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Art Journal Every Day: From Sketchbook to Art Journal

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If you're new to Art Journal Every Day, the concept is simple: It's a commitment to take ten minutes each day to do something in your art journal.  No need to finish anything or even like it.  It's about making the time to nourish your creativity every day!  If you have the time to flip through your phone, you have the time to Art Journal Every Day.  If you'd like to share what you make, use the hashtag #artjournaleveryday so that we can all take a peek.  You can find new Art Journal Every Day posts here on the blog most Fridays.  The archives go back to the first Art Journal Every Day post in 2010.

The second half of my Sketchbookery class is tomorrow, so I thought I'd share a page I recently created in my art journal, based on some work in my sketchbook.  This is about 2 minutes of abstract art play:

Monthly members have access to the real time version of this video in the online classroom.  Inspiration is never a straight line.  Here's the art journal spread I created in the video:

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It's different for me. Dark.  But I love all the texture!

I hope you get a chance to make some art this weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Based outside of Boston, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a mixed-media artist who constructs vibrant compositions. Passionate about connecting with and inspiring other artists, she shares her expertise through in-person workshops, her online classroom www.balzerdesigns.com, and through monthly membership at www.MyArtPractice.com.

35 thoughts on “Art Journal Every Day: From Sketchbook to Art Journal

  • Love the depth and color combinations!!

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  • Love the depth and color combinations!!

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  • Love the depth and color combinations!!

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  • Love the depth and color combinations!!

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  • Love the depth and color combinations!!

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  • Love the depth and color combinations!!

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  • Love the depth and color combinations!!

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  • Loved the evolution. I’m so glad you kept going!

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  • Loved the evolution. I’m so glad you kept going!

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  • Loved the evolution. I’m so glad you kept going!

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  • Loved the evolution. I’m so glad you kept going!

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  • Loved the evolution. I’m so glad you kept going!

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  • Loved the evolution. I’m so glad you kept going!

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  • Loved the evolution. I’m so glad you kept going!

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  • I love the fact that you have the guts to cover over stuff that I see as amazing to get more depth and layers! Bravo!

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  • I love the fact that you have the guts to cover over stuff that I see as amazing to get more depth and layers! Bravo!

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  • I love the fact that you have the guts to cover over stuff that I see as amazing to get more depth and layers! Bravo!

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  • I love the fact that you have the guts to cover over stuff that I see as amazing to get more depth and layers! Bravo!

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  • I love the fact that you have the guts to cover over stuff that I see as amazing to get more depth and layers! Bravo!

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  • I love the fact that you have the guts to cover over stuff that I see as amazing to get more depth and layers! Bravo!

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  • I love the fact that you have the guts to cover over stuff that I see as amazing to get more depth and layers! Bravo!

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  • Is there a difference in the paper type you use for a sketchbook and an art journal? It seems like the art journal is more mixed-media, heavier paper, while your sketchbook might be more of a notebook?

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  • Is there a difference in the paper type you use for a sketchbook and an art journal? It seems like the art journal is more mixed-media, heavier paper, while your sketchbook might be more of a notebook?

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  • Is there a difference in the paper type you use for a sketchbook and an art journal? It seems like the art journal is more mixed-media, heavier paper, while your sketchbook might be more of a notebook?

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  • Is there a difference in the paper type you use for a sketchbook and an art journal? It seems like the art journal is more mixed-media, heavier paper, while your sketchbook might be more of a notebook?

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  • Is there a difference in the paper type you use for a sketchbook and an art journal? It seems like the art journal is more mixed-media, heavier paper, while your sketchbook might be more of a notebook?

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  • Is there a difference in the paper type you use for a sketchbook and an art journal? It seems like the art journal is more mixed-media, heavier paper, while your sketchbook might be more of a notebook?

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  • Is there a difference in the paper type you use for a sketchbook and an art journal? It seems like the art journal is more mixed-media, heavier paper, while your sketchbook might be more of a notebook?

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  • Yea….I have to agree with Mary and Ellen and Joyce….I don’t think I’d have gone that many layers because there were points of perfection that got buried…okay not “perfection” but certainly layers that I would’ve judged to be great and satisfying. Guess that’s the point of “art”….its all individual and specific to the eye of the creator.

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  • Yea….I have to agree with Mary and Ellen and Joyce….I don’t think I’d have gone that many layers because there were points of perfection that got buried…okay not “perfection” but certainly layers that I would’ve judged to be great and satisfying. Guess that’s the point of “art”….its all individual and specific to the eye of the creator.

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  • Yea….I have to agree with Mary and Ellen and Joyce….I don’t think I’d have gone that many layers because there were points of perfection that got buried…okay not “perfection” but certainly layers that I would’ve judged to be great and satisfying. Guess that’s the point of “art”….its all individual and specific to the eye of the creator.

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  • Yea….I have to agree with Mary and Ellen and Joyce….I don’t think I’d have gone that many layers because there were points of perfection that got buried…okay not “perfection” but certainly layers that I would’ve judged to be great and satisfying. Guess that’s the point of “art”….its all individual and specific to the eye of the creator.

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  • Yea….I have to agree with Mary and Ellen and Joyce….I don’t think I’d have gone that many layers because there were points of perfection that got buried…okay not “perfection” but certainly layers that I would’ve judged to be great and satisfying. Guess that’s the point of “art”….its all individual and specific to the eye of the creator.

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  • Yea….I have to agree with Mary and Ellen and Joyce….I don’t think I’d have gone that many layers because there were points of perfection that got buried…okay not “perfection” but certainly layers that I would’ve judged to be great and satisfying. Guess that’s the point of “art”….its all individual and specific to the eye of the creator.

    Reply
  • Yea….I have to agree with Mary and Ellen and Joyce….I don’t think I’d have gone that many layers because there were points of perfection that got buried…okay not “perfection” but certainly layers that I would’ve judged to be great and satisfying. Guess that’s the point of “art”….its all individual and specific to the eye of the creator.

    Reply

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