To New Happenings

Ive been back and forth on whether I wanted to make a blog about my art journaling, I honestly do.  Ill try to post as much as possible, probably once or twice a week since ill be able to do this from my phone.  Ive done art journals off and on for the past couple years.  I recently started doing it again and Ive realized that it has helped me let out my emotions and thoughts.  I'm pretty much a beginner, I do have some things to use in my journal already.  So if you don't have any products yet, I would go get a journal, Moleskin Large Sketch Journal is what a lot of people use (ill be buying myself one of those, once im done with my current journal) or a Visual Journal by Strathmore (which is what im using, I have the 140lb pressed one because its a little more sturdier then the 90lb one).  Paint in colors you like (i use the cheap acrylic paint thats about 75 cents a peice) Paint brushes, I also use cheap ones and i have a couple more expensive ones but i would start out with cheap ones, until you know that your going to continue on this journey.  Random peices of paper, magazines, news papers, old notes and cards, wrapers from candy bar, and some scrapbook paper.  Some watercolor pencils or crayons.  You can also buy ink sprays and stencils (i just recently bought some of those).

So i hope you follow along with me, im learning to open myself up to creativity again and im hoping that by blogging about it ill continue to do it and allow myself to be ME again



PS- Just wanted to quickly add this, There will be mixed media pieces, tags, atcs,  and canvas at some point, right now im trying to stick with my journal till i feel comfortable adventuring into that, the soonest will be April probably cause i want to make my mom a mixed media bird house :)