Journal Gypsies

A journal gypsy is one who rarely settles. They like to try their hand at a bit of everything; they draw, paint, write, doodle, scrapbook, collage and much, much more. They know that there is more to life than journaling; and that you can make more of your life with a journal. They are not afraid to try, to learn, to fail, to grow or to challenge themselves. They have a love of the journey AND the destination, as well as the scenery, people and ephemera they find along the way. They know that there are many roads and forms a gypsy can take and that just because someone is on a different path doesn't mean they've lost their way. They enjoy flitting from one thing to the next, without rules or boundaries, and sometimes they just like to swap journals every week. If you too are a journal gypsy, grab your travel kit, hop on the back of the cart and come along for the ride!

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Happy Birthday to Us!

It's our first birthday, so here's a little challenge for you to celebrate!

Come and play #hauntedhalloween with us. Interpret the challenge prompts in any way you want for your planners or journals, and share your work with us using the hashtag #hauntedhalloween on any social media site!

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lets see, what was that creature…..?

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Love this page

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hmmm shiny

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Another page in my new journal

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New journal, fun!

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Another project to complete over the course of the next year. Last year’s project was video-based, so in 2013 year I wanted to get back to basics and physically draw on paper. With a little direction and blogging about it, I figured I might actually be able to stay motivated for the next 12 months...

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A little nudge for when you 'don't know what to draw'.

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This week I wanted to share Wind with you. Wind is so unpredictable which is exactly how she was painted too! I really wanted to express her hair blowing in all directions and her cheeks puffed out as she was blowing, instead I have painted an 80s rock star! I feel bad for Wind, this is not how...

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Weather Goddess - Wind

This week I wanted to share Wind with you. Wind is so unpredictable which is exactly how she was painted too! I really wanted to express her hair blowing in all directions and her cheeks puffed out as she was blowing, instead I have painted an 80s rock star! I feel bad for Wind, this is not how she wanted to be portrayed yet that is all that came out for me, she was hard to paint, maybe because she is mainly air and wouldn't sit still? I ended up changing her lips after my husband remarked that she looked 'a little naughty'. I won't go into that but I will leave it to your imagination so she now has closed lips in a smug kind of expression. Never mind, I got to experiment more with my acrylics and not every thing you create in your journal has to be gallery worthy, it is all about how you felt and what you were documenting or expressing at the time. This is Wind.

I will be back next week with another weather goddess for you, until then have a great week. Much Love Anna x

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Thanks to everyone who took part in #onebookjuly2014! Don't forget to check out the YouTube playlist for it @rhomanysrealm, with over 12hrs of planner, journal & notebook fun! See you next year!

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Sassoon war diaries published online

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#onebookjuly2014 - 21 Days in, and a look at the …:

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This week I wanted to share some sunshine with you! Sunshine is the third in my weather goddess art work and as you can imagine she was created on a hot hot day when the sun was truly beating down. Sun is loved, everyone worships her. Sun has internal struggles, she knows she is loved and battles with her egotistical side, trying to beat it down to show only love and kindness. Everyone loves her and wants her around but she struggles with that, she loves her sisters and can't understand why Rain is so hated because together they are very powerful in action, without the pair of them working together there would be no life.

For me Sun doesn't need much explanation or description, everyone knows who she is and why she is here, she doesn't need me to justify her or give her an introduction or an explanation.

This is Sun. She was created with acrylics although not free form like Rain. Sun started life as a pencil sketch and was then painted in.

I hope you like Sun as much as I do, she is actually the second of my favourite weather goddesses for what she stands for and who she is as well as the way she looks (the way she has been created / my art). I will be back next week with another weather goddess for you, until then have a great week. Much Love Anna x

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Finished Moleskine Journal flip from Gotpaintinmyhair - JournalGypsy Clare

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Here comes the rain!

Following on from last week I wanted to share another weather goddess with you. This week I wanted to share 'Rain' with you. Rain was created in the same way the Storm was so please read that blog post if you would like to learn more about the thought process behind the art. This time however Rain was created with acrylics. She was created at a time when my acrylic muse had just decided to come out and grace me with her presence again so I wanted to adjust myself to using acrylics again but also to try a new sort of technique for me. As I say, my journal is also about experimenting and trying out new things.

Rain was created solely in acrylics. No pencil sketch first just my brush and acrylics and I love her. I love that she is abstract-y and not 100% lifelike as for me that just reinforces her goddess like stature. I like that she is a bit rough round the edges with no defined lines as rain is fluid and not solid this just emulates that. There was no mixing of the paint on a palette, all mixing was done on the page as I went and it was very freeing. I was able to truly be in the moment letting my paint and brush flow, just sitting watching and listening to the rain beat against the window.

I tried to add a quote or text with her but nothing seemed to come to mind. Well nothing good anyway. I wanted something powerful and awe-inspiring but I just wasn't getting it, maybe one day something will click and fall into place and at which time I can go back to her but for now I am happy with how she is. She is kind of sad because no one appreciates her, no one understands her. They know that they need her to nourish the ground, fill up the reservoirs and feed the crops yet no one likes her, no one really wants her around and that is or must be quite a hard thing to live with even for the strongest of goddesses. Because of this she carries with her a slight sorrow in her eyes, there is a story there that none of us could really know for sure but only wonder at.

I hope you like Rain as much as I do, she is actually one of two of my favourite weather goddesses. I will be back next week with another weather goddess for you and my second favourite, until then have a great week.

Anna

aka Mrs Brimbles

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Art Journal Flip

I am half way through my current art journal and I have been sharing snippets on instagram and on the Journal Gypsies blog and some of you have asked to see more. Of course I am always happy to share my art journal (or the non private parts of it of course!) but it would be a while before it was completely finished so I thought I would do a half journal flip for you so you can see how this is coming along. I will do a full journal flip so you can see what it is like when it is fully completed. Hope you enjoy...

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Commonplace Books

Part 1

Part 2

[via MTN Journal Page]