If, dear reader, you are part of the No Excuses Journal group you are familiar with using a daily planner as an art journal. Gina Armfield's excellent book No Excuses Art Journaling gives pages and pages of prompts, examples and techniques. I try to use a different journal each year, it's fun to experiment!
a ledger style planner...
a soft covered planner...
But as one journal is never enough, I make my own journals using watercolor paper as well.
This journal was made with a recycled vintage book cover, binding with ribbons. A nice look and it can be as fat as you'd like.
I made this journal over the weekend..thank you to my sister Judi for the instruction and inspiration. Book board with a cloth cover and 7 signatures of watercolor paper waiting to be filled. Lovely!
I am also "playing" in the ARC system from Staples.
Big plastic disks will allow for a nice fat finished journal. The paper quality is nice and works quite well with wet media. I have not yet tried using copic markers but there is no leak through using pitt or koi brush pens.I love that you can easily add pages of any size you might choose using the ARC hole punch. I've been adding 140 lb hot and cold press water color paper to the stack of paper that came with the large set up; no difficulty turning pages.
I would definately recommend this for those who might still be looking for a No Excuses journal!
Happy journaling!
All so yummy!
Posted by: Judi | 04/01/2014 at 01:14 PM