Friday, 27 January 2012

UKS - ART JOURNEY

I have fancied having a dabble in art journalling for a while but given I am not "arty" in the slightest as I have no drawing skills whatsoever and all the art journalling pages I have looked at on blogs are absolutely fab I never felt brave enough to have a go.

This year however there is a six month art journey on UK Scrappers led by the lovely Leanie who is a CJ teamie of mine

I have decided to join in but having a limited budget at the moment and not being sure how I will get on with this I havent gone for a fancy journal as a base just a small A6 watercolour paper pad picked up in the pound shop near my parents caravan. I am also trying to use inks, paints and pens I have and not spend any money on more stash so we will see how that goes. If I get into this then I may venture into a bigger and a better journal but we shall see.

At the EK crop last weekend Sally brough the art journal she completed last year in to show me and I decided to be brave and made a start with a little title page. I was pleased with this and thanks to Sally for the use of the stamps I used.

From the first prompt on UKS I came up with this double spread - I am not really very pleased with it - its lacking something and I will probably go back and do something else on the page but its a start at least. Im looking forward to seeing how this journey progresses and hope to do my next page for this weeks prompt at the Stewarton Crop on Sunday

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12 comments :

  1. Sian27 January 2012 at 12:54

    Well it looks like a fabulous start to me! I know exactly what you mean - I used to scrape a C in Art at school

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  2. Karen27 January 2012 at 13:12

    I love it Suzy, especially the colours you have used. I think it looks great, well done :)

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  3. Unknown27 January 2012 at 16:05

    It looks like a fab start to me Suzy. I particularly like the sentiment on the second page.

    Dee
    xx

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  4. Woobear27 January 2012 at 22:18

    That's looking really good can't wait to see the next instalment hun X

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  5. Angela Drummond28 January 2012 at 10:24

    Great start, I think I need to "jump right in" too, thanks for the inspiration

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  6. Alana28 January 2012 at 12:31

    These sre great Suzy. I like the white outlines you drew around the dotty stamp.

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  7. Carin McDonough28 January 2012 at 22:12

    I think the first pages look fantastic Suzy! :) You will probably like them more and more as you go along and start relaxing and enjoying yourself :)

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  8. Claire29 January 2012 at 10:13

    Great pages Suzy.
    C xx

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  9. fatmonica29 January 2012 at 16:11

    Great pages!Looking forward to following the rest of your journey!

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  10. salamanda29 January 2012 at 18:12

    It is a great start - next crop we should get really messy with modelling paste.

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  11. Fiona@Staring at the Sea30 January 2012 at 13:01

    They look pretty good to me. A great start to your art journal.
    Fi xx

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  12. sixofone aka Leah30 January 2012 at 14:25

    It looks lovely to me Suzy, and at least you've started. I'm still staring at my journal

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