brick arch

I recently discovered the amazing premier issue

of Art Journaling magazine, put out by Somerset Studio.

It was worth every penny of the (gasp) $14.99 (plus tax)

I spent on it, as it is chock full of images, is printed on heavy

paper (not the standard flimsy magazine page), and also

gets down to the nitty gritty on technique and supplies.

So there you have it. I am feeling inspired to take my

visually-charged journaling on some adventures. Today's

image is a work in progress. It's the background painting

of a page-to-be. I post this because a)I like the way it turned

out, b)I think it's fun to see things in different stages

of their creation, and c)it may likely get to looking worse

instead of better, in which case I'll be able to look back and

remember that I don't always like every brick outlined in

black (see tomorrow's post) and maybe learn from my mistakes.

Or vice versa.