Well here we go…week two. I’m a little obsessed right now with my art journal, bear with me. First I just made new pages for the little one I started.
But that wasn’t enough so I had to create a whole new journal….
I’m taking this online class with Mary Ann Moss. I really like it. Mary Ann is a great teacher and a little quirky (I love that!). The Beekeeper says the same thing about me, I find it endearing. This is the first journal from the class. My plan was to make a journal with only watercolor paper to take with me camping for Columbus weekend, but I couldn’t seem to stick with that once I got started. I had this old children’s book in the store that was the right size for my paper. The cover was coming off anyway, so I figured it would be a good candidate for this exposed spine journal. Plus I loved the cover. But when it came right down to it my antique loving self had to keep the inside of the book with the cover. So now I have just complicated my first journal making experience. My seven, three page signatures have to each include a signature from the old book. I ended up with two signatures of just watercolor paper and five with a combo of watercolor, ledger paper and the old book sections. I’ve started putting clear gesso on the book pages to strengthen them and prepare them for watercolor (I plan to watercolor the black and white illustrations).
The rest of my creating time has been spent building a website to move my blog to. Just a switch from wordpress.com to wordpress.org, my URL will stay PatriciaFisherDesigns.com. So, Coming Soon, a new look! Here’s a little preview…
