July highlights

July art journal page by Artfully Carin

These highlight pages have quickly become some of my art journal favourites. I love being able to see at a glance what we have been up to during a particular month. I make them as simple as possible on purpose so that I am more inclined to make them, and let the words and doodles provide most of the interest.

After what seemed the longest winter on record, summer finally hit with a vengeance last month. Aoife didn’t finish school till the middle of the month, but every spare moment was spent in the paddling pool in the garden.

Alan and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary. We managed to score a babysitter and went out for a meal and a movie.

Right at the end, I also managed to make a start on the walls of the studio. I haven’t been back in since, but every little bit helps.

July, 2013 from Carin Cullen on Vimeo.

(Ignore all the weeds please!)

The July highlights art journal page was made mixing 2 water soluble crayons on a stitched background (the stitches carry over from Aoife’s “6” page), which were then textured with cling film and gesso through a stencil. I added a photo of the kids playing in the paddling pool, then wrote and doodled the highlights from our month all over the page with black and white pens.

Comments

  1. Hei Carin. I wonder about something. What have you used to color your page, so it’s easy to write on? What do you write with?
    Have a nice day, from Marina in Norway.

  2. Precious memories in your beautiful video Carin…. lots of joy and happiness in those pics… and love your July Highlights page…

    Jenny ♥

  3. Hej! Tittar in här för att tacka för din trevliga kommentar i min blogg. Alltid kul att få respons på det man skapar. Du är jättevälkommen tillbaka igen! / Cattis

  4. Happy Anniversary a little bit late! HB and I have also been married for 18 years. 1995 was a very good year!!

    I love the way you document your life in your art journal. And the video is adorable!!

  5. I am so inspired by this, as I just dumped 1500 photos from the past year from my camera to my computer. When will I learn to delete, edit and organize? One day! We have been painting walls this summer… Love the bright color for your art studio!

    • Woohoo! One bit at a time. You’ll get there!¬ Glad I inspired tyou to make a start! (And no, I’m covering that over for another colour)

  6. Happy Pink, love it of course I do. 🙂

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