Dear All You can find my art and journals at my art house: www.tatt22dgoddess.com These include: Shell Jounral Scrap Art Journals Altered Books Travel Journals...
bought a composition book today, paints etc etc. how do you prepare a book to start, looking at it is so intimidating and scary, any help would be greatly...
on starting a new comp book -- first thing i would do is to get out some cheapie acrylic paints (or any kind of paints) and randomly start painting pages. then...
I was just wondering what would happen if you copy the flickr URL for a photo into a message to the group, if it would show up on the website or in people's...
Nope, doesn't show up on the site, probably not in emails either. Oh well, it was worth a try. Dawn http://on-the-banks-of-bay-creek.blogspot.com/ - updated...
Ellen, Jill had good advice. Also, try and remember that this is supposed to be fun. The compo books are cheap, cheap. Nobody has to see it if you don't want...
Dawn, when I clicked on the first URL and waited a while, a picture came up. It's the one you did during Bible study! Didn't get a chance to click on the...
the Flickr link shows a page, Dawn! Ellen: I am also new to compostion book art and cannot access the simplest supplies that everyone else uses. I try to work...
... For those who are working with limited materials, have you looked at any of the work of James Castle? I only mention it, because I think his work and life...
How about a weekly challenge to stir things up a bit? Look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/winggleam/88600564/in/set-1829007/ for a bit of inspiration and make...
Dawn, I am on digest and your test came through as a link. I really enjoyed looking at your journal by clicking the link. I don't have a lot of time to spend...
Mission Complete, Ma'am. I enjoyed this challenge. Here is my link :) http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-9ntTbYMzd6.2sz4yKQ4hTnC_19RQ?p=236 Tesse ... -- Tesse...
That is so cool! I never do anything so quickly and well. And in the 'middle' of the night, too. I did manage to paint a couple pages (the waiting for them...
finished first page on quitting smoking, painted 2nd set of pages blue for our current weather conditions, then will do the favorite animal and then the grid...
I apply my paint with a fake credit card, so it goes on pretty thinly. I used to use a paintbrush, but I found that some of the pages in my old journals stick...
Lol Thanks Katharine. I envy your daring with stamps.. it always turns ugly when I use them. I think they intimadate me. ... Tesse ... -- Tesse Livingston ATC...
It just seems a lot of work to paint the pages just so I can draw on them,
but I like the smooth feel of the comp books and I'm not intimidated because
they...
My local dollar stores will have them once in a while. Keep checking in with them and see if you find anything that strikes you! A lot of times, too, they'll...
Yes, there are no-line comp books :o) Roaring Springs makes one, but the only place I can find them locally is a university book store. You can contact the...
I've seen two types of comp books. There are the fully lined pages like most of us use, and they make some with the top half blank, bottom half lined. I don't...
Debi - Michaels in the art department carries spiral-bound field sketch books with blank pages that are wonderful for art journaling....but then I guess we...
Tesse, Thanks for posting the tip-ins tutorial. Your instructions are so clear and easy to understand. Warm wishes from South Carolina Emily Hi All, I created...
Dear All Please fell free to check out my new journal 'Hold' at my art site click on this link: http://tinyurl.com/2sdvt9 'Hold' is rough and grundgy just like...
I actually found a blank one for the very first time! It had a brown marble cover and was labeled "Laboratory Composition Book". It was .99 and was with the...
Thank you Tesse for your tutorial. I'll be using it a lot. Donna Bruffey Charlottesville VA ... "Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings...
Sharon, Just checked out your new journal. Very cool. I just love these vibrant colors, and The Measure of Reality statement is really perceptive. Thanks ...