December Daily 8th

Not much happening today.  So I decided to use the design

on the background paper of the left side to dictate the page design.

I continued the swirl on the right side, reversing the darks and lights.
I finished the page with  zentangles between

the journaling.  Finally, adding stars to give it more of a Holiday theme.

December Daily 1

December Daily Composition Book Cover

December Daily Introduction

December 1st

This is my first year participating in the December Daily Challenge
created by Ali Edwards in 2008.  

I have decided to go with a composition book for my journal.
I have used these books for several of my art journals/sketchbooks in the past.
I like my journals to be uniform and this size always seems to work,
not to big and not to small (7" x 9").
I covered my book with kraft paper.
This paper seems to work with just about any theme. 

I removed several pages to make room for additional collage, pictures and papers.
I also glued 2 pages together to strengthen the substrate.

 I hope to include drawings, collage ephemera, and photographs
 to tell my story during the month of December.
I will be doing a two-page spread each day.  

Letter Loved Journal

  You R my..............

Here is the final Letter Loved Journal.  I apologize for the previous post, I tried to add photos from my phone but didn't have the proper editing software.  So I have scanned the entire journal and here it is.  Enjoy!

Letter loved journal

Here is my final journal I hope you like it as much as me!

Letter Love #6

Take a look!  The first two were created with a parallel pen.  I had never heard of them before Joanne Sharpe's class.  You can even create a piece with a gradation of ink colors.

The others were all created with the painted papers I made myself.  And if you have ever tried creating your own painted papers you know how addicting it can be.  I used several letter stencils i already had and made several more from designs cut from oak tag board.  I created my own sprays with dick blick liquid watercolor diluted in spray bottles i saved that used to have different body sprays in them.