Art Journal Art Journey

Features selections from the sketchbooks of forty artists, illustrators, and designers that capture their travels around the world in drawings and paintings.

Take a mixed-media journey to the very heart of your creativity! The Painted Art Journal opens doors to your most personal and authentic art yet. Tell your story as only you can, through a series of guided projects that culminate in a beautiful, autobiographical art journal worthy of passing along to future generations. Along the way, you will hone your own unique style of artful storytelling, filled with the images, colors and symbols that resonate most powerfully with you. Twenty-four inventive, step-by-step prompts help you to: • Set the scene for making art--from establishing rituals that unlock creativity to curating a personal storyboard. • Draw inspiration from photos, typography, sketches, childhood memories, quotes and more. • Shape your story with timelines, gathered-word poetry and simple approaches to portraits. • Express yourself through an exciting range of mixed-media techniques, using everything from pen and ink, markers and watercolor to image transfers, printmaking with linocuts, acrylic and collage. A book unlike any other, The Painted Art Journal is all about digging deeper, honoring your life, and coming away with a truer understanding of yourself and your art. "Each of our stories is so different, lovely and broken in its own way." --Jeanne Oliver

Words--Color--Courage Bravely document your life's journey with Art Journal Art Journey: Collage and Storytelling for Honoring Your Creative Process. Artist Nichole Rae is your creative companion and guide as you explore your art journaling journey in three easy steps. Begin by putting the journal in art journal: A variety of prompts and writing styles help you breathe life into your hopes, feelings and intentions. Then put the art in art journal: Use your writing to develop a theme for your art journal. Illustrate your story by adding photos, illustrations and ephemera. Finally, explore your creative process: Ponder color, words and symbols as you build beautifully layered collage pages. Along this art journaling path, you'll find the strength to listen to your heart and find your creative voice. All you have to do is Embrace the Journey. Includes: • Journaling prompts • 15 mixed-media and collage techniques • Dozens of inspirational journal pages

This book is about the journey or the process of Art Journaling. ~ my process ~ ~ my journey~ How I create and preserve my ideas and thoughts - both inspirational and motivational. I hope you are inspired enough to start your own art journal, your own journey.

What if you could find your way on your own Soul Road with some scissors and a glue stick? This revolutionary journal includes cut and paste elements and soulful backgrounds to help you rediscover yourself, or maybe even find your true self for the rist time. Sometimes it's hard to find your own path, your own words and your own truth, but once you do, life takes on a whole new meaning and a whole new clarity.Including in "Creative Soul Searching - Life is Your Soul Road " you'll find pages and pages of collage elements and words that will speak to your soul. Combined with your own words, your own images and your own creativity, you'll end up with a book that speaks to WHO YOU ARE and what YOUR path is. This revolutionary cut & paste journaling book system was innovated by Melody Ross, who over the last 25 years has created award-winning, innovative tools for creative soul-searching. Creative Soul Searching - Life is Your Soul Road is the first volume of an entire collection of Creative Soul Searching cut and paste journals, books and projects. Between each beautiful 2-page spread, you'll find a page to cut out of the book. This cut-out page includes journaling prompts, soulful images and beautiful frames and word-bubbles to paste your soul's thoughts, yearnings and questions down to. You'll have what you need with just a craft knife or scissors, a glue stick and a cutting mat (optional.) You can add paint, your own images and your own creative supplies to make this art journal whatever you want it to be.This book is Volume 1, and is a perfect way to begin your creative journaling journey. More books full of words and collage images are available in this collection and can be mixed and matched to make a library of books that tell your story, dig deep into your soul and help you remember and stay on your own soul road. TESTIMONIALS: "This work, your soul and your unfailing dedication to bring light and hope into people's lives and pain is so admirable. You have inspired me so much to keep following my heart and my calling despite my fears and insecurities. You have showed me how to be kinder to myself, inspired me to show up bravely even when I feel so scared, specially when life gets hard, or when I am doubtful if I can actually do it. Every time I feel like I'm failing I remember that I am growing and becoming." -Blanca P."Melody Ross has given me the practical tools I needed to carry out my faith and my life's mission. She did all the gritty work of sorting through her own relatable life experiences and categorizing them into manageable sections to tackle so that the rest of us could see that soul work doesn't have to be an endless process with no rewards along the way. There is much beauty to be had in the trenches and Melody has created a lifetime of inspirational work that can reach anyone, touch anyone and inspire anyone, no matter where you are at in your life's journey. I've taken online courses, done live retreats and worked alongside Melody and all three experiences have proven her consistent passion to be true, she wants to help us all restore our souls and change our lives in fun, creative ways. She realizes that this looks different for everyone and gives us the freedom to express our own visions while using her universal tools. So grateful for Melody and her great, big giving heart." -Antoniette S. "I was at one of my lowest times in my life. I was able in the safety of my home confront some of my past. Your daily videos were heartwarming and made me feel like they were just for me. You helped me save my life and repair my soul. The best part is that you continue to come up with the next thing I need. I would highly recommend any of your work. I know that you have lived all of your material so you know it works." Glorie J. "This helped me to get on my path and see where I have been and where I am going." -Stephanie S.

Inspired by artist Tamara Laporte’s popular online art classes (willowing.org), Create Your Life Book presents 18 step-by-step mixed-media drawing and painting projects that encourage self-fulfillment through the creative process. Tamara’s kind, non-judgmental voice guides your way. What is holding you back? Where do you want to go? Let go of the past! Use these expressive exercises to help you recognize your personal challenges and other obstacles, then work through them. Let go of limiting beliefs, find courage, feel gratitude, heal pain, and develop self-love as you playfully create. Each themed chapter presents four to five two-part projects. First, you will explore a common issue that hampers creativity and/or positive self-worth. The second portion is a step-by-step mixed-media art project designed to help you work through that issue. Just a few of the explorations: Let go of what no longer serves you by taking stock of what’s holding you back, then create a zentangle butterfly to symbolize you flying away from those limiting things. Embrace and love your inner quirky bird by taking an inventory of your quirky traits, then create a bird that celebrates them. Heal old wounds by writing a letter to yourself as a child, then create a house to keep your inner child safe. Adding rich variety to the messages and art inspiration, some of the project outlines have been contributed by Tamara's guest teachers: Roxanne Coble, Andrea Gomoll, Alena Hennessy, Mystele Kirkeeng, Ivy Newport, and Effy Wild, each of whom are noted mixed-media artists in their own right. The final chapter presents a simple binding method for creating a keepsake book of your Life Book projects. Steeped in inspirational images and uplifting affirmations, Create Your Life Book can help you achieve both personal and creative growth.

Inner Journeying Through Art-Journaling introduces a holistic journaling process that combines art, art therapy, design theory and spiritual direction in order to attain personal balance, awareness of one's own inner processes, resolution of internal conflicts and enhanced wellness. The book guides the reader through the process of creative journaling and presents the key elements of the technique. Case studies and art journals of Marianne Hieb's own clients and retreat participants show the effectiveness of journaling as a therapeutic intervention and as a meditative tool. Inner Journeying Through Art-Journaling will be of significant use to anyone interested in holistic healing, and of special interest to arts therapists, counsellors, spiritual directors, and anyone dealing with people who are encountering loss, grief, resistance, or discernment issues. It will also be helpful for the individual looking to add holistic journaling to his or her own meditation, prayer, or inner exploration practice.

A reflection journal crafted to nudge you to explore the inner landscape of your creativity as well as believe in yourself as an artist. Lessons and creative prompts unfold as poets and writers speak universal truths across the centuries, exhorting you to reflect upon your life and what's what's meaningful to you on your creative journey.