Journal: Field Notes Lunacy Pocket Notebook Medium(s): Acrylic paint, ink, watercolor, ephemera Status: Complete Notes: Select pages from the travel journal I kept when we went back to Wales to spend Christmas with my family for the first time in four years. This was also the last leg of Year of Creative Habits 2017.
×December 2017: Day 351/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a woman with green hair and horns and the words it's a bit lazy, don't you think? next to her with doodles and ephemera surrounding the drawing. Drawing reference is ulorinvex via Sktchy.
×December 2017: Day 353/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a vain robin wanting me to photograph its good side and a drawing of me and my husband pretending to fight at a heritage site in Wales.
×December 2017: A mixed media art journal page with a collage from a silly posh magazine I pick up for free every time I fly thinking it will be good for journaling with.
×December 2017: Day 352/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A torn image of people holding a string pentagram from a magazine and a quick sketch of a woman with smoke coming from her hands that I drew while jetlagged in my art journal.
×December 2017: A mixed media art journal page with an image of Bath Cathedral and some doodles of the boys drinking beer and the girls drinking hot chocolate at a German Christmas market.
×December 2017: Day 356/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a gothic woman with a skull on her shoulder and ephemera from day trips in England.
×December 2017: Day 357/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a woman holding a monarch butterfly to her mouth. This piece was featured in Brush Magazine, Issue 3 (2018).
×December 2017: Days 358 and 359/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a witchy gothic woman in a hat saying "happy xmas eve" and a drawing of a holiday scene from an ugly sweater I bought. Drawing reference from Sktchy.
×December 2017: A mixed media art journal page with a collage from a Christmas card with a silly conversation between me and my dad.
×December 2017: Day 360/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of myself in black and white looking up contemplatively against a floral background with the words time marches on next to me.
×January 2018: An art journal illustration of Jack Black in Jumanji with ephemera from the screening.
×December 2017: An art journal illustration of a handmaid from The Handmaid's Tale with a quote by Margaret Atwood and ephemera from my trip to Wales.
×December 2017: Day 364/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal illustration of a woman holding a brush to her chin after painting her face blue and a sticker from Death Wish Coffee. Drawing reference from Sktchy.
×January 2018: A mixed media art journal illustration of a mirrored woman holding animal skulls. Drawing reference is uterusrexart via Sktchy.
×December 2017: Day 365/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of myself taking a selfie in a mirror with holiday lights surrounding me and cut out of a holiday card. I did it – I made at least one piece of art every day this year! I honestly did not think I would keep it up. For my last piece, I drew from the same photo as day 1.
×December 2017: A mixed media art journal collage of a woman with projected stars on her face next to travel ephemera and words about not knowing if it is night or day.
