Art Journal Faces and Folk Art

Art journal pages created with

scraps of lined paper and maps

as the background for drawings and

an Artchix paper doll.

Collage made from

more scraps and the paper doll,

with magazine text and a 

vintage advertising image.

Art journal page:

Scraps of one of my ink drawings that

was photocopied and cut up. The 

image of the girl may be from

Artchix, but I am not sure...

You can use almost anything in
your art journal pages...

Magazine images and paper scraps

with my drawing/watercolor.

Subdued shades of watercolor

inspired by  a vintage photo.

Collage using

more scraps of drawings and watercolors,

this time brightly colored doodles...

A sketch:

I've told myself that I need to do

more sketching this year. Toddlers are

a challenging subject as they don't 

stand still much! Caught this pose

while she was watching tv.

When I want to do a quick 

journal page, a folk art flower

and a quick quote or thought

make a satisfying exercise...

Many of Emily Dickinson's poems

are quite sad, but this excerpt

speaks to me of brighter moments.

Listen for the song of hope

in your heart, and in your art!

Art Journal Faces

Watercolor, pen, and collage in

my mixed media art journal.

Sometimes song lyrics are a 

springboard for creating pages.

A quote from John Powell's book

"Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?"

about insights into personal growth

is featured on this page.

We all have many faces, or

"many hats."  I try to remember that

a person is much more than the role in which

I see them, or  simply their outward appearance.

Some days I feel like I am trying to keep up

with too many roles at once...

A constant source of material

for my artwork is art of ancient civilizations,

and almost every art movement of the past.

Well, probably not minimalist, but most

everything else.  This page features an

Alaskan mask, to which I added wings.

What subject or medium inspires you?