are by Iris Gonyea: (The text on that collage says, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” — Albert Einstein.) Now,…
RR #1 – Pages 11 through 15
These are more scans from the round robin (RR) journal #1, launched in April 2010 for the ArtistsJournals group at Yahoo Groups. The details in some of these images required very large file sizes. However, the load time delay (if any) is worth the wait. The first group of pages were by Dot McQuade: Page…
Round Robin Journal #1 – ArtistsJournals Group
Last April (2010), I launched two round robin (RR) journals at ArtistsJournals2 (aka AJ2) at Yahoo Groups. (Since then, AJ2 merged with my main ArtistsJournals group at Yahoo Groups.) RR Journal #1 has returned to me. I’m scanning it before sending it to Stephen in England, to begin the international segment of this journal’s adventures….
Torn-Paper Collages – How-to video
Torn-paper collages are among my favorite ways to illustrate an artist’s journal. I’ve been creating them for over 20 years now, and I never seem to get tired of them. In fact, two walls in our living room are a mini-museum of my favorite torn-paper collages. (People who visit us can be overwhelmed. It’s like…
What’s an Artist’s Journal?
Artist’s journals are illustrated diaries and journals on any theme. An artist’s journal – or art journal – can be a record of your daily thoughts, a travel journal, an exercise or diet diary, a dream journal, a place where you jot down your goals or to-do lists, or… well, almost any record that you’d…
Homage to Dr. John – mixed media collage
This is a collage to honor the music of Dr. John (aka Mac Rebbenack). It’s art I created for the Homage to Music card deck exchange hosted by Red Dog Scott. Dr. John is among my favorite musicians, since I first heard his music around 1970. On an early album, Gumbo, he described his sound…
A debt of gratitude, from journalists
I didn’t realize that the person who’d protected Anne Frank — and, later, her personal journal — had lived so long. Anne Frank was an icon to many of us, and a shining example of the importance of diaries. She helped a generation understand what had happened prior to and during World War II. Instead…