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Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916) LA NAISSANCE DE VÉNUS, DIT AUSSI PANDORE

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Art Journaling into Scrapbooks

The idea of combining art journaling and scrapbooking came up on the Get Messy Art Journal Facebook page this morning and I realized I should share some of my scrapbooks on here.

My scrapbooking approach is honestly super casual.  I do not focus on the weeks or months of the year.  I sort of try to keep the photos in chronological order but they really aren't.  Each album represents one calendar year and I just try to adhere to that.

 As the year goes by I save scraps of papers, memorabilia like flyers and invitations, letters, cards, art trash, anything paper-ish that I would otherwise throw out.  I just throw it all into a big mailing envelope.  Also I order prints off my iPhone like once or twice a year.

I buy the 8x10 pocket scrapbooking sleeves from Michael's along with whichever corresponding albums they have.  I love the plastic sleeves because of all the different arrangements of squares and rectangles.

Every once in a while I sit down with my paper cutter and supplies and I fill in the pocket pages rather mindlessly.  I cut down the scraps and photos in ways that please me.  As I feel compelled to I might write a little caption to explain a photo.

The result is photos of my year juxtaposed with mixed media and art journaling pieces and drawings.  I love these books.  They take me right back to the time the photos were taken and I am reminded of what I was working on artistically at the time.

So yeah, that's my scrapbook approach.  I am very behind at this point.  I need to finish 2015, and I haven't started 2016.  I've got everything in an envelope, just gotta sit down and do it, which is the fun part. 

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Here are some of the first layers in my collaborative art journal with @amymaricle ! I used mostly gouache, paint and graphite. Ooh and liquid gold leaf--that stuff was fun. We are going to mail journals to each other and work into them.

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Reworked peaceable kingdom drawing glued onto panel. #peaceablekingdom #mixedmedia

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This stuff is biodegrading.

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This is a little peep into my collaborative art journal with @amymaricle ! This is only the beginning...We are going to mail two little accordion journals back and forth and work into each others' layers...for fun! I am on a train now, back from NYC where I got to see a new play by my sister being workshopped. It was great, and I am so eager to get home.. I have a ton of work to do!!

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Goose goddess...I guess?? #artjournaling

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I remember this was drawn from some vintage photos on Flickr. #bookarts #artjournaling #getmessyartjournal

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Another spread from a found old art journal. There were two soft spines so that the pages could overlap... Very fun with tracing paper mixed in! #artjournaling #bookarts

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I am helping my mom clean out her house each week. Found some old art journals from 2008, 2009. Stoked to find them. I worked in handmade books at that time, made with different kinds of paper. These days I embrace the Moleskine. But I kinda wanna work back into these ones. #artjournal #getmessyartjournal

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This was a picture of somebody's dog who passed away a while ago. I drew it from tumblr so if this is your dog I hope this is not too weird. #sweetdog #strangerdog #muchrespect

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Mike made this for me. 👍🏻🌝 #leonoracarrington

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This work is still growing, each hour of each day. Sometimes I am surprised at the changes that can occur in just an hour. #intuitivepainting #carveouttimeforart #painting #paintpalette #doitfortheprocess

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Growing! #painting