Hey Debbie, I preach the gospel because when I started I couldn't draw a stick figure. I ONLY glued things in. Then one day I got bold and tried drawing a coffee cup. My friends laughed at it. I drew anyway. And at any rate, you can glue things in and then add mark making, borders, boxes, doodles, etc., and still have a pretty page that works.😉
Thanks Catherine. Even when I add in guiding lines and disappearing horizons and whatnot, my towers lean left. Maybe it like analysing handwriting. Does it "mean" something? Shall we start a support group?
Thank you, Paty. I go EVERYWHERE with my sketchbook and stuff. That way you can always grab a little something that preserves the memory. Photos are good but somehow awkward drawings and glued in "souvenirs" really make it personal. I hope someday I will have grandkids who will pore through these and get a feeling of what I was like, even after I am gone. Can you imagine if our grandparents had kept these and how cool they would be to decypher?
“It doesn’t have to look like an oak tree”. LOL. Thank you for a peek inside. I like the idea of coffee or tea staining the pages - it adds a lot of charm! I like the little squares to use for multiple places or days. I also really like how you glued the brochure in. Great ideas. Beautiful.
Thanks Margaret. So much of this may seem obvious but I know from teaching travel journal keeping that it isn't! The grid idea, however, came from Gwen Dienh. Look her up, she is from Asheville and wrote several very addictive books on illustrated journal keeping. 😉
Enjoyed seeing your travel journal! I really like how you add illustrations to it! Someday if we get to travel again, I want to try this! Thanks for sharing!
Susan, if I don't get it in my book, it didn't happen. That is one of the reasons I use lots of different methods of preserving the day - ticket stubbs, brochures, postcards, imperfect drawings, and words. I also like to ask friends to draw or write in my book. It is always fun to see their take on our visit. Keep me posted as you get started! (Also, I am putting together an illustrated journal masterclass for online, later in the year, so stay tuned!)😉
Hi Lori. Yeah, be it a bell tower or big clock or castle, mine be listing. But I always think that is part of the memory, too, which is one of the things that is so great about illustrated journals, no?
p.s. - I hope this isn't too pushy but just in case you haven't seen it, I do have an illustrated journal online course. Lettering is one of the sections: kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/courses/the-book-of-you-making-and-keeping-a-visual-diary Kelly
@@lorhen82 Hi Lori and thank you! I hope you learn a lot from the course. Also, here is the link to my playlist on UA-cam for my illustrated and travel journal videos, including some from France last May. Let me know if you have any questions or if I can troubleshoot in any way. ua-cam.com/play/PLWir7hWgZLNA0nBJh3p6k5szPtuyvaCMW.html
you are so lucky to have journeys and holidays to wonderful places to use as a basis for your journals.But there is always way to take journeys even if you are never able to leave your bed.I am lucky in that my bed is surrounded on two sides by casement windows and French doors and the view is all nature, grasses, huge pines, misshapen trees that provide twisted lyrical compositions. Now if I could only get the deer, bunnies, hedgehogs, sandhill cranes and all the birds to hold still for just a moment. Of course winter provides a much different landscape, white and still. That's when I fill my shelves with a never-ending parade of antiques and such. I make scenarios of tiny toys and create exploits for me to record with camera, ink and words.
Sheryl, I am indeed lucky but I maintain, as you have said so well here, that any place has its own magic and I've made terrific journals and pages when visiting my family in rural Mississippi just as well as France. I preach a lot about how our everyday life is our journey and as such, drawing our socks and books and cat and tea cups and so on and on. Are you never able to leave your bed or was that metaphorical?🌷🌼🌻Kelly
@@BookandPaperArts I spend 90% of my time in bed with occasional forays to see the doctor or when I'm feeling stronger sit on the deck for a bit or take a walk to look out the windows in the front of the house. It's not a bad thing I have made peace with my life, as long as I have my books, my ephemera, postcards, and art supplies it's really all I need.
Bonjour and bienvenue, Nadia. J'adore bourgogne and j'ai le visité beacoup de temps. Je fait plusiers cahiers de mes voyages la et j'espere visiter encore en septembre ! 😍🌷🌼🌻
Inspiring. So different, and better than mere photographic memories.
Thanks for sharing all of those memories with me. 😉
Thanks you for sharing. Really lovely ♥️
Why thank you, Lucy. It is my pleasure! 😊🌻🌼🌷
Thanks Kelly. That’s lovely with some very achievable ideas for folk like me who can’t draw well. 😊
Hey Debbie, I preach the gospel because when I started I couldn't draw a stick figure. I ONLY glued things in. Then one day I got bold and tried drawing a coffee cup. My friends laughed at it. I drew anyway. And at any rate, you can glue things in and then add mark making, borders, boxes, doodles, etc., and still have a pretty page that works.😉
I swear everything I draw/paint/create lists. Loved seeing in your journal. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Catherine. Even when I add in guiding lines and disappearing horizons and whatnot, my towers lean left. Maybe it like analysing handwriting. Does it "mean" something? Shall we start a support group?
It's amazing to see your travel experience through a journal. So beautiful, all the pages...
Thank you, Paty. I go EVERYWHERE with my sketchbook and stuff. That way you can always grab a little something that preserves the memory. Photos are good but somehow awkward drawings and glued in "souvenirs" really make it personal. I hope someday I will have grandkids who will pore through these and get a feeling of what I was like, even after I am gone. Can you imagine if our grandparents had kept these and how cool they would be to decypher?
“It doesn’t have to look like an oak tree”. LOL. Thank you for a peek inside. I like the idea of coffee or tea staining the pages - it adds a lot of charm! I like the little squares to use for multiple places or days. I also really like how you glued the brochure in. Great ideas. Beautiful.
Thanks Margaret. So much of this may seem obvious but I know from teaching travel journal keeping that it isn't! The grid idea, however, came from Gwen Dienh. Look her up, she is from Asheville and wrote several very addictive books on illustrated journal keeping. 😉
Enjoyed seeing your travel journal! I really like how you add illustrations to it! Someday if we get to travel again, I want to try this! Thanks for sharing!
Susan, if I don't get it in my book, it didn't happen. That is one of the reasons I use lots of different methods of preserving the day - ticket stubbs, brochures, postcards, imperfect drawings, and words. I also like to ask friends to draw or write in my book. It is always fun to see their take on our visit. Keep me posted as you get started! (Also, I am putting together an illustrated journal masterclass for online, later in the year, so stay tuned!)😉
Love it...
Hello and welcome, Jane. Thank you so much.🌻🌷🌼
Kelly you really give me inspiration! I have just started watercolors again and need to add them to a journal/sketchbook like yours! 🌹 Thank you!
Why thank you, Marci! They are very forgiving while on the road. Also, watercolour pencils and crayons are handy. Have a creative weekend!😊
Love your travel journals! It's interesting see how and what you use in your travel journals. Thank you for sharing...
I love your journal! I had to laugh at one point, because my drawings all seem to lean a bit left of center as well! Much like my personality! 🙃
I also love how you did the lettering!!
Hi Lori. Yeah, be it a bell tower or big clock or castle, mine be listing. But I always think that is part of the memory, too, which is one of the things that is so great about illustrated journals, no?
p.s. - I hope this isn't too pushy but just in case you haven't seen it, I do have an illustrated journal online course. Lettering is one of the sections:
kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/courses/the-book-of-you-making-and-keeping-a-visual-diary
Kelly
@@BookandPaperArts Thank you Kelly! I'll check it out!
@@lorhen82 Hi Lori and thank you! I hope you learn a lot from the course. Also, here is the link to my playlist on UA-cam for my illustrated and travel journal videos, including some from France last May. Let me know if you have any questions or if I can troubleshoot in any way.
ua-cam.com/play/PLWir7hWgZLNA0nBJh3p6k5szPtuyvaCMW.html
you are so lucky to have journeys and holidays to wonderful places to use as a basis for your journals.But there is always way to take journeys even if you are never able to leave your bed.I am lucky in that my bed is surrounded on two sides by casement windows and French doors and the view is all nature, grasses, huge pines, misshapen trees that provide twisted lyrical compositions. Now if I could only get the deer, bunnies, hedgehogs, sandhill cranes and all the birds to hold still for just a moment. Of course winter provides a much different landscape, white and still. That's when I fill my shelves with a never-ending parade of antiques and such. I make scenarios of tiny toys and create exploits for me to record with camera, ink and words.
Sheryl, I am indeed lucky but I maintain, as you have said so well here, that any place has its own magic and I've made terrific journals and pages when visiting my family in rural Mississippi just as well as France. I preach a lot about how our everyday life is our journey and as such, drawing our socks and books and cat and tea cups and so on and on. Are you never able to leave your bed or was that metaphorical?🌷🌼🌻Kelly
@@BookandPaperArts I spend 90% of my time in bed with occasional forays to see the doctor or when I'm feeling stronger sit on the deck for a bit or take a walk to look out the windows in the front of the house. It's not a bad thing I have made peace with my life, as long as I have my books, my ephemera, postcards, and art supplies it's really all I need.
Hello im nadia my birthday is also 11 may. I live in burgundy i word AT the semur en auxois hospital. Im happy to see pictures of my citys
Bonjour and bienvenue, Nadia. J'adore bourgogne and j'ai le visité beacoup de temps. Je fait plusiers cahiers de mes voyages la et j'espere visiter encore en septembre ! 😍🌷🌼🌻
Draw the food, or eat it while it’s hot? BAPA’s solution
So says the man who photographs all his food before he eats it. One for Solomon but we manage. 😁
@@BookandPaperArts I wasn’t criticizing. I admire the BAPA solution to the dilemma.
What style of writing is this?
Hi Susan, do you mean the typeface in the cover photo or my handwritten notes? Kelly
@@BookandPaperArts Your own writing...
@@susancarvey9063 Hiya, sent you a tag for something about it on IG.