Water color art journal & my sketchbookdoodles

 

Benefits of Doodling

Stress Relief: The repetitive motion and creative expression involved in doodling can be soothing and help reduce stress.

Improved Focus: Doodling can aid concentration, especially during long meetings or lectures.

Creativity Boost: It can stimulate creative thinking and problem-solving by allowing the mind to wander freely.

Memory Aid: Some studies suggest that doodling can help with information retention.

"The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible." – David Ogilvy

"Doodling is the brooding of the mind." – Saul Steinberg

"To draw, you must close your eyes and sing." – Pablo Picasso

"Creativity takes courage." – Henri Matisse

"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." – Twyla Tharp

Envelope art transforms ordinary envelopes into unique pieces of art, adding a personal and creative touch to your mail. This art form is not only fun but also a great way to make your letters stand out and bring joy to recipients.

A great way to practise envelope art is in my journals, this time my watercolor journal

watercolor collage

"Every artist was first an amateur." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." – Thomas Merton

Sketchbookdoodles

Junk journal, art journal and collage journals collection

 

"Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse

The purpose of art is washing the dust

of daily life off our souls." - Pablo Picasso

Art journals

In this journal I used a acrkylic painting as back cover and the one below as front cover. Very heavy textured.

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." - Edgar Degas

Collage journals

Journal pages

A Good beginning of a art journal

"The world always seems brighter when

you've just made something that wasn't there before." - Neil Gaiman

"Art is the stored honey of the human soul." - Theodore Dreiser

Junk journal embellishment and tassel 

"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." - Twyla Tharp

"Art is the journey of a free soul." - Alev Oguz

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.

Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott Adams

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance

of things, but their inward significance." - Aristotle

These quotes can serve as prompts, inspiration, or reflections in your art journal, adding depth and meaning to your creative expressions.

Feel free to choose the ones that resonate with you most and incorporate them into your journaling practice.

Miniature book art

Miniature book art where I used two seashell

On my instagram you can see Reels video

https://www.instagram.com/janemonicatvedtart/reels/

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand." - Neil Gaiman"

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."

- Carlos Ruiz Zafón"

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." - Charles William Eliot

Maybe you find some inspiration in my book art, and want to create one yourself. I picked the shell by the sea. I am lucky and live very close to the sea. 

Books are uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King

maybe you find some inspirations in my book art