Art Journal Every Day: Catching Up...

Why is it, whenever I plan to do something... maybe an online workshop, or a month-long challenge, something comes along to bother me and I fall behind? I was "doing ok" with Art Journal Every Day (March)... and had done a little bit of 'something' 1st-4th March no problem at all.

My mum was due to come and stay 6th-9th (so I knew that meant no arting what-so-ever!) but by the end of the 7th, I started to get sick... terrible sore throat, temperature etc etc. On Tuesday I started going downhill and on Wednesday morning mum took me to the doctors as I had totally lost my voice too! Doc diagnosed a Bronchial Virus and consigned me to bed... mum went home! Art Journaling in bed ensued!!

So here are my latest offerings... I have a couple more to share too, but I'll save them for tomorrow.

March 9th 2011 - Ouch

March 10th 2011 - Allergic!

{More journaling was added to this page afterwards}

Art Journal Every Day: March 1 & 2

So far I have kept to my word! Oh but it is *only* the 2nd day LOL!

Yesterday I signed up for the Art Journal Every Day in March challenge, mainly to try and change my journaling habits but to also help me journal more about my daily life. Baring this in mind, I decided for the challenge my pages don't have to be overly fancy or complex, not necessarily full of fantastic techniques or 10s of layers.. just a small art injection each day, and a space to *actually* write too.

So here's my page for March 1st and 2nd. I did the background yesterday (Neocolor II Watersoluble wax pastels, smooched with a wet baby wipe) and today I added the collage flower (Jillibean Soup paper), journaling spot (Fancy Pants Designs), stamp (Club Scrap)... and some pen work (Sharpies!). Journaling has been added too... but I prefer to keep my words private :o)

Looking forward to more tomorrow now! I might even add a little more to this page...but for today... my work is done!

Art Journal... Every day for a month!!

Its a brand new month and yes ...oh yes... I'm jumping on the bandwagon to Art Journal Every day in March!

Over on the Balzer Designs Blog, Julie invites us to play along as she challenges herself to Art Journal every day in 2011. Obviously, Julie started back on January 1st... but newcomers are always welcome and you can start anytime (its a super low stress challenge, so there is really no pressure to complete a full page *every day*... in fact Julie explains it really well in her Introduction Post).

So I am challenging myself to do the same as I want to try and change my arting habits. At the moment I journal in blocks or "chunks of time". I find that at the weekend, or on a day off, I'll spend a whole day working in my journals, playing with ink & paints....and then, when the working week starts again, it all goes on hold... and I don't like that! I miss a little "art injection" in my everyday life.

I'll try and update my progress as I go, little snapshots of what I have done each day... wish me luck!