Art Journaling 102: Spotlight on Julie Pritchard’s Blog!
Published February 22, 2012 |
by Julie Ann Shahin, Social Media Team
by Julie Ann Shahin, Social Media Team
This week we have a new exciting blog to feature: Julie Pritchard!
About Julie Pritchard via her Facebook Page: “I was born and raised in San Diego, a city that plays an important roll in the intriguing multicultural and multifaceted larger art colony called Southern California.
While other kids were forced to sit idly as their mothers systematically searched hordes of wallpaper samples in hellishly large books my mom towed me to art stores to explore a myriad of wondrous art supplies. But it wasn’t until high school that my creative urge was truly awakened by an inspiring photography teacher. Receiving a few local awards prompted me to seek a profession that was equally creative and fulfilling. I obtained a degree from the Gemology Institute of America that not only included the grading of gemstones but gave me an appreciation of the natural beauty of gems and their artful transformation into pieces of jewelry.
My professional time as a gemologist came to an end with the birth of my daughter, an event that saw the beginning of my career as an artist.
I have one non-negotiable prerequisite and that is the ongoing examination of my own motives in the creative process yielding art that is both original and personal.
My daughter and I? Well, we now go exploring the isles of artist supplies together as I once did many years ago with my mom.”
Links:
- Julie Pritchard’s Website
- Julie Pritchard’s Online Mixed Media Workshops
- Julie Pritchard’s Tutorials
- Julie Pritchard on Facebook
- Julie Pritchard on Pinterest
- Julie Pritchard on Youtube
- Julie Pritchard on Twitter
We Love
We love this page by Julie Pritchard at her blog post Whirldwind.Summer.
Be Inspired:
Create an art journal page inspired by the title Yesterday/Today as seen on Julie’s page above. Bonus: Relate it to the theme of the month (i.e. My Vision for 2012 – February: Knowledge).
Upload the page to your blog, photobucket.com, or favorite gallery and link it to this blog post so we can give you lots of praise!
Inspiration from the Studio Tangie Creative Team: Yesterday/Today
Heather aka sparklyduck75
Heather: I used to be so sure of everything in my teens and early 20s, and now the thing I’m most certain of is that I really don’t know much at all. I like it better this way. I love the Hemingway quote, “How little we know of what there is to know.”
Credits: BY TANGIE BAXTER, products from: At the Ballet; Arsenic and Old Lace; Aviary Dreaming; Dia de los Muertos 3; Queen of Cakes; Oh What Rapture; She Found Her Bliss; What I Love to Do; and AJC 2011 Parcel 20. OTHER: Black velvet border from Elegance by Moo’s Scraps. FONTS: Tweedledee Alternate; Monika.
Valentina aka zotova
Journaling: Time is a relative concept. Each person puts in the individual maintenance.
For me “yesterday” is my work and my house. “Today” is photoshop, digiscrap, new friends, forums, English language, Internet, my blog, camera, photographing… The establishment of my border between “yesterday” and “today” has occurred in 2006-2007…
Credits: Dream Spilling By Tangie, Fashion Bee {Ultimate Art Doll Collab} W/ BONUS! Assembled Dolls By Tangie, Fonts: Art Journal Caravan 2011 Provisions {Parcel 08} Apprentice Art Box Edition By Tangie, Dodo [Art Journaling Font] By Tangie, Bread & Butterfly [Art Journaling Font] By Tangie
Julie Ann
Poem by Emily Dickinson:
Yesterday is History,
‘Tis so far away
Yesterday is Poetry
‘Tis Philosophy
Yesterday is mystery
Where it is Today
While we shrewdly speculate
Flutter both away
I found this poem by Emily Dickinson that deals with the subject of Yesterday and Today. I believe the last two lines “While we shrewdly speculate/Flutter both away” is the lesson to be learnt that life is meant to be lived in the moment, also known as “Carpe Diem!” I translated this into my page with the colors and word art that I selected. This is an all digi page that I wanted to make it look as if it were hybrid.
Credits: BY STUDIO TANGIE: AJC Parcel 5, AJC Parcel 9, AJC Parcel 20, AJC 2011 Expedition, Deconstructed No. 2, Deconstructed No. 3, Enchanted Art Box with SherrieJD, Graffiti Papers, Cartography Set 9 Sea Papers, ARTist Sheet #868, Je T’adore with Rebecca McMeen, Gypsy Call 2, Perennial Paperie, Curious Adventures Curious Elements Lot #79c, Haute Soiree, Ink Incorporated, Arsenic and Old Lace Word Art, Steampunk Bandwagon Word Art (altered), Studio Box Workshop #1 Word Art, AJC 11 Parcel 30 (gesso), Splatter Graffiti Breathe. OTHER: Poetry – More Dirty Words by CrowAbout StudioB, Yesterday/History/Today – Date Words by Audrey Neal
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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Highlights of Week 6
Published February 19, 2012 | I’m so excited to bring you a new collection of highlights from the Art Journal Caravan. There is so much going on in the forums and gallery, I’m simply blown away! I’m very fortunate to be a part of this journey with these amazingly talented girls and cherish the opportunity to be able to show off a few of the pages that they post. I hope you’ll take a moment to go over to the Art Journal Caravan Gallery and take a look at all the inspiration there and maybe even leave a few words of encouragement for the girls.
Ready to see some art?
Release by AnnyLaurie
I love the soft shades of pink and the dancing silhouette, I think it’s a perfect representation of the artist’s word for the year.
Color – Red, Orange, Yellow by danadew
It always makes me happy to see new artists trying their hand at art journaling and I think this one is fantastic!
Enigma by mimisgirl
Isn’t this bright colorful page fun? I like all the depth and the pretty colors. I’ll bet the artist is more than an enigma to many of us…
My Brain Adrift by enelya
This page takes my breath away. There is so much depth here and I can feel the artist’s emotion coming out on the page.
Week 6 #1: Not Today by rabbit
I’m in awe of all the journaling on this page. The artist was very expressive of her emotions through her words and through the very powerful imagery she used.
From Soldier to Retirement by 2curlyheadedmonsters
I chose this page because I have a deep admiration for our troops and the families they’ve cultivated. I wanted to give a nod to this wife (and artist) and wish her family the best in their new journey.
Decision from dark to light by rarou47
I thought this page was very well done and I loved the idea of the map key at the bottom.
Thanks for joining me for another week of highlights. Don’t forget to check in next Sunday for more great inspiration. Until then… I’ll see ya on the trail.
“I Don’t Have Anything to Journal About” Myth-Buster Prompt #3
Published February 15, 2012 | Welcome to our “I Don’t Have Anything to Journal About” Myth-Buster Prompt #3!
If you could bring one character to life from your favorite book, who would it be?
Journal your thoughts and upload your page to your blog or favorite gallery. Link it up in the comments of this blog post.
by Julie Ann Shahin, Social Media Team
Since my favorite book from adulthood is autobiographical, I thought it would be fun to use the favorite book(s) from my childhood for this prompt: the Anne of Green Gable series. If you aren’t familiar with this book, it’s about the life of Anne Shirley. You meet her after Marilla Cuthbert convinces her brother, whom she lives with, to adopt a young boy to help with their farm. She is surprised when her brother, Matthew, arrives home by carriage from the train station with a young girl, Anne. The orphanage made a mistake. They are about to send Anne back, and after Anne’s pleading, Marilla changes her mind and keeps Anne.
Anne has quite the imagination, very dramatic, very talkative. She entertains Matthew while she gets on Marilla’s nerves. The book follows her trials and adventures in Avonlea. The author, Lucy Laud Montgomery, had found a photograph of model Evelyn Nesbit in New York’s Metropolitan Magazine which she used as inspiration for Anne.
Inspiration for Myth-Buster Prompt #3
Christina
Myth-Buster Prompt #3 by Christina
Journaling reads:
I hate questions like this! It’s like being asked to pick your favourite child! Who would I choose? How could I choose? It would all depend on the current day and circumstances and mood. For how long? Will they be alive forever or is this just one of those ‘who would you want to have dinner with’ deals? A fictional person. Hmmm. Well The Lord of The Rings is probably my favourite book but again, choosing a favourite book is impossible too. I can’t do just one! If it was Lord Of The Rings would I pick Gandalf, or Aragorn or Legolas? But I also love Evening Class by Maeve Binchy. No one in there I’d want to bring to life though. Stephanie Plum? No. She’d blow up my car. Eve Dallas? Roark? Couldn’t have one without the other though. Thomas Linley? Too angsty. Jo March? Love her but a bit of a prig. Dumbledore? Not much use to me unless he can turn a muggle into a wizard. Jed Tewksbury…hmm. Definite possibility there. Brilliant, a little bit angsty but not too much. Lassie? There’s a thought, the world’s most perfect dog. James Bond? No. Emma? She’d probably be fin to have around for a while. Anne from Anne of Green Gables? She was fun as a little girl but a bit of a goody goody when she grew up. I don’t know. I’ve read thousands of books. How could I choose? Lord Peter Whimsey? He would be awesome.
Oh, how about Jeeves? Hmmm. If he would work for me that could be perfect.
Credits: All by Tangie- Journal Anthology, My Fairy Friends, Arsenic and Old Lace, Splatter Graffiti Mystic.
Julie Ann
Myth-Buster Prompt #3 by Julie Ann Shahin
Credits: all by Tangie – Steampunk Je t’adore, Dream Spilling, Up Up Away, Mehndi Collab with SherrieJD, Impossible Things, Thankful Heart Collab with SherrieJD, Creative Felicity with JKneipp, Awaiting Dawn, Arsenic and Old Lace; Other: Photocollage – norika21 on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59249813@N06/5433265919/), Photo of Evelyn Nesbit from google images creative commons
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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Highlights of Week 5
Published February 12, 2012 | Welcome back to another week of wonderful highlights. I’m so excited to see so many Caravaners documenting their travels through life. The gallery is just bursting at the seems, but don’t take my word for it, go see for yourself. I had a lot of fun picking the pages for this week’s highlights. There was so much beautiful stuff to look at and so much inspiration to find! Take a look-
Itinerary #3 — 5 People From History by piggiepie
I thought that the combination of a real picture with the hand doodled elements was really fun and creative.
I’ll Think About it tomorrow by Zuzu
What a great “Alice” page. Isn’t she darling sitting in the woods?
Itinerary 05 by thimbleberrie
Who doesn’t love a dancing skeleton? I know I do! All the colors drew me in to this one, but when I saw that dancing skeleton… I was won over!
Am I worth it ? by profolly
I believe this page took a lot of strength and courage to make. It made me sad for the artist and full of hope that she’ll come around.
Dark Days by CherylM
Another very emotional page. It fills my heart with joy to see people working through their thoughts and emotions on this journey.
Discipline 2012 by danadew
I really enjoyed this page. The colors are great, the quotes are great and the grungy, hand made feel are GREAT!!!
Speak Up by msmauk
I definitely needed a good giggle when I saw this page in the gallery! That queen on her chicken is having SO much fun, isn’t she? I do hope her crown doesn’t fall of!
Thanks for joining me for another week of highlights. Don’t forget to check in next Sunday for more great inspiration. Until then… I’ll see ya on the trail.
Art Journaling 102: Technique Feature – {Hybrid} Tutorial
Published February 8, 2012 | Art Journaling 102: Technique Feature – {Hybrid} Tutorial
Gesso Wash & Borders
What I Know For Sure by Julie Ann Shahin
For our second Technique Feature of 2012, I’ll be sharing with you a Hybrid Tutorial as I create an Art Journal Page where I use a Gesso Wash and show you how I build up my Borders to create this page, shown above.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Tip: There is an awesome Art Journaling Supply and Resource List included in Tangie’s Studio Box Workshop 1: Buildable Art Journals.
1. Start with a blank page in your art journal. I happened to turn to a pre-painted page with paint splatters from previous art journaling. Having a painted layer first is optional.
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2. Print backgrounds and elements from Tangie’s Collage Mania 1 & 2 kits, these kits are printables. Cut out elements now or as you need them. Sometimes in the evening, I’ll just sit and cut out elements as I watch television.
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3. Take several of the printed backgrounds, and cut one or two vertical strips from them. Adhere to the page with a glue stick.
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4. Continue adhering strips across the page. Select a border base for the top of the page and adhere.
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5. Mix a little water in with gesso. Swipe over the strips to give a white water wash. Do not paint over the top horizontal border, just the vertical strips.
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6. Adhere a border at the bottom. Cut out and adhere elements such as a heart, flower, and row of paint dots and add at the end of the border.
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7. Build up the top border by adding a smaller border along the top, a piece of word art that says “opinions” along the side on the left, and the girl head element.
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8. Build up the bottom border by layering elements such as a star and circle behind the border on the right. Also layer word art (from Pinterest), another star, heart, cabuchon, key, time, paint brush, and borders.
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9. Next, I adhered an image of a vintage movie star that I cut from an old book. I used mini letter stickers for the title, and then doodled around the letter stickers with my Copic marker, or you can use a black sharpie.
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10. Then I wrote my journaling out on pre-cut cardstock strips.
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11. Adhere the finished journaling strips to the page. Add dots around selected strips. Draw a line around the arrow. Adhere photo corners to the first and last journaling strip. Create shading with dots under the photo of the mvintage movie star. Outline the star in the bottom border with dots. Add any other finishing touches according to taste! Here is the end result:
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Journaling Prompt:
What do you know for sure?
Technique Prompt:
Try a hybrid page with a gesso wash and/or built-up borders
OR
just print out some of your digi art journal pages and put them in a journal!
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on {Wednesdays – new day} and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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Tour of my Studio 2012
Published February 7, 2012 | In the Art Journal Caravan this year we’ve got a conversation going in our classroom called “Where Caravaners Create” it is juts plain AWESOME! I thought I would show you some pictures of my studio that I just posted today for the first time! Also, exclusive to the Caravan, is a 30 minute video where I go through everything on my desk and demo it! It was a blast!! If you are a member of the Caravan go check into our classrooms it’s been posted!! HOORAY!!!
I hope that you’re all having a wonderful week!
Highlights of Week 4
Published February 5, 2012 | Happy Superbowl Sunday! I’m back with a whole new collection of pages to show you. The gallery is all abuzz with the new prompts given in the Art Journal Caravan. I think that people are really enjoying the new format and finding lots of inspiration to create. Ready to see the highlights of the week?
2012_AJC_Week_03_Soliloquy_web by MamaB
I love the pretty colors and flowers, this jumped right out at me.
Or Lack Thereof by staceejb
I like everything about this page. The colors, the painted look, the shadowing of the bike and especially all that wonderful journaling.
My Inner Compass by judyinsd
This page made me swoon! I really like the powerful simplicity of the page AND it fits perfectly with the color prompt of the week.
Chartreuse by Karen Bowers
Very pretty page! I feel like I’m looking at a piece of cloth with all sorts of beautiful bits sewn on! The shadowing is perfect.
Week 3 by violetsnana
I always admire a page with lots of journaling, especially this page where the artist is working on a specific problem in her art.
dear me by disneyaddict
This is another page that just jumped out at me. The letter is so beautifully done, it’s so kind and heartwarming, as if the artist were writing an endearing letter to a small child, nurturing the soul.
itinerary 1-listography by QueenBee
I really enjoyed this page. I like how the artist used the elements and I wonder if the bee on the page represents herself. Very creative list.
Thanks for joining me for another week of highlights. Don’t forget to check in next Sunday for more great inspiration. Until then… I’ll see ya on the trail.
Loved This!!!
Published February 3, 2012 | One of the 2012 Art Journal Caravaners shared this video in our “Best Art Journaling Music Ever” discussion. I just had to share it!
“I Don’t Have Anything to Journal About” Myth-Buster Prompt #2
Published February 1, 2012 | by Julie Ann Shahin, Social Media Team
Welcome to our second “I Don’t Have Anything to Journal About” Myth-Buster Prompt!
Have you ever seen the T.V. show “Bizzare Foods with Andrew Zimmerman” on the Travel Channel? He travels the world over to find the most interesting dishes that most of us would not dare put in our mouths. But what is the most bizarre thing you’ve eaten? How about Haggis, Canard à la Rouennaise (Duck in Blood Sauce), Octopus, Bird Nest Soup, Tofu, Grasshoppers, Pickle-Flavored Beer, Strawberry Soup, Cranberry Ketchup, Fried Cheese Curds, or Okra Pie?
Did you crave some strange things while you were pregnant? Maybe you have a bizarre food phobia? These all make for interesting stories to journal about! Just start writing!
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“I Don’t Have Anythining to Journal About” Myth-Buster Prompt #2
What is the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten?
Participate: Create an art journal page with journaling focusing on this prompt. Upload it to a gallery or blog and share the link in the comments for this blog post!
Inspiration for Prompt #2
Julie Ann
100 Foods To Eat Before You Die by Julie Ann Shahin
Just the other day on Facebook, I took the “100 Foods to Eat Before You Die” Test. I was surprised to find some foods on the list as I expected them to all be exotic. Of course, they had alligator, caviar, and frogs’ legs as you might expect, but they also had on the list: BBQ Ribs, Funnel Cake, and Hostess Fruit Pie!
Journaling: I’ve eaten baklava, biscuits and gravy, tasted calamari, loved cheese fondue, and also loved churros. I’ve had crab cakes, funnel cakes, heirloom tomatoes, and I used to eat hostess fruit pies as a child all the time. I had “key lime pie on a stick” in Key West, lobster, and felt so fabulous drinking my mimosa. Pastrami on rye is a staple in my hometown Cleveland, but I love a Philly Cheese Steak more! Pistachio ice cream is yummy, and a root bear float also made my tummy smile (that is before I became lactose-intolerant – boo!) We have s’mores all the time in the summer by the bonfire. I can’t stand the taste of sauerkraut, something my mother loves from her mother’s German heritage. My father used to cook and make Spam sandwiches all the time, a tradition I have not cared to carry onto adulthood. Venison is also one thing that I wish never to eat again, I just think of poor Bambi.
Products used: (all by Tangie Baxter except where noted)
Paper, Brush, Art Borders: Art Stomp Collab
Tag: Haute Soiree
Measuring Tape: Journal Anthology 4
Label: ATC Tangerine, ATC Black Licorice
Fruit: Dia Los Muertos Tres
Dessert: AJC Parcel 47
Staple: Studio Remnants Portfolio
Other: Deer – ArtDollies by Holliewood; Score – ScrapSimple Embellishment Template It Collage Pieces by Syndee Nuckles
Fonts: Art Journaling Font Momeraths by Tangie Baxter, PeaLaurenAmerica
Christina aka caubin
Tastes Like by Christina
Products Used: Journal Anthology by Tangie Baxter. The gator is clip art.
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on {Wednesdays } and {Saturdays}. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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Explorations in Art Journaling a FREE Zine from Studio Tangie!
Published January 30, 2012 | I am beyond thrilled to share with you my latest project…a ZINE! It’s free AND contains another free gift inside of it! Double Win! This Zine is dedicated to a subject that is of course, very close to my heart…ART JOURNALING! I sure hope that you enjoy it! I also wanted to invite anyone who wants to know about art journaling to visit the newly updated “Exploring the Caravan” section of the SBG community boards {here}. You can try the Caravan on for size and even get a taste of what it’s all about as the first Adventure Quest & Itinerary #1 have been shared there! You can also read what other Caravaners have to say about the AJC! Wishing you all a WONDERFUL week, full of energy and art! You can download the zine {here} and you visit the forum section {here}!
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