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.
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.
I used Caran D’ache Neocolor IIs, and wrote with bold black Pitt pen and a Posca white paint pen. I also love Christy Tomlinsons doodle pen (Scarlet Lime), but rarely buy it. Pitt pens are easier for me to get hold of. – See more at: https://artfullycarin.com/july-highlights/#comment-3243
Precious memories in your beautiful video Carin…. lots of joy and happiness in those pics… and love your July Highlights page…
Jenny ♥
Thank you Jenny!
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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!!
1995 was definitely a good year! And thank you Janet!
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)
Happy Pink, love it of course I do. 🙂
Of course you do lol. Thanks!