Inspired by the words I heard in a song... this time I will learn to dry my own tears. I was thinking about my children all leaving home. It has been hard, but comforting to know they are all happy.

Journal page

This journal page started out really badly. I wasn't happy with the background and the huge big flower on the right started out as a burgundy colour stamp which I didn't like. The lesson here is to never think your page is done until it is. Keep going add new colours and pens that you might not normally use... just continue the worst that can happen is that you will end up learning what not to do next time.

Fun journal page

 

I have journal that I am playing with every colour combination I can think of and deliberately trying to use colours and patterns I don't normally use and I am loving it.

Journaling Materials

 

Although I do use a lot more art materials than this in my journals Eezy Peezy is for those of you who may not have as many art materials as I have. Remember, I have been doing art for years so one accumulates tons of different products that can be used in journals in one way or another.
Top left: corner are Tombow pens which are amazing you should try them if you haven't done so already. I have had these for at least 8 years so they don't dry out and they last for ever.
Top right: Several pencil crayons, some are watercolour pencils and some are normal crayons. My favourite are PrismaColor, which aren't available here in South Africa but trust me they are lovely to use and unlike any other.
Bottom Right: Copic pens which I am sure you all know.
Middle: A variety of pens which we can discuss at a later stage. They all do something different so they do need to be explained.
Bottom Photo: Some simple travel watercolours, really cheap and nothing special except they are convenient to pack when you are travelling.

Sample page

 

Sample Page

 

EP - Sample page

 

 

Touch of India

This page started off with nothing in mind at all, but as it went along and I am reading The Kashmir Shawl, it was leading into a certain direction and I am letting it go where it takes me.

African Inspired Journal Page

Why would you want to write on a page like this, well why wouldn't you. I will share at some time in the future what this page will look like when I have done some journaling on it.

African Inspiration

Sometimes we get stuck in a rut with our colour palette, find some inspiration with pictures you like.

Eezy Peezy Backgrounds

At the moment I am busy with a whole lot of backgrounds for journal lovers and I had been using this paper underneath some other work I was busy with, so I decided to see what I could do with it. When I started to paint around the flower area's it started to look like a Paisley design so now I will work on it further and see where it takes me. Clearly India and Paisley shawls are on my mind subconsciously. I will post the finished background when I get around to finishing it off properly... this is just the beginning.

The Kashmir Shawl - Inspiration

I't really is amazing how the subconscious works. Recently I was watching the British program Who Do You Think You Are and on this particular program it was about the grandparents of the BeeGee's. Apparently their great grandfather was a weaver in India, making the most beautiful Paisley shawls. But at the time they also started making machines that could do the job quicker, thereby forceing many craftsmen out of business. I found the whole story fascinating as my own grandparents lived in India and my mother was born there.

I was in the mood to buy some new books to read and didn't particularly have any authors or titles in mind. The shop owner suggested I read this book and also a book called The Language Of Flowers. Little did I know that this story was going to hold secrets about India.
 

Digital Scrapping

 

These are two digital scrapbooking pages that I made in PS using the sample backgrounds. I am not a scrapper normally so this was a whole lot of fun. When you order the backgrounds you will get a high res copy that you can either use in PS or you can print them out to use over and over again.

Background sample

This is part of one of the backgrounds you can order. There are 4 different designs in the set.

Journal Page

Make a background on card stock I always us cartridge paper then I cut the little palm tree flowers out and glued them onto another background. First I wrote in a white pen for some texture and then added the quote.

Background Paper

 

Journal Pages

First I painted a background on some card and then used that to cut out some flowers used on this journal page.

Yummie Journals

I will be sharing some of the journals I have made over the years but before I do that, I am giving all Eezy Peezy Lovers a feast of Journal lovers. If you have a look on the left hand side of my blog you will find many of the blogs I have been following for years. Every artist has their own unique way of working and the tips they share are amazing. You will return time and again to absorb all the information they so generously share with everyone. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have and will continue to do so.

Mixed Media Workshop at Herbert Evans

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