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So last week I covered a page I made over seven days, in less than ten minutes each day. (You can check out Sherry's super fun take on it, right here.) Today I thought I'd share a page that took about the same amount of time, but all in one sitting. And I think it's a very different result — more superficial and less detailed and interesting. But I'll let you be the judge.
Here's a Fast Forward video of me creating it:
I like the page, but it doesn't have the depth of last week's. I think sometimes it's not the amount of time you spend on it, but it's the amount of days. Letting things percolate and sit. Coming back to the table fresh and excited each day. It's different. I think I'm becoming a sprinter rather than a marathoner.
What do you think? Do you like to create it all at once or over time?
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this is really nice!!!
this is really nice!!!
this is really nice!!!
this is really nice!!!
Whoa! That video is a real jaw dropper! I can’t believe you can do that so fast. Even without the fast forward, that is amazing confidence in your art. Did you have it planned in your head before you started or did you just go with it? Love how you hand cut those missing letters. Didn’t even notice it on the photos.
Whoa! That video is a real jaw dropper! I can’t believe you can do that so fast. Even without the fast forward, that is amazing confidence in your art. Did you have it planned in your head before you started or did you just go with it? Love how you hand cut those missing letters. Didn’t even notice it on the photos.
Whoa! That video is a real jaw dropper! I can’t believe you can do that so fast. Even without the fast forward, that is amazing confidence in your art. Did you have it planned in your head before you started or did you just go with it? Love how you hand cut those missing letters. Didn’t even notice it on the photos.
Whoa! That video is a real jaw dropper! I can’t believe you can do that so fast. Even without the fast forward, that is amazing confidence in your art. Did you have it planned in your head before you started or did you just go with it? Love how you hand cut those missing letters. Didn’t even notice it on the photos.
Hello! This is really a great video! To answer your question I usually create over time, letting sit things sit. When I create all at once I am often less pleased with the result.
Hello! This is really a great video! To answer your question I usually create over time, letting sit things sit. When I create all at once I am often less pleased with the result.
Hello! This is really a great video! To answer your question I usually create over time, letting sit things sit. When I create all at once I am often less pleased with the result.
Hello! This is really a great video! To answer your question I usually create over time, letting sit things sit. When I create all at once I am often less pleased with the result.
What kind of journal do you use? I don’t remember ever reading it in one of your posts… but I would love to know.
What kind of journal do you use? I don’t remember ever reading it in one of your posts… but I would love to know.
What kind of journal do you use? I don’t remember ever reading it in one of your posts… but I would love to know.
What kind of journal do you use? I don’t remember ever reading it in one of your posts… but I would love to know.
Great video. I think some days I’m a sprinter and some days a marathon creator. When everything is aligned in the world creating just flows through me and I don’t have to think a lot about what’s happening, just believe in the process. Other days I think too much and have to step back and give the project time to grow at it’s own pace. I think I like the sprinting better but I don’t feel that I have the control to decide which one is going to happen. Thanks for the great post, it really got me thinking!
Great video. I think some days I’m a sprinter and some days a marathon creator. When everything is aligned in the world creating just flows through me and I don’t have to think a lot about what’s happening, just believe in the process. Other days I think too much and have to step back and give the project time to grow at it’s own pace. I think I like the sprinting better but I don’t feel that I have the control to decide which one is going to happen. Thanks for the great post, it really got me thinking!
Great video. I think some days I’m a sprinter and some days a marathon creator. When everything is aligned in the world creating just flows through me and I don’t have to think a lot about what’s happening, just believe in the process. Other days I think too much and have to step back and give the project time to grow at it’s own pace. I think I like the sprinting better but I don’t feel that I have the control to decide which one is going to happen. Thanks for the great post, it really got me thinking!
Great video. I think some days I’m a sprinter and some days a marathon creator. When everything is aligned in the world creating just flows through me and I don’t have to think a lot about what’s happening, just believe in the process. Other days I think too much and have to step back and give the project time to grow at it’s own pace. I think I like the sprinting better but I don’t feel that I have the control to decide which one is going to happen. Thanks for the great post, it really got me thinking!
In response to your question, i have done both. Creating something all it oncae for me means i have to be open to the spontanaeity of the work. This requires being open and less critical of the work. It requires aCCEPTANCE. This can be so freeing. Working over time requires me to know when to stop and sometimes that is tricky for me. “i need to stop and ask if the next thing, layer, color, etc., I add to the piece will take it where i want to go.
In response to your question, i have done both. Creating something all it oncae for me means i have to be open to the spontanaeity of the work. This requires being open and less critical of the work. It requires aCCEPTANCE. This can be so freeing. Working over time requires me to know when to stop and sometimes that is tricky for me. “i need to stop and ask if the next thing, layer, color, etc., I add to the piece will take it where i want to go.
In response to your question, i have done both. Creating something all it oncae for me means i have to be open to the spontanaeity of the work. This requires being open and less critical of the work. It requires aCCEPTANCE. This can be so freeing. Working over time requires me to know when to stop and sometimes that is tricky for me. “i need to stop and ask if the next thing, layer, color, etc., I add to the piece will take it where i want to go.
In response to your question, i have done both. Creating something all it oncae for me means i have to be open to the spontanaeity of the work. This requires being open and less critical of the work. It requires aCCEPTANCE. This can be so freeing. Working over time requires me to know when to stop and sometimes that is tricky for me. “i need to stop and ask if the next thing, layer, color, etc., I add to the piece will take it where i want to go.
You inspire me so much.. Thank you for sharing you art with al off us…Viv
You inspire me so much.. Thank you for sharing you art with al off us…Viv
You inspire me so much.. Thank you for sharing you art with al off us…Viv
You inspire me so much.. Thank you for sharing you art with al off us…Viv
Oh my word! Thanks for showing us how you do your pages…it is totally doable…I CAN DO THAT! ha!
I’m dying to know where you got the face stencils???
Oh my word! Thanks for showing us how you do your pages…it is totally doable…I CAN DO THAT! ha!
I’m dying to know where you got the face stencils???
Oh my word! Thanks for showing us how you do your pages…it is totally doable…I CAN DO THAT! ha!
I’m dying to know where you got the face stencils???
Oh my word! Thanks for showing us how you do your pages…it is totally doable…I CAN DO THAT! ha!
I’m dying to know where you got the face stencils???
WOW I think it has quite a bit of depth. We are all critical of our own work and amazed on how many people like it. I try to do a page in one sitting. If I walk away it’s because it’s 1AM and I have to get up at 6 to go to work!
WOW I think it has quite a bit of depth. We are all critical of our own work and amazed on how many people like it. I try to do a page in one sitting. If I walk away it’s because it’s 1AM and I have to get up at 6 to go to work!
WOW I think it has quite a bit of depth. We are all critical of our own work and amazed on how many people like it. I try to do a page in one sitting. If I walk away it’s because it’s 1AM and I have to get up at 6 to go to work!
WOW I think it has quite a bit of depth. We are all critical of our own work and amazed on how many people like it. I try to do a page in one sitting. If I walk away it’s because it’s 1AM and I have to get up at 6 to go to work!
Love the video and the music (theme song to one of my favorite 70’s movies ever!)
Sometimes I create a page in one sitting, but it’s usually over several days. In fact, I have one right now that I’ve been working on for over a week!
Love the video and the music (theme song to one of my favorite 70’s movies ever!)
Sometimes I create a page in one sitting, but it’s usually over several days. In fact, I have one right now that I’ve been working on for over a week!
Love the video and the music (theme song to one of my favorite 70’s movies ever!)
Sometimes I create a page in one sitting, but it’s usually over several days. In fact, I have one right now that I’ve been working on for over a week!
Love the video and the music (theme song to one of my favorite 70’s movies ever!)
Sometimes I create a page in one sitting, but it’s usually over several days. In fact, I have one right now that I’ve been working on for over a week!
The value of creating and adding on a daily basis is sinking in!
The value of creating and adding on a daily basis is sinking in!
The value of creating and adding on a daily basis is sinking in!
The value of creating and adding on a daily basis is sinking in!
Over time usually works the best for me. Even when I do all the artwork in one sitting, I go back later to journal. Loved the video and think the spread was just as meaningful as the previous example. Like someone said, we are too critical of our own stuff.
Over time usually works the best for me. Even when I do all the artwork in one sitting, I go back later to journal. Loved the video and think the spread was just as meaningful as the previous example. Like someone said, we are too critical of our own stuff.
Over time usually works the best for me. Even when I do all the artwork in one sitting, I go back later to journal. Loved the video and think the spread was just as meaningful as the previous example. Like someone said, we are too critical of our own stuff.
Over time usually works the best for me. Even when I do all the artwork in one sitting, I go back later to journal. Loved the video and think the spread was just as meaningful as the previous example. Like someone said, we are too critical of our own stuff.
The face stencils are my own design. They should be available in a few weeks. 🙂
The face stencils are my own design. They should be available in a few weeks. 🙂
The face stencils are my own design. They should be available in a few weeks. 🙂
The face stencils are my own design. They should be available in a few weeks. 🙂
I use a lot of different journals. This particular one is a watercolor HandBook (thats the brand) in 8.5×11.
I use a lot of different journals. This particular one is a watercolor HandBook (thats the brand) in 8.5×11.
I use a lot of different journals. This particular one is a watercolor HandBook (thats the brand) in 8.5×11.
I use a lot of different journals. This particular one is a watercolor HandBook (thats the brand) in 8.5×11.
I dont generally plan it out. I just kind of go, go, go! And do what feels right.
I dont generally plan it out. I just kind of go, go, go! And do what feels right.
I dont generally plan it out. I just kind of go, go, go! And do what feels right.
I dont generally plan it out. I just kind of go, go, go! And do what feels right.
I searched on The Crafter’s Workshop page and saw one similar, did you design those too? Way cool!
I searched on The Crafter’s Workshop page and saw one similar, did you design those too? Way cool!
I searched on The Crafter’s Workshop page and saw one similar, did you design those too? Way cool!
I searched on The Crafter’s Workshop page and saw one similar, did you design those too? Way cool!
Yep, I did! 🙂
Yep, I did! 🙂
Yep, I did! 🙂
Yep, I did! 🙂
I used to have no problem working in production line form and letting the art breezily “reveal” itself without any forethought, though some responsibilities at home & work have changed how much time I spend on this process. This week I’m on stay-cation & decided to try journaling a little everyday as you outlined it; realizing with glee how well that simple adjustment in my approach really works! So glad I found your classes & this blog Julie!
I used to have no problem working in production line form and letting the art breezily “reveal” itself without any forethought, though some responsibilities at home & work have changed how much time I spend on this process. This week I’m on stay-cation & decided to try journaling a little everyday as you outlined it; realizing with glee how well that simple adjustment in my approach really works! So glad I found your classes & this blog Julie!
I used to have no problem working in production line form and letting the art breezily “reveal” itself without any forethought, though some responsibilities at home & work have changed how much time I spend on this process. This week I’m on stay-cation & decided to try journaling a little everyday as you outlined it; realizing with glee how well that simple adjustment in my approach really works! So glad I found your classes & this blog Julie!
I used to have no problem working in production line form and letting the art breezily “reveal” itself without any forethought, though some responsibilities at home & work have changed how much time I spend on this process. This week I’m on stay-cation & decided to try journaling a little everyday as you outlined it; realizing with glee how well that simple adjustment in my approach really works! So glad I found your classes & this blog Julie!
As for painting, I’m too much of a novice to say, but as a scrapbooker, I definitely find myself to be a sprinter than a marathoner, so I imagine the same will apply to whatever I do with painting.. Love your painting today!
As for painting, I’m too much of a novice to say, but as a scrapbooker, I definitely find myself to be a sprinter than a marathoner, so I imagine the same will apply to whatever I do with painting.. Love your painting today!
As for painting, I’m too much of a novice to say, but as a scrapbooker, I definitely find myself to be a sprinter than a marathoner, so I imagine the same will apply to whatever I do with painting.. Love your painting today!
As for painting, I’m too much of a novice to say, but as a scrapbooker, I definitely find myself to be a sprinter than a marathoner, so I imagine the same will apply to whatever I do with painting.. Love your painting today!
I love to see you work… it’s so different from me! I’m the slow type… I never use the heatgun to dry because the drying time gives me time to think about my next step. My pages take time. I sometimes create them in one day, but I have all day to work on them then and I work on several at one time, so I can step away from one, work on another and come back to the ‘first’ one later.
I love to see you work… it’s so different from me! I’m the slow type… I never use the heatgun to dry because the drying time gives me time to think about my next step. My pages take time. I sometimes create them in one day, but I have all day to work on them then and I work on several at one time, so I can step away from one, work on another and come back to the ‘first’ one later.
I love to see you work… it’s so different from me! I’m the slow type… I never use the heatgun to dry because the drying time gives me time to think about my next step. My pages take time. I sometimes create them in one day, but I have all day to work on them then and I work on several at one time, so I can step away from one, work on another and come back to the ‘first’ one later.
I love to see you work… it’s so different from me! I’m the slow type… I never use the heatgun to dry because the drying time gives me time to think about my next step. My pages take time. I sometimes create them in one day, but I have all day to work on them then and I work on several at one time, so I can step away from one, work on another and come back to the ‘first’ one later.
I could watch your videos for hours.
I could watch your videos for hours.
I could watch your videos for hours.
I could watch your videos for hours.
Julie, where did you get the face stencils from? I love how you can create the eyes, nose and mouth with a stencil! Please tell me if I can purchase it/them and where? Thanks, Maggie
Julie, where did you get the face stencils from? I love how you can create the eyes, nose and mouth with a stencil! Please tell me if I can purchase it/them and where? Thanks, Maggie
Julie, where did you get the face stencils from? I love how you can create the eyes, nose and mouth with a stencil! Please tell me if I can purchase it/them and where? Thanks, Maggie
Julie, where did you get the face stencils from? I love how you can create the eyes, nose and mouth with a stencil! Please tell me if I can purchase it/them and where? Thanks, Maggie
Its a stencil I designed and will be available online very soon!
Its a stencil I designed and will be available online very soon!
Its a stencil I designed and will be available online very soon!
Its a stencil I designed and will be available online very soon!
I love her hair!!! I enjoyed watching the process.
I love her hair!!! I enjoyed watching the process.
I love her hair!!! I enjoyed watching the process.
I love her hair!!! I enjoyed watching the process.
I adore your work! When I found your blog and watched your video’s I was beside myself!!! Amazing! I want to try some of this type of art and have looked high and low for the Crafter’s Workshop face template but so far I have not been about to find them.. Any suggestions?
I adore your work! When I found your blog and watched your video’s I was beside myself!!! Amazing! I want to try some of this type of art and have looked high and low for the Crafter’s Workshop face template but so far I have not been about to find them.. Any suggestions?
I adore your work! When I found your blog and watched your video’s I was beside myself!!! Amazing! I want to try some of this type of art and have looked high and low for the Crafter’s Workshop face template but so far I have not been about to find them.. Any suggestions?
I adore your work! When I found your blog and watched your video’s I was beside myself!!! Amazing! I want to try some of this type of art and have looked high and low for the Crafter’s Workshop face template but so far I have not been about to find them.. Any suggestions?
As always SO inspiring! I love when you post a video and get a peek at your process. I will be on the watch for your face stencils as well. 🙂
As always SO inspiring! I love when you post a video and get a peek at your process. I will be on the watch for your face stencils as well. 🙂
As always SO inspiring! I love when you post a video and get a peek at your process. I will be on the watch for your face stencils as well. 🙂
As always SO inspiring! I love when you post a video and get a peek at your process. I will be on the watch for your face stencils as well. 🙂
Julie, THANK YOU for posting the video. I love watching the process. Your post on the long process,and now this one, really spoke/speaks to me because this is what I have been struggling with… Completing something just to complete it and not really appreciating the process or the end result. I don’t know if I’m a sprinter or a marathoner though – I guess I just need to know when to stop and when to go. =)
Julie, THANK YOU for posting the video. I love watching the process. Your post on the long process,and now this one, really spoke/speaks to me because this is what I have been struggling with… Completing something just to complete it and not really appreciating the process or the end result. I don’t know if I’m a sprinter or a marathoner though – I guess I just need to know when to stop and when to go. =)
Julie, THANK YOU for posting the video. I love watching the process. Your post on the long process,and now this one, really spoke/speaks to me because this is what I have been struggling with… Completing something just to complete it and not really appreciating the process or the end result. I don’t know if I’m a sprinter or a marathoner though – I guess I just need to know when to stop and when to go. =)
Julie, THANK YOU for posting the video. I love watching the process. Your post on the long process,and now this one, really spoke/speaks to me because this is what I have been struggling with… Completing something just to complete it and not really appreciating the process or the end result. I don’t know if I’m a sprinter or a marathoner though – I guess I just need to know when to stop and when to go. =)
For one – I cannot wait until your stencils are available!! Secondly, – I LOVE LOVE LOVE your fast forward videos – so full of amazing inspiration. A big problem I have is working on something and then feeling weird to cover part of it up and then I see you will gesso over a completed canvas – who does that?!! An artist does, that’s who! Always interesting to me to see the evolution of where your completed work starts – so seldom with the initial idea yet always just right!
For one – I cannot wait until your stencils are available!! Secondly, – I LOVE LOVE LOVE your fast forward videos – so full of amazing inspiration. A big problem I have is working on something and then feeling weird to cover part of it up and then I see you will gesso over a completed canvas – who does that?!! An artist does, that’s who! Always interesting to me to see the evolution of where your completed work starts – so seldom with the initial idea yet always just right!
For one – I cannot wait until your stencils are available!! Secondly, – I LOVE LOVE LOVE your fast forward videos – so full of amazing inspiration. A big problem I have is working on something and then feeling weird to cover part of it up and then I see you will gesso over a completed canvas – who does that?!! An artist does, that’s who! Always interesting to me to see the evolution of where your completed work starts – so seldom with the initial idea yet always just right!
For one – I cannot wait until your stencils are available!! Secondly, – I LOVE LOVE LOVE your fast forward videos – so full of amazing inspiration. A big problem I have is working on something and then feeling weird to cover part of it up and then I see you will gesso over a completed canvas – who does that?!! An artist does, that’s who! Always interesting to me to see the evolution of where your completed work starts – so seldom with the initial idea yet always just right!
I always love watching you work, Julie. Those face stencils are brilliant; I never thought of something like that! I definitely do better to do a journal page/spread all at once, or I totally lose my train of thought, my flow, my feel for the page. Things don’t “hang together” nearly as well if I keep coming back and trying to add little bits here and there. And that goes for other projects, too. I’m trying to do some very small scale collages in a fairly disjointed manner, and I’m not happy with how they are turning out; I’d rather sit down and do each one in its entirety.
I always love watching you work, Julie. Those face stencils are brilliant; I never thought of something like that! I definitely do better to do a journal page/spread all at once, or I totally lose my train of thought, my flow, my feel for the page. Things don’t “hang together” nearly as well if I keep coming back and trying to add little bits here and there. And that goes for other projects, too. I’m trying to do some very small scale collages in a fairly disjointed manner, and I’m not happy with how they are turning out; I’d rather sit down and do each one in its entirety.
I always love watching you work, Julie. Those face stencils are brilliant; I never thought of something like that! I definitely do better to do a journal page/spread all at once, or I totally lose my train of thought, my flow, my feel for the page. Things don’t “hang together” nearly as well if I keep coming back and trying to add little bits here and there. And that goes for other projects, too. I’m trying to do some very small scale collages in a fairly disjointed manner, and I’m not happy with how they are turning out; I’d rather sit down and do each one in its entirety.
I always love watching you work, Julie. Those face stencils are brilliant; I never thought of something like that! I definitely do better to do a journal page/spread all at once, or I totally lose my train of thought, my flow, my feel for the page. Things don’t “hang together” nearly as well if I keep coming back and trying to add little bits here and there. And that goes for other projects, too. I’m trying to do some very small scale collages in a fairly disjointed manner, and I’m not happy with how they are turning out; I’d rather sit down and do each one in its entirety.
Theyre not available everywhere yet, hopefully by September. 🙂
Theyre not available everywhere yet, hopefully by September. 🙂
Theyre not available everywhere yet, hopefully by September. 🙂
Theyre not available everywhere yet, hopefully by September. 🙂
Hi Julie, what water soluble crayons are you using in this video? It moved too fast! I love the variety in color. Please do tell, I’ve gotta have it!
Hi Julie, what water soluble crayons are you using in this video? It moved too fast! I love the variety in color. Please do tell, I’ve gotta have it!
Hi Julie, what water soluble crayons are you using in this video? It moved too fast! I love the variety in color. Please do tell, I’ve gotta have it!
Hi Julie, what water soluble crayons are you using in this video? It moved too fast! I love the variety in color. Please do tell, I’ve gotta have it!
Alina: Theyre Caran dAche – LOVE them!
Alina: Theyre Caran dAche – LOVE them!
Alina: Theyre Caran dAche – LOVE them!
Alina: Theyre Caran dAche – LOVE them!