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Posts in the Art Journal & Hybrid Category

Art Journaling in the New Year

SusiePArt Journal & Hybrid, Blog, Challenges

I hope the new year is treating everyone well! It seems like every year goes faster and faster! This year we have decided to focus on a word a month for our art journaling challenges. This month of January was “Reflect”, and each of us explored a different aspect of the word. Here are some…

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January Art Challenge – Reflect

SusiePArt Journal & Hybrid, Blog, Design

Have you checked out this month’s challenges? We have had a lot of planning meetings and we have come up with a plan for the year: We will have a word of the month (WOM) and each week will be a different take on that word. This month is “REFLECT”. Week 1 was: Choose a…

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Art Journaling ~ Stick Close Together!

SusiePArt Journal & Hybrid, Blog, Design

So here we are at the beginning of the New Year! It still has that New Year shiny look and new car smell. Have you made any resolutions, goals, or ideals for your year? I don’t really like to make any because life just happens sometimes and I’m not really good at giving myself lee…

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Art Journaling ~ Make it Line Up!

SusiePArt Journal & Hybrid, Blog, Challenges, Design

Hello everyone!! I hope if you celebrated the holidays that you had a wonderful time! We had a very quiet but beautiful Christmas with family and LOTS of food!! I am sure gonna need the gym right about now! We have been talking about Robin Williams’ Principles of Design: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity. As…

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Art Journaling ~ Repeat After Me

SusiePArt Journal & Hybrid, Blog, Design

Today we are continuing with Robin Williams’ Principles of Design: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity. We talked about contrast last week and how using it can make items on your page take priority, or using the opposite, low contrast, you can make elements fade or even mask journaling you don’t want others to see. Today…

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Art Journaling ~Putting it All Together

SusiePArt Journal & Hybrid, Blog, Design

So, on our journey, we have so far stopped at these places: Lines, Shapes, Color, Value, Form, Texture, and Space. We have also introduced the topic of CRAP – Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity as they relate to the above 7 design principles. I hope that this short course of design principles has been helpful…

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