Art Journaling...one more time

This year I have decided to jump into Art Journaling with gusto.  I have join a sketchbook challenge again and signed up for Art Journaling prompts to get me started.  I have also signed up for a Ning group at Milliande for art journaling for January to get me started.  See them all here:

Sketchbook Project

Traci Bautista

Milliande

I participated in the 2010 Sketchbook Challenge and must have my book sent in by the 15th of January.  It's not complete....it's really not even started really....   What?  I have two weeks, from tomorrow!  haha

I will make a real effort to finish.  It has been started with Zentangle designs and drawings like them.  I used pencils to sketch and sharpie markers over the sketch.  I had some Copic makers that I hadn't tried yet and added some color with those and it bled through so I removed the ruined pages.  I got stuck there.

I have a plan to do some watercolor sketches next.  Bought a book mentioned in an earlier post that will be a real help to improving my drawing skills.  Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists by Carla Sonheim  Great little book to free up your skills.  Pics to follow

Wedding Day was beautiful

The wedding was beautiful.  It was cool and sunny for the lunch and service; rain started to fall during the reception.  Dark came early and the food came late but all in all it was just lovely.  So lovely in fact that the photographer, same one as the engagement photos, quick blog post of the event got Ali's wedding listed in an upcoming Wedding in Malibu post from a prominent wedding blog. 

Isn't she just glowing!  More info later when Troy and Aimee Grover get the final details together.  This is a photo taken by Jamie's sister Sarah Redman, herself a budding photographer and graphic artist extraordinaire.  She designed all the wedding stationary.