I joined Life Book 2014!! Hurray. It’s a year long mixed media art journaling course run by the delightful Tamara Laporte, more info here http://willowinglove.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page_4.html The first few lessons explored our word for the year, we learnt more about colour theory and drawing an anatomically proportioned face. Here is my first ever stylised painted portrait,…
Category: Art journaling
Nature Journaling – Elmstead Woods
During the summer I did a wildflower survey in Elmstead Woods (South East London) for Plantlife.com and collected leaves from some of the plants I saw. I decided to make a nature journal page using paper copies of the leaves and thought I’d share how I made it. Firstly I pasted a brown paper bag…
Art Journaling
During most of January I tried my hand at art journaling. It’s a mixture of art, craft and diary discovered through the millions of Youtube videos dedicated to the hobby. I aim to make more nature/science inspired pages soon and will post them up here :) The image above features a character inspired by William…