August Art Journal

I again embarked last month on an art journal every day. I usually try to work on some type of art – whether it’s working on paper or cloth every day, but I love the discipline of a page a day in my art journal.

Because I am a journal writer and want to make sure I check in with myself every day, each page included the weather (sunny, cloudy etc), how I was feeling that day, and something I was thankful for. Some days did include what was going on that day. Other pages were just different techniques I wanted to try.

So here are some of the pages from my August art journal. I made the outside cover from one of my paint cloths. For the inside of the cover I used a piece of my snow-dyed fabric. I added batting between the two fabrics and then did some free-motion stitching. That helped to make the cover more sturdy. I think next time I’ll make the cover using a stiff interfacing or even felt, instead of the batting.

To prevent paint from getting on the cover, I attached it to the pages after they were all completed.

Front of August art journal
Front of August art journal
Back of August art journal
Back of August art journal
Inside and page 1
Inside and page 1

Ocean woman
Ocean woman

I’ll blog more about Ocean Woman later!

 

Here’s my Summer stencil page I blogged about the other day.

What great fun! As I mentioned before, I love the discipline of making a page a day. Thanks for dropping by to see my art journal.