The Illustrated Diary

Welcome to 2019..

dear readers..

a new year and lots of new things happening..

to start 

I want to take a little minute to celebrate

the publication of my article

The Illustrated Diary

in

Art Journaling Magazine

as you know...

art journaling is very near and dear to my heart

so I was delighted when I learned

that they wanted to publish several spreads in my 

2016/2017 

Journal..

In the article I explain my long history with a fear

of having someone read

my writing..

and how I eventually became a facilitator 

for art journaling groups..

overcoming my fear and writing everything on the page..

once I lost my concern

I chose to 

 obscure the majority of my text 

and 

just allow the images to 

convey the meaning of my 

written words..

I hope you have the opportunity

to purchase a copy and to 

read the article..

I have another journal in mind to send off to them

later this year and we will see how that turns out..

but..

there are tons of things in the works for this year..

and I am very busy creating...

and gearing up for my spring show 

and 

Class

in Fort Collins

in 

May

oh!!

and I will be back this 
Friday

with another 
YT

video..

see you then,

dear hearts!!

Ciao, ciao!

April Art Journal Pages

The garden..

is my one weakness..

ahh.. you know me too well..

ok.. 

it is

a truly

happy place..

one of several..

as you know dear reader, 

I adore 

all the mundane chores..

watering, weeding, raking, trimming and planting..

and our spring here was absolutely magnificent...

we had so many blooms..

and the bougainvillea were exceptional..

Caterina Giglio, April Art Journal Pages, The Color of Flowers.. 

so...

 I tried to capture that subtle beauty in my pages for last month..

and I was late, getting these pages to you...

precisely because I was spending so much time

outside..

Sometimes, my friend.. 

the beauty of this world created just for our pleasure, moves me simply to tears...

I find that beauty, that movement of feeling very hard to express..

As I sorted through my ephemera...

I found a color chart for Flower Colors..

with a corresponding page of the names of the colors, which was pretty charming..

and decided to use that as my background..

The weather changes so quickly here..

last month we had fireflies and crickets and suddenly this month

we have cicada and love bugs..

and if you don't know what love bugs are..

just google it..

suddenly it is summer..

and I will be in the studio more and the garden less..

as the rainy season is upon us..

Ingredients: Acrylic paint, antique and vintage ephemera, tissue papers, wrapping papers, colored pencil.

This week I am working on my new Vlog post..

Why it is OK to be a Scatter Brained Artist...

and I am starting my May pages..

as well as getting a journal ready for submission..

so much to do..

and I love all of it..

life is so amazing..

See you on Friday...

C4N!