Below is my art journal spread from Springfield, Illinois to Omaha, Nebraska on September 3, 2019.
Springfield, Illinois to Omaha, Nebraska (September 3, 2019)
Here is my spread for my day in Omaha, Nebraska on September 4, 2019.
Journal spread for Omaha 9/4/19
Here is my spread for my day from Omaha to Norfolk, Nebraska on September 5, 2019.
Omaha to Norfolk, Nebraska 9/5/19
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“ART JOURNAL” INVITATION: I invite you to post a journal spread on your own blog about your travels. You can do collage, watercolor, acrylics, stamps, drawing or stencils — whatever art form your heart desires. These are my first art journal spreads and drawings, so I can only hope I’ll become more creative as I practice and play. I invite you to do the same!
One of my intentions for my “Road Trip to Nowhere” in September of 2019 was to “Make art journal spreads for each state (Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado) through collage, drawing or collecting items.” I’m having so much fun with this that I’ve decided to make a journal spread for each day of my journey.
If you’d like some ideas on creating an art journal, please see my page: on creating art from travels. I actually don’t have many ideas yet, but I hope to add more as I experiment with different art forms. Also, I would love to see any great ideas from the artists out there. Feel free to add a link to your own blog if you do bullet or travel journals of your own.
Include the link in the comments below by Thursday, April 9 at 1:00 p.m. EST. When I write my post in response to this challenge on Friday, April 10, I’ll include your links in that post.
This will be an ongoing invitation, once on the second Friday of each month. Feel free to jump in at any time. 🙂
I hope you’ll join in our community. I look forward to reading your posts!
the ~ wander.essence ~ community
I invite you all to settle in and read a few posts from our wandering community. I promise, you’ll be inspired!
- Pauline, of Living in Paradise…, is a fabulous artist and has shared some of her very creative art journal pages. She’s so inspirational. 🙂
Thanks to all of you who shared posts on the “art journaling” invitation.
~ wander.essence ~ 
What a gorgeous journal creatively put together! I have loads of bits and ends I collected on my journey but they are all in a folder, this is a superb way to preserve them and their memories . Awesome!
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It was so much fun to make the journal spreads, Sheetal. I hope you’ll try making one yourself. 🙂
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I love these spreads! So creative!
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Thank you so much, Colline. They were fun to make, so I’m glad you enjoyed them. 🙂
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What a fantastic journal! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Pit. It was fun to put together these spreads. 🙂
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You’re really good at this. All the colors and the textures, shapes placed inside shapes. There is the sense that everything extends, grows off the page. I know I should be inspired to try the same, but I haven’t gone anywhere in a while. We’ll see.
Such good work, Cathy!
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I’ve never been much of an artist, Christopher, so it’s fun to push myself to create something outside of my comfort zone. I still have much to learn. Thank you for your kind and thoughtful words. Any creation such as this doesn’t have to be about travel, just life and whatever inspires you. 🙂
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Oh, I love your journals, Cathy… marvellous memories for you
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Thanks so much, Sue. They’re fun to put together. I’d like to learn more and experiment more as time goes on.
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I’m sure you will, Cathy!
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Those are really beautiful mementos.
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Thank you, Anabel. I’m glad you like them. 🙂
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Your travel journal is a work of art, Cathy.
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Thanks, Carol. It’s fun to play around with it. 🙂
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These are really inspirational Cathy. Each one is a little works of art. I agree such a terrific way to preserve your memories. Thank you for the link. I do hope some other bloggers jump on board. I’ve just got a small one page contribution this month, but I’m working on some more..https://retiredfromgypsylife.wordpress.com/2020/03/19/a-birthday-celebration/
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Thanks, Pauline. I’d like to incorporate more drawing into mine, although now I seem to rely heavily on collage. Drawing is hard for me, but it’s fun to try, even if things never turn out how I’d like! 🙂 Thanks for your contribution; I enjoyed it and linked it to my next post on April 10. 🙂
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Drawing gets easier if you practice. I think you capture the feelings in your sketches and collage is a great way to save your memories.
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I’m hoping to find more time for practice now that we’re stuck inside for the long haul. It’s fun to save these memories in a visual way. You have inspired me much! 🙂
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Strangely the more time I have the less organised I seem to be 🙄
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I know the feeling!
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Here I am back again with another contribution Cathy. I love how our styles are so different. You fit so much information into your pages. https://retiredfromgypsylife.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/day-2-of-the-birthday-get-away/
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You are such a wonderful artist, Pauline. Thank you for sharing this, I loved these gardens and your sketches and journals of your experience. I want to try to do more sketches in mine; I’ll try for next time. Thanks for sharing and continuing to inspire. 🙂
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Thanks Cathy, they are good to look back on.
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I agree!
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Wow Im so inspired by your journal pages, they look soo great. I wish I could visit all of these places, hopefully in the future I will. Great post, I loved it
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Thank you so much, Ruthie. I’m certainly no artist, but it’s fun to try something new for a change. I love having the actual journals as mementos of my trip too. I hope you can visit these places too. It was a fun trip that I’ll be writing more about in the year ahead. I traveled over 7,000 miles altogether!
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