Friday, July 26, 2013

On My Bookshelf


This week's book is another in the series of Art Journaling books dealing with techniques and prompts. The book is Start Journaling: An Art Journaling Workbook which is edited by Kristy Conlin.  There is plenty to like about this book. It is divided into four main sections: Getting Started, Altering your Journal, Adding to your Journal, and Words & Prompts. There is also an introduction and a gallery.

What I love about this book is that it offers plenty of practice space (although, I would never work in the actual book). I have started to copy the practice pages and start working on the copies rather than work in the actual workbook. Another wonderful aspect of this book is that the projects are a collection of offerings from different established Art Journaling artists like David R. Modler and Eric M. Scott (Journal Fodder Junkies), Melanie Testa (Dreaming from the Journal Page), and Diana Trout (Journal Spilling) among others. I mention these artists in particular because I am very familiar with their work and books.

There are plenty of practical suggestions, some of which I already use, and I love the way that the material is presented. Also, I really appreciate the gallery and sample pages/projects that are presented. There is nothing earth shattering new about the material presented but this is an excellent book for anyone interested in journaling, art journaling, and creativity. This is another great example of a reference book that will help you get motivated when you are in one of those dark corners where you just get stuck and need a little direction to move on/forward. Highly, highly recommended.




Full Disclosure: Neither Amazon.com nor the authors have provided any compensation for this review. This book was purchased online without a personal perusal before purchase.

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