Art Journaling

Lately I've been admiring some of the art journal pages I come across on Pinterest. I have always loved doodling and art, and I used to draw all the time. But it's been a long time! I thought about it for awhile, but finally decided I'd buy a book and try my hand at art journaling. Here are a couple of pages I stumbled across that I really like.

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I got this notebook at Michael's. The pages are thicker than regular drawing paper. I really wanted watercolor paper instead, but I couldn't find any notebooks, only pads. So I went with this. And Staples recently had 12 packs of Sharpies on sale for $3, so I helped myself to a few.

I wasn't really sure where to start, but I just started doodling.

I misjudged my spacing, so I ended up with space at the bottom. I didn't want to start the rainbow over, or have a huge chunk of purple, so I wrote "just begin" which is what I'm doing. I thought it fit well. Quit thinking about what to do and just do it, ya know?

When I bought my journal, they were buy one, get one free, so I decided to get Layla one as well. She has a horrible habit of drawing on everything (paper, walls, beds, furniture... she's 7, we should be past this stage!). I'm hoping maybe this will help direct her creativity to paper, not my freaking walls. I guess she was inspired by my page, this is her first page.

I was showing her some other pages I had saved to Pinterest, and she wanted to make one like this. (source).

Here's her version. I did the lettering on top and the boxes.

Have you done any art journaling? I've only done that one page so far, but I'm ready to do more. Do you have any favorite online places for inspiration?

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