Comments on: Favourite Art Supplies

By: Heather Goldsmith

Heather Goldsmith — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:20:58 +0000

Hi Christina,
I’m glad you’re using visual things in your journal. I agree, it does break up the text and adds some interest to the page. I’ve heard of the book you’ve mentioned, too, but haven’t read it. I’ve been meaning to, so thanks for the reminder. Thanks so much for your thoughts.

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:05:11 +0000

I have been experimenting with doing visual things to go into my diary/journal, not setting out to draw something but a visual idea comes to me and I get out the felt tip pens or pencils and I write the date, time and what inspired it or what I was thinking at the time.Sometimes its recognisable other times I actually surprise myself – a small red box and just a blob of the colour purple, not sure what prompted them. This was inspired by a book I read years ago just re-read, A Life of My Own by a woman in the 1930’s Marion Milner, the book has her real name and “pen” name and I can’t remember the other name, it was published by Virago. She did sketches and word associations to see what she was thinking subconsciously and wrote down things like: Things I like- Things I hate. In those days people conformed a lot more and she was trying to see if her real self was different. She went on to be a Physcologist I think (?) when it was not trendy/ cool to do so. I used to write on A4 student type paper and put a little drawing at the top. Easter – an egg, Autumn a brown leaf etc sometimes something cut out from the newspaper like today a photo of Nelson Mandela on his 90th birthday, its all history and it breaks up pages of text.

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By: Heather Goldsmith

Heather Goldsmith — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:27:55 +0000

Hi Hanna,
Yes, a glue stick is really handy. I’m working on sharing about the swirlie crayons, probably tomorrow. Thanks for joining in.

By: Heather Goldsmith

Heather Goldsmith — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:25:39 +0000

Hi Eileen,
Thanks for letting me know. I’m looking online to find the swirlie crayons, but might just have to do my own photo and samples so I can show everyone.

By: Heather Goldsmith

Heather Goldsmith — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:22:39 +0000

Hi Timaree,
Yes, I’ve found it’s easier just to keep it down to a minimum, so you don’t get overloaded. I like that the Sharpie ink doesn’t seep through painted pages (I use acrylic most often), but it does often seep through on an ordinary pages, yes. I’ll see if I can find the brand you suggested, though. Thanks for sharing.

By: Heather Goldsmith

Heather Goldsmith — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:50:18 +0000

Hi Cyndi,
Yeah, I love using the black Sharpie, it’s just so lovely to use. Thanks for sharing.