Day 2547: "Can you teach a travel journal class?"

Nao: old photo, collage, color & digital.

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"Can you teach a travel journal class?" asked Linda.

"Yes, I think so, if my boss, Rachel okays it."

"But I'm not going anywhere?", said Connie.

"Then you can do a fantasy travel journal!"

"You can make up a destination or country."

'You can make it anything and anywhere!"

This was the inception of the class starting this Thursday.

There will be options in creating this journal,

 and variations in size, signatures and treatments.

 

Travel or fantasy journals can be made out of altered books.

Titles were not a consideration for me. I looked for thin, 

narrow hard backs to alter into future travel journals.

 

It should be fun?

starts this Thursday ...

FANTASY TRAVEL JOURNAL: WEEKLY SERIES

 

THURSDAYS | JULY 18 - AUGUST 8, 2019 | 10AM - 1PM

During this journaling workshop with Jacki Long use an actual traveling experience or make up one you would like to experience. Go to New York in the early 1900's or visit Hogwarts! Bring printouts of photos for reference and to collage with. Paint, collage, draw and more during this fun workshop. This is a fun, relaxed progressive class.

REGISTRATION: $160 for the series -or- $45 per session, and includes all materials.

  Limited seats are available for these classes, please go online for info & sign up 

 Art Supply Warehouse/Catalyst 

6672 Westminster Blvd, Westminster, CA 92683

(714) 891-3626  (800) 854-6467

A smile for Wednesday ...

 

Day 2501: In the garage, dusty.

Purple Flora: photo, collage & digital.

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2GN2S:

I like to feature artists and their work.

Today I want to share Susan Pierce, Seal Beach artist

and her work with you. 

Susan has been a student in my classes for some time now, 

but she was an artist long before that.

 

If you had a 16 pound bowling ball that was unneeded ...

maybe it would be like mine? In the garage, dusty.

Not so with Susan. 

 

She covered every square inch of the heavy sphere with ...

jewelry, 

 

chains,

 

 stones and treasures.

Susan did this on her own, 

 I asked her to bring it to class to share, 

and so I could take these photos.

You'd like Susan, like we do. 

I call her my jet-setter, 

as she will take off for Spain on a whim,

and off to Paris this month, but 

back in time for the next class in July.
Thank you Susan, you are a treasure.

A smile for Saturday ...

Day 2442: I like low maintenance plants and people.

Sarah: junk mail collage postcard.

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J. M. O: (just my opinion)

I like low maintenance plants and people.

I have no roses, eventhough they are beautiful.

I have a lot of successful succulents.

By this age, you have figured out what works for you.

What clothes work and what would be a disaster.

What foods to crave and what to avoid.

And, what people bring joy and others, not so much.

One benefit to age.

just my opinion.

When working on a postcard, not a regular postcard, but 

a stamp-person postcard, it is more difficult to exaggerate

the scale in such a limited space. Here goes ...

step 1

This is a cut down recycled box, heavy cardboard. I like the color.

step 2

Old newsprint, a glue stick & a brayer ... on my way.

I chose a Sarah Vaughn stamp & her music above, 

step 3 -5

... then added black newsprint to start.

step 6 - 10

Wanted to make sure I could fit in shoes, plus another arm.

step 11-15

Cool socks & part of Sarah's ensemble.

step 16 -18

A start on hands & a dress.

step 19 - 21

More hands & more dress detail. Polka dots, yea!

step 22 - 24

I always intended to use this red, just now got to it.

step 25 - 29

Dress, pockets & trim, nearly done.

step 30

Add marker & done? Not yet.

step 31

A touch of white marker. Done.

Now a postcard has two sides, right?

 I like to add a small collage to the address side.

step 1 -2

WW thinks this it's silly, a waste of time,

 

but I do it anyway.

Ready to address & get to the PO ...

A smile for Wednesday ...

Day 2421: A no image blog? Imagine.

(imagine some good art here)

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Doing dishes this morning, I looked out at the bluest sky.

Sometimes I just need to stop and enjoy what is in front of me.


(imagine the great photo of today's blue sky)
 

We had days and days of rain, and I like the rain.

Yesterday was cloudy, as if it wasn't done yet.

Today it was like a celebration.


(imagine the bare tree with little nubs for the future)

 

Outside my front door is a fruitless apple tree.

It is almost two storied high, lush and full in summer.

Gradually dropping yellow leaves before Christmas.

And today it's getting ready for spring, there are buds.

(imagine the up view of the bare tree against the blue sky)

I apologize, my jazzy laptop will not upload images tonight.

I have unplugged, rebooted, all that jazz, no luck.

It's like when something isn't like normal,

doesn't make sense & I feel like I am making a mistake?

2,420 days with images, 1 without!

Thank you for your patience, 

I hope to be normal soon?

 

A smile for Wednesday ...




( Please imagine... I had a really good one for you, here. I did!)