I love my little bitty handmade journal

This is my newest sketchbook. My friend Marianne at Great Wide Open Art  made it for me. Click on the link to contact her to purchase your very own. What I like about it is 1-its size, nice and small to fit in my travel case and that I can finish a painting in about an hour and 2 - that the pages are made with nice watercolor paper and 3- the closure on it is cute and works well.  

I have taken it to TVAA Urban Sketching Events...

I've taken it camping at 10,000 ft.

It went to the Grand Canyon...

Utah desert...

Mountain Biking...

In our travel trailer...

And even to a wedding...

Coming soon...road trip and more adventures in the journal!

Journaling June

On Monday June 2nd 6pm at the Creative Access Art Center 500 S. 8th st. in Boise I will be part of a panel discussion on Art Journaling led by Dr. Kathleen Keys. 

Other panelists include Melissa Chambers, Lisa Cheney, Jeanette Ross, and Beau Van Greener.

 This event is free and open to the public. 

Everyone is invited to bring journals to share afterwards.

 Click here for the Facebook invite. 

  I have been creating in journals since 1995.

 Hope you enjoyed pursuing just a few of my journals and pages.

Time to bring out the travel art kit

I've been on a creative desert these past few months, so it's time to pack the bags...
 for a road trip with the T@B! 

Always an important part of my packing is bringing along an art kit. The large one I use for going to Studio Night (which has happened in a while, maybe that's what's wrong)  and I've brought it on a couple road trips when space isn't at a premium. My small kit pictured below is my usual travel kit. In just a small space I can fit miniature versions of everything I need.



This trip I wanted something between the two sizes.

 First I started with my current art journal which will not fit in the tiny case. Here I am "prepping" a few pages to finish while on the trip. I also want to take the set of brush pens which do not fit in the mini kit.

 Pictured here are my reused plastic lid for a paint palette and a plastic jar with lid for my paint water.

Here is the finished result- leave the mini kit as is, add the extra's and then fit them all into this midsize zip tote that I got as gift with purchase years ago at Chico's. This should do me just fine and hope that the must needed inspiration will come to me while on the road.

Traveling Art Kit when weight is not an issue...

So I am off on another trip but unlike the last adventure where I had to carry all on my back, this time weight doesn't matter as we are taking the truck and staying in a condo. I brought the same art kit I usually take to Marianne's on Studio Night.

I brought supplies to make my one of a kind collage cards. I will be showing three more times at  Capitol City Market and in Art in the Park, so I want to make sure I have enough items to show and sell.

Top of the kit has a zippered section with 2 pockets for ephemera.

The inside of my kit is not so well organized but I usually pull everything out anyway...

...as you can see here.

cards...

...and more cards.

A button I picked up at Anderson Ranch Art Center, a really cool place I just stumbled upon while out and about.