Moved

On this blog I showed my first steps in art journaling when I was taking the online course of Natalie Malik (now Mutrux :-)), which was called In The Sun .

Now I don’t post here anymore, but if you'ld like to follow my creative wanderings (fe Summer of Color, Weekend inspiration,…) you’re always welcome on my other blog !

Journal In Your Pocket (2)

At first I was thinking to buy a little notebook for the Journal In Your Pocket-course and customize it.

But as I like to try new things, I decided to make one myself. So for the first time I made a little notebook during the past few days:

And I have to say that I really like to begin from scratch and to see the project grow!

This little book isn’t finished yet, so I will add some pages during the course. But it’s a good start ;-)

As I have a very busy week ahead (with an important exam), the first pictures of my journal pages will only appear next weekend.

In the meantime I'm really looking forward to read the prompts and to see the pages of the others participants!

Journal In Your Pocket

Art journaling was a real revelation to me!

Natalie Malik’s e-course “In the sun” taught me my first steps in this whole new world.

Now we’re almost 10 months further and, although I didn’t post any pictures anymore, art journaling has become a part of my daily life.
One of my goals this year is to art journal at least 10 minutes EVERY day.
I really love the relaxing effect it has on me J

Last week Natalie organized a giveaway for the new course “Journal In Your Pocket” which she gives with Emily Dismukes.
And guess what: I won this great giveaway! The course starts next week.
Really looking forward to it!

SOC: Orange

This week’s theme of the Summer Of Color is ‘Orange’.

As I’m working on a special project I didn’t have much time for my daily art journaling.

That’s why for this theme I chose two pages I made recently:

Doubt that the stars are fire,

Doubt that the sun doth move,

Doubt truth to be a liar,

But never doubt I love.

William Shakespeare

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

42 - Water

41 - Fire

Hearing the words ‘fire’ and ‘summer’ makes me think of the sun, which is a giant burning star.

The solar flares that you see on these pictures can also induce northern (and southern) lights on earth.
A phenomenon I’m really fond of (remember my post Summer memories).

The quote I added is from William Shakespeare:

Doubt that the stars are fire,

Doubt that the sun doth move,

Doubt truth to be a liar,

But never doubt I love.

Weekend inspiration (3)

Watch the video till the end.

It’s worth it, I promise!

SOC: Purple

I just discovered the summer of color.

Maybe it’s a bit late to join now, but then again: why not? ;-)

This week’s color is purple:

I used a picture of an amethyst and wrote the following around it:

The ruby and amethyst eyes of anemones

Glow through me, fiercer than stars

Charles Brasch

40 - Summer dream job

I really liked all the jobs I did so far (health care and IT).

Maybe they are very different from each other but as I have a lot of interests you could say that each one of them reflects an aspect of my personality and that every job I apply for is in fact a dream job!

That’s also the reason I didn’t make a page.

39 - Summer resolutions

Normally this prompt consisted of making a “Resolutions re-vamp”.

As I didn’t make any resolutions in January, I changed this prompt into “Summer resolutions 2011” J

38 - Resolutions check-up

This year I didn’t make any resolutions in January.

That’s why I skipped this prompt.

37 - Summer fairs

Given the fact I didn't have much time this week and I usually don’t attend any summer fair, I skipped this prompt.

36 - Summer patterns

Do I fall into a certain pattern in the summer time?

(+ incorporate a visual pattern in the page)

This picture was taken recently when I went visiting the royal gardens.

I changed the contrast to highlight the pattern.

Furthermore I wrote something about my changing sleep-wake rhythm during summer (I tend to stay up later) and a few quotes/poems around the picture:

§  In winter I get up at night
and dress by yellow candle light.
In summer quite the other way
I have to go to bed by day.
Robert Louis Stevenson

§  Oh, the summer night
has a smile of light
and she sits on a sapphire throne.
Barry Cornwall

§  Een heldere nacht
De maan regeert de hemel
Een halo als kroon
Valerie Thirifays

Weekend inspiration (2)

The past week we did explore our five summer senses.

One of them was ‘Sound’ and that’s also the theme of my weekend inspiration post this week.

All the In the sun-students are creative in their art journals, but how can an artist be creative in his music playing?

By playing unusual music instruments or by playing usual music instruments in an unusual way.

What do you think of the ‘Glass Duo’?

And here is my all time favorite:
the MozArt Group (Grupa Mo’Carta of Poland) !

Saw them once in real and they are amazing!!!

35 - Senses: Scent

What scents do I associate summer with?

§  the smell of fresh cut grass in the garden

§  salty air when you walk along the beach

§  summer fruit like strawberries,…

§  flowers that smell good

§  …

I don’t know why, but when I hear the word ‘scent’ it always makes me think of the film title ‘Scent of a woman’.

As Latin dances also remind me of summer, here is the tango they dance in that movie ;-)

34 - Senses: Taste

33 - Senses: Sound

Which sounds remind me of summer?

A few of the sounds which remind me of summer:

§  laughter (when the sun shines in general people are more happy)

§  lawn mowers

§  aeroplanes, filled with people who are going abroad

§  music (on summer festivals, out of cars with open windows,…)

§  animals: birds, bees,…

That last one reminded me of the song ‘The birds and the bees’ of Jewel Akens :-D

32 - Senses: Touch

What do I FEEL during summer?

In the blue ‘waterlines’ you can read:

§  the warmth of the sun on my skin

§  cold ice cream or sparkling water

§  a nice summer breeze

§  the laundry that feels soft and fluffy

§  sand on the beach

§  sweat because of the warm temperatures

Natalie challenged us to create as much texture as possible on this page. One of my favorite ways to do that is to use aluminum foil. Furthermore I used cotton pads and crocheted flowers.

31 - Senses: Sight

What do I SEE during summer?

WEEK 5 & 6

An overview of the past two weeks: