Day: March 6, 2008

Ode to Pamdora

Sometime ago Pam RuBert, who has a new blog address BTW, recommended the Jennifer New book on journaling.

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Drawing from Life

November 19, 2007

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I probably went on and on about how I couldn’t find it at the library in a previous post, so I won’t bother here. I solved the problem by finally biting the bullet and buying it. While my flight was delayed I started to read it and it is a GREAT book. I almost like New’s words better than her illustrations, though the pictures of the journals are great, too. One of the quotes that I REALLY like is “journals are the working stiffs of creative life.” That phrase totally makes it ok to just mess around in a journal. I really like it.

Whirligigs and Pinwheels

You may remember the Whirligig/Wheel of Fortune/Whirling Star/Whirligig blocks that Jan over at Be*mused posted in June 2007.

These were on my mind when I went to Seattle in February. When I got there I saw that TFQ had played around with this pattern after I posted and came up with the following


The above pattern scheme came about because she wanted dots, but didn’t want it to scream dots. So far she only has been playing with the project (you saw the other stuff she has been working on!) and who knows where it will go, but I hope it goes somewhere. I also can’t wait to see what Jan from Be*mused does with her blocks. Read the post, because she gives some good tips on piecing when using templates, as I mentioned before.

Visual Journaling tools?

Pam RuBert had a post about this sketchbook on her NEW blog. I didn’t buy one yet, because I love the Spanish ones I get, BUT if I could find one that I can layer more and has a bit thicker paper, I might be persuaded to switch. I may buy one and try it out.

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Clairefontaine Drawing Pad – Rectangular

Clairefontaine Drawing Pad - Rectangular

Product Description

The high quality paper in Clairefontaine Drawing Pads is perfect for pencil, charcoal or pastel drawing. This side wire bound pad contains 50 sheets of 120 g white acid free paper with a medium tooth surface. The rigid backboard allows you to draw just about anywhere. Size: 5 3/4″ x 8 1/4″.
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