Spread 107 - Transformative September 8 2012 Vintage and personal papers, Acrylic paint, ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, matte medium, matte varnish, pencil and colored pencils. It was a particularly bad day at my particular work. Completely computer related and out of our control. I just came home and jumped in my pool, the cool [...]
Spread 106 - Scavenger Hunt 8 September 2012 Vintage and personal papers, matte medium, acrylic paint, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, matte varnish, Signo white pen, black gel pen, red Sharpie poster pen. When I was young my older brother would make me elaborate scavenger hunt maps. These maps would send us on adventures on our [...]
Spread 104 - Four in 1 26 August 2012 Vintage wallpaper, Panther stamp, vintage and personal papers, acrylic paint, Signao white gel pen, black ink pen. And on the last day of our journaling journey with Orly Avineri in San Diego, the memories are sharp yet vague to me. I drew a map of our [...]
Spread 102 - pages 5 & 6 - My Voice Box Altered Book, black gesso, private photo, acylic paint, Tim Holtz Distress Ink. 26 August 2012 When I was little I could spend hours creating. For many reasons I stopped. Finding my artistic side again has opened my eyes and enriched my life. I feel [...]
"Voice Box" - pages 3 & 4 Altered book, vintage papers, white gesso, acrylic paint, black ink, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, red tracing paper. 25 August 2012 Seek and you will find. Find pages 1 & 2 here
My altered book - "Hop On Pop" Spread 0100 - "My Voice - pages 1 & 2" August 25, 2012 Altered Book - Suess, Acrylic paint, black and white gesso, gel pen, red tracing paper. I spent the weekend in San Diego in Orly Avienri's Altered Book Class - "The Voice" These are the first pages [...]
"Spread 0098 - Bruce" Water color paper, vintage and found papers, water-color paint, acrylic paint, gel pens. Do you live with an internal critic? This spread is from one from my first year of art journaling in one of Orly Avineri's classes. One of my favorites and I think where I got hooked on art [...]
Spread 0097 - Operation 5" X 8 1/4 " Moleskine Acrylic paint, vintage and personal papers. I've been painting, collaging, layering all day. Maybe it's the heat here. I need a break. I need some space. I need to get out of my head. This is from one of my very first journals, a small [...]
I am thrilled to be featured in Seth Apter's "It's Still Life" this week. Thank you Seth! "Two Happy Journals" I took the photo a last week of my two completed sister journals sitting in the sun in my garden. Have a happy creative weekend!
Spread 0096 "The Nature of My Journals" Stabilo Biggie Woody water color pencils, tape, Faber-Castell Pitt brush pen, black gel pen, watercolors, personal maps and images, Photoshop. 28 July 2012 Today I had the pleasure of taking a nature walk in the woods in the middle of Redondo Beach at the Hopkins Wilderness Center with [...]
"We Were There 6.11.12" 08 July 12 Acrylic paint, matte medium, Press on letters, Personal Photo and paper, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Sigano white gel pen, Micron black pen. Another of my visual journals comes to a close with my biography pages. This one tells the tale of the day our LA Kings won the [...]
Hello and welcome to A Paperbear, my art blog. If this is your first time welcome! Look please take the time and look around at past posts! This is my repost for Seth Apter's "Buried Treasure", where artists repost a favorite blog post. I am currently at the end of a summer cold and I [...]
Elizabeth Littlepage Elizabeth Littlepage These two spreads are done by Elizabeth Littlepage over at The Glowing Wheel for my 1001 traveling journal #5387 for the 1001 Journals Project. I am sending it off again to the Pacific northwest to John. Enjoy! Have a wonderful creative weekend! As usual click on either image for a larger view.
Spread 0091 "The End is Near" Spread 0092 - "Fangs and Claws" Vintage images and papers, matte medium, Adirondack Color Sprays, acrylic paint. June 14 -18 2012 I am almost to the end of this journal. I actually love the feeling of completing a journal, I do not feel sadness at completing a journal. I [...]
Spread 0090 - "Cheeper" 17 June 2012 Vintage and personal papers, black and white gesso, acrylic paint, matte medium, matte varnish, Adirondack color wash sprays. Edited: 27 June 2012 There are many things about growing up on a farm I am nostalgic about, chickens are not really one of my favorites, chickens are mean generally. [...]
"My Kings" 15 June 2012 Vintage and personal papers, acrylic paint, Sigano gel pen, gel pens, black gesso. Growing up in a family of sports fans I never understood the joy of group sports, until this year. My partner a major Los Angeles Kings fan purchased half season tickets for us both. To me at [...]
Spread 0088 - "Kings Hand" 18 June 2012 Vintage and personal images, acrylic paint, Sigano white gel pen, colored pencil, black gel pen. I just recently came back from a 5 day work trip yet it was not just a work trip it was also my own personal art retreat. I had five days of [...]
"Inspirations" Acrylic paint, Sigano white gel pen, black gel pen, Stabilo Biggie pencils, Sharpie china markers, pencils, black and white gesso. 19 May 2012 "Under the Surface" 19 to 24 May 2012 Vintage and personal papers and images, acrylic paint, black and white gesso, black brush pen, Sigano white gel pen, black gel pen. What [...]
Spread 0084 - Meditate 12 May 2012 Acrylic paint, vintage and personal papers, Adirondack color sprays, Signao gel white pen. The simple act of putting a pen to paper, drawing lines, letting your mind go free.
1001 Journal #5386 09 May 2012 Cachet 6×9 landscape journal, vintage and personal papers, hockey tickets, matte medium, Tim Holtz Adirondack & Dylusions sprays, crackle paste. I have always believed more is better. Here I launch my second traveling journal for the 1001 Journal Project. Off it goes into the world, get along lil' journal. [...]
