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In My Studio This Week – Easy Mixed-Media Portrait Anyone Can Create
Self-portrait collage
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The Vagabond Artist Stays Put for A While – Travel/Art Journal
Why keep a Travel and Art Journal? My goal is tot keep you up to date on my adventures as the Vagabond Artist. Inspiring you to feel your own creative pursuits don’t have to be perfect but can start a process of allowing yourself the freedom to create and grow along with me on this…
Travel and Art Journal – Sedona, Week Two
Spooky Skies
Scenes From the Drive South – The Vagabond Artist’s Travel Journal
Travel Journal Cover Page
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The Vagabond Artist is Heading South – My Travel Journal
Historic house in Walla Walla
The Vagabond Artist Lands in Walla Walla – My Travel Journal
In my ongoing travel journal, I say goodbye to Montana and the friends we made while there. On to Walla Walla, Washington, a place close to my heart. The Setting I grew up in a government town where nearly everyone lived in government housing with no sense of history or place. Imagine my delight when…
The Misadventures of the Vagabond Artist in Montana
As my husband and I start to prepare for the next leg of this adventure, I look back on our time spent in Montana and want to share with you some of the missteps and misadventures we experienced. Accomodations We had previously purchased tickets for a concert in Missoula Montana, so we wanted to stay…
Three Ways Creativity Brought Healing from COVID
Backstory I had planned a visit to my niece for her granddaughter’s thirteenth birthday. She had let me know they had been exposed to COVID but tested negative using an at-home test kit. We felt assured and went to the birthday dinner. All was well until she called while we were driving home and said…
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Art Journals
Today I want to share with you the Art Journals I use and techniques for filling them up. Art journals are those I use to draw, paint, or sketch in. These are typically purchased but sometimes I use altered ledger books, record books, desk calendars, etc. The purchased books I use are Canson Mixed-Media pad or…
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Types of Journals
Types of journals I use in my daily creative practices to unblock creativity.