Strathmore Visual Journal Workshop - Week 4

This is my entry for Week 4 (the final week) of the Strathmore Visual Journal Workshop.  We were to add lettering or add to the journaling  we already had and then highlight areas and doodle to fill in.  Basically 'play', something I forget to do.  There are to more workshops coming up, one March 1st and the other May 1st and they are FREE!  Just look on the Strathmore website.  Thanks for watching the page progress throughout the workshop.

Strathmore Visual Journal Workshop Week 3

This is my week 3 of the Strathmore Visual Journal Workshop.  This week we were to add to the negative space.  This whole workshop has been about re-using.  Re-using copies of our own art work, re-using supplies each week and this week was particularly fun... re-using things we might throw away like bubble wrap and the mesh bag from produce, milk caps etc.

Strathmore Visual Journal Workshop Week 2

This is week 2 of the workshop.  http://www.strathmoreartiststudio.com/   We were to add shadow with charcoal pencil and color with oil pastels.  Then a wash of gesso.  I don't think I watered down my gesso enough.  I felt like I re-colored it and I lost some of the shadow effect because the charcoal just didn't want to go over the layer of gesso.  But I do like the effect in some areas, like the eyes in the upper left.

Strathmore Visual Journal Workshop

Brand New Year, Brand New Workshop.  This is for a workshop that started January 1 from Strathmore for their new 'Visual Journals'.  We will be adding to our pages next week.  There are 3 different workshops they are offering, this one, called  'Recycled Journal Pages'.  Then in March the workshop is called 'Start Where You Are' and the third workshop is in May titled 'Building Your Visual Journal from the Page Up'.  If you are interested you can check it out here http://www.strathmoreartiststudio.com/