Hello! I hope your Christmas was happy and full of cheer! To wrap up 2014 I'm going to be posting a bunch of favorite projects from the year. Today I'm starting with Art Journal pages. (No linky list for Art Journal Every Day this week, but it will be back next week!)
Why I love it: Love the way the hair and journaling work together and I love the face — bold, ethnic, and unafraid.
Why I love it: Love the lettering (stamped, btw, with a hand carved alphabet set), love the face, and love the patterning and hatching.
Why I love it: She's not pretty, but she's super fabulous! I'm not a pink girl, but I love the hot pink behind the black and white face.
Why I love it: Hmmmm…I can't stay away from faces. Love the calm face and the stamped tag as a pull tab.
Why I love it: Love the way the pattern ended up in her face. Nothing that I expected and totally awesome!
Why I love it: Love the crazy doodles — so many little leaves — and the large stenciled face. The whole page just sings to me!
Why I love it: Love the lacy cut-out and the (mostly) Picasso + Julie artwork on the right. And that teal color — super yum!!
Why I love it: Glue pages sometimes look super junky. For whatever reason, this one turned out really well! I love how it all flows together.
Why I love it: Love the stenciled face combined with the serif style lettering.
Why I love it: Black and white always looks so clean! I love the stark white embossing and all the hand carved stamps. The heart in the open square window looks super cool and I love those thermofax flowers!
Posting all of the pages like this is a great opportunity to think about why I like them and why they work and what I might want to do in my art journal going forward.
Some things I notice these pages have in common:
- Almost all of my favorite art journal pages feature a face.
- There is a lot of yellow. And yellow isn't a color that I love. I think that's really interesting.
- A lot of my usual crutches/things-I-love like a heavy black line, high contrast, tons of journaling, and a lot of hand carved stamps.
- A number of these faces pages were "risky." I took a chance of some kind and they turned out better than I could have imagined. In fact, there's really only one of the pages that I would say is "safe" — meaning, I knew what it would likely look like when I was done.
Help me out. Do you notice any similarities that I've missed?
ive been arting and journaling for much less time than you, but i also noticed that yellow is ubiquitous in my own pieces. i think for me its because it is a light color that works well as a background and also goes on top of other stuff on a page in a semi translucent fashion.
ive been arting and journaling for much less time than you, but i also noticed that yellow is ubiquitous in my own pieces. i think for me its because it is a light color that works well as a background and also goes on top of other stuff on a page in a semi translucent fashion.
ive been arting and journaling for much less time than you, but i also noticed that yellow is ubiquitous in my own pieces. i think for me its because it is a light color that works well as a background and also goes on top of other stuff on a page in a semi translucent fashion.
ive been arting and journaling for much less time than you, but i also noticed that yellow is ubiquitous in my own pieces. i think for me its because it is a light color that works well as a background and also goes on top of other stuff on a page in a semi translucent fashion.
ive been arting and journaling for much less time than you, but i also noticed that yellow is ubiquitous in my own pieces. i think for me its because it is a light color that works well as a background and also goes on top of other stuff on a page in a semi translucent fashion.
Love your pages!!! I think yellow is your new color of the year for 2015! Taking risks always pushes us – usually to new heights. I love the faces too! I’ve loved following your work this year and so has my art group! You inspire in so many ways. Thanks Julie!
Love your pages!!! I think yellow is your new color of the year for 2015! Taking risks always pushes us – usually to new heights. I love the faces too! I’ve loved following your work this year and so has my art group! You inspire in so many ways. Thanks Julie!
Love your pages!!! I think yellow is your new color of the year for 2015! Taking risks always pushes us – usually to new heights. I love the faces too! I’ve loved following your work this year and so has my art group! You inspire in so many ways. Thanks Julie!
Love your pages!!! I think yellow is your new color of the year for 2015! Taking risks always pushes us – usually to new heights. I love the faces too! I’ve loved following your work this year and so has my art group! You inspire in so many ways. Thanks Julie!
Love your pages!!! I think yellow is your new color of the year for 2015! Taking risks always pushes us – usually to new heights. I love the faces too! I’ve loved following your work this year and so has my art group! You inspire in so many ways. Thanks Julie!
thanks for the summary. one thing you missed is that your writing/journaling is consistently a design element in your pages — all but one from this selection. thanks for all you do. blessings and peace and abundance to you in the new year. i am looking forward to nat’s january class — your influence is evident as her business flourishes. lela
thanks for the summary. one thing you missed is that your writing/journaling is consistently a design element in your pages — all but one from this selection. thanks for all you do. blessings and peace and abundance to you in the new year. i am looking forward to nat’s january class — your influence is evident as her business flourishes. lela
thanks for the summary. one thing you missed is that your writing/journaling is consistently a design element in your pages — all but one from this selection. thanks for all you do. blessings and peace and abundance to you in the new year. i am looking forward to nat’s january class — your influence is evident as her business flourishes. lela
thanks for the summary. one thing you missed is that your writing/journaling is consistently a design element in your pages — all but one from this selection. thanks for all you do. blessings and peace and abundance to you in the new year. i am looking forward to nat’s january class — your influence is evident as her business flourishes. lela
thanks for the summary. one thing you missed is that your writing/journaling is consistently a design element in your pages — all but one from this selection. thanks for all you do. blessings and peace and abundance to you in the new year. i am looking forward to nat’s january class — your influence is evident as her business flourishes. lela
i didnt manage to finish my thought this morning before i had to run.
the other similarities and common threads i see in your pages and works are:
repeating elements
filling up space/no blank whitespace
colorful
“lushness”/fullness as you mentioned in another post
stenciling/stamping
the decoupage / collage look
and probably many more
you are very talented!
i didnt manage to finish my thought this morning before i had to run.
the other similarities and common threads i see in your pages and works are:
repeating elements
filling up space/no blank whitespace
colorful
“lushness”/fullness as you mentioned in another post
stenciling/stamping
the decoupage / collage look
and probably many more
you are very talented!
i didnt manage to finish my thought this morning before i had to run.
the other similarities and common threads i see in your pages and works are:
repeating elements
filling up space/no blank whitespace
colorful
“lushness”/fullness as you mentioned in another post
stenciling/stamping
the decoupage / collage look
and probably many more
you are very talented!
i didnt manage to finish my thought this morning before i had to run.
the other similarities and common threads i see in your pages and works are:
repeating elements
filling up space/no blank whitespace
colorful
“lushness”/fullness as you mentioned in another post
stenciling/stamping
the decoupage / collage look
and probably many more
you are very talented!
i didnt manage to finish my thought this morning before i had to run.
the other similarities and common threads i see in your pages and works are:
repeating elements
filling up space/no blank whitespace
colorful
“lushness”/fullness as you mentioned in another post
stenciling/stamping
the decoupage / collage look
and probably many more
you are very talented!
Your pages are awesome! I always read your blog and wished that I could spend more time on my own art journals however 3 little kids take up most of my time!! I think something similar in your pages is your journalling creates some kind of movement. The words lead your eye around the elements that you’ve created! Also there is always some kind of patterning.
Your pages are awesome! I always read your blog and wished that I could spend more time on my own art journals however 3 little kids take up most of my time!! I think something similar in your pages is your journalling creates some kind of movement. The words lead your eye around the elements that you’ve created! Also there is always some kind of patterning.
Your pages are awesome! I always read your blog and wished that I could spend more time on my own art journals however 3 little kids take up most of my time!! I think something similar in your pages is your journalling creates some kind of movement. The words lead your eye around the elements that you’ve created! Also there is always some kind of patterning.
Your pages are awesome! I always read your blog and wished that I could spend more time on my own art journals however 3 little kids take up most of my time!! I think something similar in your pages is your journalling creates some kind of movement. The words lead your eye around the elements that you’ve created! Also there is always some kind of patterning.
Your pages are awesome! I always read your blog and wished that I could spend more time on my own art journals however 3 little kids take up most of my time!! I think something similar in your pages is your journalling creates some kind of movement. The words lead your eye around the elements that you’ve created! Also there is always some kind of patterning.
me again..
yellow seems to feature quite prominently in your blog layout and sidebars , post headers, etc
me again..
yellow seems to feature quite prominently in your blog layout and sidebars , post headers, etc
me again..
yellow seems to feature quite prominently in your blog layout and sidebars , post headers, etc
me again..
yellow seems to feature quite prominently in your blog layout and sidebars , post headers, etc
me again..
yellow seems to feature quite prominently in your blog layout and sidebars , post headers, etc
One thing you might have missed is the “geometric” quality in your art on these pages. Just something I noticed! I took your Junque Journal bundle class and it was AWESOME. I learned SO much from you! It was a highlight of 2014, and I will be taking all those skillz into the future! Thank you for the inspiration and instruction 🙂
One thing you might have missed is the “geometric” quality in your art on these pages. Just something I noticed! I took your Junque Journal bundle class and it was AWESOME. I learned SO much from you! It was a highlight of 2014, and I will be taking all those skillz into the future! Thank you for the inspiration and instruction 🙂
One thing you might have missed is the “geometric” quality in your art on these pages. Just something I noticed! I took your Junque Journal bundle class and it was AWESOME. I learned SO much from you! It was a highlight of 2014, and I will be taking all those skillz into the future! Thank you for the inspiration and instruction 🙂
One thing you might have missed is the “geometric” quality in your art on these pages. Just something I noticed! I took your Junque Journal bundle class and it was AWESOME. I learned SO much from you! It was a highlight of 2014, and I will be taking all those skillz into the future! Thank you for the inspiration and instruction 🙂
One thing you might have missed is the “geometric” quality in your art on these pages. Just something I noticed! I took your Junque Journal bundle class and it was AWESOME. I learned SO much from you! It was a highlight of 2014, and I will be taking all those skillz into the future! Thank you for the inspiration and instruction 🙂
What a great compilation. I really like that one where only part of the face is visible, and the rest of her head isn’t included. Wishing you a really wonderful New Year!
What a great compilation. I really like that one where only part of the face is visible, and the rest of her head isn’t included. Wishing you a really wonderful New Year!
What a great compilation. I really like that one where only part of the face is visible, and the rest of her head isn’t included. Wishing you a really wonderful New Year!
What a great compilation. I really like that one where only part of the face is visible, and the rest of her head isn’t included. Wishing you a really wonderful New Year!
What a great compilation. I really like that one where only part of the face is visible, and the rest of her head isn’t included. Wishing you a really wonderful New Year!
one thing I notice which i don’t think anyone has mentioned, sorry if they have, is the background colour/negative space where you tend to use complementary colours to the foci. I think this is what draws you to these pages.
Also, thanks for the last adventures in arting podcast. He seemed to have a lot in common with me and is very down to earth. I loved it.
one thing I notice which i don’t think anyone has mentioned, sorry if they have, is the background colour/negative space where you tend to use complementary colours to the foci. I think this is what draws you to these pages.
Also, thanks for the last adventures in arting podcast. He seemed to have a lot in common with me and is very down to earth. I loved it.
one thing I notice which i don’t think anyone has mentioned, sorry if they have, is the background colour/negative space where you tend to use complementary colours to the foci. I think this is what draws you to these pages.
Also, thanks for the last adventures in arting podcast. He seemed to have a lot in common with me and is very down to earth. I loved it.
one thing I notice which i don’t think anyone has mentioned, sorry if they have, is the background colour/negative space where you tend to use complementary colours to the foci. I think this is what draws you to these pages.
Also, thanks for the last adventures in arting podcast. He seemed to have a lot in common with me and is very down to earth. I loved it.
one thing I notice which i don’t think anyone has mentioned, sorry if they have, is the background colour/negative space where you tend to use complementary colours to the foci. I think this is what draws you to these pages.
Also, thanks for the last adventures in arting podcast. He seemed to have a lot in common with me and is very down to earth. I loved it.
love love your art work (or play) thank you for the lift.
love love your art work (or play) thank you for the lift.
love love your art work (or play) thank you for the lift.
love love your art work (or play) thank you for the lift.
love love your art work (or play) thank you for the lift.