My Completed Collaborative Art Journal

Honey Wonderful Creative You:

Tomorrow I am off for my annual fine art retreat for the next several days, so I want to get out yous brimming with ideas for YOUR creative life. Connection with other artists is one of the most nurturing things I do for my creativity. An art retreat or a workshop is an astonishing way to practise that, but a less expensive, more sustained way of doing that is to connect with someone and make collaborative art journals.

A Collaborative Art Journal

If you've hung around here for a while, you might think that in early on 2022 I started an fine art journal collaboration with artist Cait Sherwood. We both purchased the same Moleskine squeeze box journal, worked on it a fleck, and and then swapped. Nosotros connected this process for about 2 and a one-half years, until we finally met up in New York this summer. I've shared our progress all along the mode. You can see the showtime marks here, see how the journals evolve and hear about my art fears hither, and watch as I open Cait's creation for the first time here.

This art periodical collaboration was a ton of fun, and helped me stretch equally an creative person. When your manner is similar, but too really unlike, it takes some time and trial and error to put the pieces together. Initially this felt like a challenge. I worried about upsetting her with something I did in the art – doing besides much or as well fiddling. Just as the collaboration continued, we found our groove, and things began to gel.

Cait had been the one to reach out to me on social media and advise a collaboration. I didn't know her. Over the terminal two years nosotros accept shared our art and some personal things too. I dearest the way that art has the power to connect the states and make us better. Seeing Cait in person for the first time was such a cute way to complete this project. I as well had no thought she was so tall! (And yes, I'm a bit short. But hey – not that short!)

So my hope in sharing some of the completed pages here is to inspire you. Cait has an Astonishing eye for color and texture. I dear how everything feels so alive in these pages, and how our styles melded. YOU could practise this also!

Aren't these flowers that Cait made so loose and beautiful? They are a wonderful example of the dazzler in imperfection.

Run across how they contrast with my slightly more cracking plants, simply still relate? This was part of the challenge initially, and and then once I figured it out, the fun – going back and forth between these styles and building bridges betwixt what each of the states was saying in the fine art.

I made several of these birds throughout.

Cait made these fanciful cows. We also mimicked each others marks.

I punched holes all throughout this one, and we both took advantage of the unlike layering options that afforded us.

I love the loose lilies that Cait makes.

Cait introduced fish throughout, which were likewise a lot of fun to play with.

Inspired yet? What about doing your own art journal collaboration? You might have a friend nearby who is interested, or you might reach out to someone new and make an fine art penpal like I did. I have to tell y'all, getting a colorful periodical in the mail takes fun mail to a whole new level. I've done a few other collaborations with other artists I didn't know, and it's always been such a  rich experience. Not sure how to commencement your art journal? This post has tons of nifty ideas, or you tin can take hold of my e-book guide here, or take my intuitive fine art journaling form for beginners here.

Creatively Yours,

Amy

P.S. Today I was featured on the Self-Care Soother Podcast with Suzanne Stammer. Nosotros talked virtually the style I use art journaling to express and transform my feelings. She had some great questions for beginners and I call back you'll really love it. You can listen here.

P.P.S  I've but added a free workshop for next Friday and I hope you can join me. We are going to build our creative muscles by playing creatively. You tin can RSVP here: Telephone call Off the Fine art Police!

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