My nature journaling course uses easily learnt mixed-media art techniques that can be repeated at home, participants create their own hand-made, layered art journal, full of color, images and words. Most of the raw materials: plants, flowers and leaves etc ,are found close to the studio. The process creates a beautiful object - with a rich layered surface.
The first day began with a look at images that I made which show the various techniques that we would use on day one in action.
By the end of the day lots of images adorned the walls of the studio!
One of the tecniques learned on day one, was how to carve stamps from erasers.
A technique used to great effect in this beautiful stamped page by course participant Steve Pennington.
On day two I showed how images that were made on day one could be scanned into photoshop
and used as elements in a digital collage.
The rest of day two was spent making the nature journal covers....
.......and attaching the pages to it.
'journal clasp with ceramic beads'
By the end of the course, everyone left with a striking handmade journal ,and the confidence to continue this rewarding activity at home.
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