Thursday, January 6, 2011

Art Journal Every Day - Week One...

I have been having so much fun with the Art Journal Every Day challenge! I think the most freeing thing about it has been the thought that I don't have to finish a page every day - just work on something for 10 minutes or so. I've also adopted the idea that I can just grab any journal willy nilly and work in it. No schedule - whatever I'm in the mood for - yeayyy! The results of my first week are these two finished pages:

The first one is in my doodle book...

The second one is in my watercolor sketch book - this one is for the sketchbook challenge...

I'm really happy with how each of them turned out. I'm amazed at what you can do with just a few minutes here and there. It adds up over a week's time!

Here's how the process went over the course of a week:

Friday, January 31:

I pasted the elephant illustration in my doodle book and started doodling around him during phone calls...

later in the day I started coloring with my markers...


Saturday, January 1st:

The sketchbook challenge started (click here to check it out). The theme for January is "Highly Prized." I had this photo of Willie that I love, so I decided to try to sketch it. It felt a little intimidating because I haven't sketched in years....


I told myself - just ten minutes, and don't stress about it. I was happy with how it started out (and glad I had chosen a very small book to sketch in)...

more doodling...

Sunday, January 2:
I added some white highlights with my sharpie, and decided drawing is fun again!

Later I started pasting background tidbits willy nilly into my Nancy Drew Journal...


More coloring doodles...


Tuesday, January 4:

Finished my first doodle page!


Wednesday, January 5:

Added some cool greys and finished my first sketchbook challenge page!

This 10 minutes at a time approach to art journaling is so much fun! How about you? Are you doing the sketchbook challenge and/or the Art Journaling Every Day (AJED) challenge? How's it going?

I'm looking forward to checking out Julie's update on AJED tomorrow!

Tomorrow I will be back to share some photos of a beautiful paper line designed by a friend - I just received it and can't wait to start playing!

Thanks for visiting and have an awesome day!
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8 comments:

  1. Candy BryantJanuary 6, 2011 at 1:27 AM

    Wow, Michelle. I knew you were talented, but I didn't know you could draw like that. Willie looks awesome.
    Haouli Makahiki Hou!

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  2. Julie Tucker-WolekJanuary 6, 2011 at 6:07 AM

    Loveeeeeeeeeeee that sketch of Willie...and you know I loveeeeeeeeeee your doodles!!!!!! Awesome pages, both of them! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  3. chris aJanuary 6, 2011 at 6:23 AM

    What a beautiful sketch of Willie - I love how you showed each day's progress on your pages - I am also doing the sketchbook challenge and will be posting some sketches. have a super week!

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  4. DebJanuary 6, 2011 at 7:24 AM

    You are incredibly talented! Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.

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  5. milkcanJanuary 6, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Love this post! Love seeing your progress!

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  6. MaritJanuary 6, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    It's great that you took photos in between so we can see the process... fun doodling and wonderful sketch Michelle!

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  7. McMGrad89January 6, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    You are so talented, Michelle! I love the sketch of Willie. I probably would have had to do a tracing or painted over photo. I am not confident in my perspective for sketches like that, but thanks for sharing the process for both pages. I can't wait to see more in your Nancy Drew book.

    Annemarie

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  8. ScatterJanuary 8, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Awesome work. The cat is spectacular. The Doodle Page...so reminds me of 'Peter Max'!

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