Art-Journalling

I did it! I started a sketch-journal last night, inspired by the artist I mentioned yesterday.

I've always struggled to keep a written journal, a daily diary that sort of thing. But this is so much fun! I've started off just sketching stuff around me (while watching TV) - the dog, the bedside stuff, my shoe propped up on the bed etc., then filling up the surrounds with word-art. Got my son doing it too. We've just taken the nearest lined-paper leftover school book, a blue ballpoint pen, and gotten going. We've both come up with some not-too-bad stuff, and are enjoying it immensely.

Today I'll invest in a non-lined-paper, decent quality small journal for each of us, with a nice pen each, and see where it takes us. I want something small enough to pop into the handbag and take all over.

Later I might try binding my own journal, once I'm truly up and running with this, but not just yet.

Looks like I'll be getting enough practice to rediscover my arty side after all! :) And no, I'm not going to post pics of what we did here....yet.