Expressive Journaling

Into The Light - Zol Journaling Workshop

This Workshop Has Been Rescheduled For Saturday, August 26th Let this be the creative space & time you are seeking... Let this be the creative process you desire... Art journaling is a powerful way to re-connect with your soul, set your creative spirit free, and express yourself -- visually. Painting, writing, mark-making, and more, all collaborate in layers of expression. Learn ways to invite your intuitive flow, and enjoy your creative process. Each month we will explore a

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Layers of Story - Zol Journaling Workshop

Why not spend the day creating with me at Way Art Yonder art studio on Saturday, July 15th! In this workshop, we’ll start by creating the look of a timeworn manuscript. Exhausted by time and the elements, laden with bits and pieces of truths and untruths, the manuscript holds its stories and secrets in safety. You add yet another layer, allowing your truths to be revealed and your story begins to reveal itself in the shadows and lines from the past. Welcome another version of

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It Has Been With You All Along - Zol Journaling Workshop

New Workshop Saturday, June 24th Let this be the creative space & time you are seeking... Let this be the creative process you desire... Art journaling is a powerful way to re-connect with your soul, set your creative spirit free, and express yourself -- visually. Painting, writing, mark-making, and more, all collaborate in layers of expression. Learn ways to invite your intuitive flow, and enjoy your creative process. Each month we will explore a different theme, or techniq

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Back To It!

I'm back from nearly two weeks of traveling to New Mexico and to the heart of Georgia O'Keeffe country. I put so much inspiration and stimulation into each day that upon returning, I couldn't wait to begin expressing myself with new creations. Entering my studio that first morning back, I just stood still, frozen with emotions. I was physically, emotionally and spiritually drained but I didn't see that. All I knew was that I wasn't creating. All I could think was how could th

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Completing An Art Journal Page At A Workshop

I held an art journaling workshop on Saturday titled "By Simple Means" at Way Art Yonder Art Studio in Jamul, CA. During the workshop, I created a page alongside everyone attending and when time was up, I knew I wasn't done! (bottom photo). I had captured some elements, added colors, collaged my marked papers, and yet, to me, there wasn't a story. Fast forward about two hours alone at home and I've added more papers, inked some areas, written a bit and when I stand back to se

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Let Your Dreams Unfold - Zol Journaling Workshop

New Workshop: Saturday, May 27 Let this workshop be the creative space & time you are seeking... Let art journaling be the creative process you desire... Art journaling is a powerful way to re-connect with your soul, set your creative spirit free, and express yourself -- visually. Painting, writing, mark-making and more, all collaborate in layers of expression. Learn ways to invite your intuitive flow, and enjoy your creative process. Each month we will explore a different t

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By Simple Means - Zol Journaling Workshop

I'm happy to announce that I'll be hosting another art journaling workshop on April 22nd at Way Art Yonder studio in Jamul, CA. It will be a fun, fast-paced workshop where we will create tools to make marks by simple means. I hope you'll consider an escape to this magical studio to create in your journal. Let go of expectations and set your creative spirit free! Join me and other art journalists, for this fast-moving, fun, mark-making workshop! Using natural and self-made m

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In A New Place - Zol Journaling Workshop

Let this be the creative space & time you are seeking... Let this be the creative process you desire... Art journaling is a powerful way to re-connect with your soul, set your creative spirit free, and express yourself -- visually. Painting, writing, mark-making, and more, all collaborate in layers of expression. Learn ways to invite your intuitive flow, and enjoy your creative process. Each month we will explore a different theme, or technique, to awaken your creative spiri

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Love Letters - Zol Journaling Workshop

When I was preparing for this art journaling workshop, I created a different spread with the same prompts and materials we were going to use. That page, however didn't give me the "wow" that I got with this page. At first, I thought the only difference was the setting but with time and reflection of my creative process, I realize there was another factor at work. It was my connection with inspiration. Inspiration is a river that flows through you constantly, just under the s

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Surround Yourself

I was so busy during the last few months of the year I found myself craving time alone, especially time to create in my art journal. Looking back at this spread, I see the disparity between what I was experiencing (enjoying and appreciating my loved ones) and how I was feeling (somber, as shown by my color choice). This is an important revelation for me. One I need to pay attention to. When my life is busy and full of love, I need to surround myself with the warmth of love.

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Don't Limit Your Creativity

It was a day like any other, busy but with pockets of time here and there. In the living room, my art table is home to various ongoing projects and leftovers are common. I had my art journal, some gesso, crayons, a few scraps of paper and bottles of craft paint. Who can throw away a scrap of paper when the promise of another journal page is moments away! Limit your time, limit your supplies, limit your space; just don't limit your creativity! With limited time, I am forced to

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Love Letters - Zol Journaling Workshop

Follow your heart and spend a few hours tapping into your creativity! Let this art journaling workshop guide you in revealing your unique connection to the power of love. Love Letters An Art Journaling Workshop will be held at Art On 30th, 4434 30th Street, San Diego, CA on February 25th from 10am to 1pm. Visit www.arton30th.com for more information and to reserve your spot. I'd love to have you join me! Art Journaling is a visual way to use art and words to express yourself.

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Find Yourself In Art Journaling

During a recent afternoon of art journaling, one of my friends kept voicing her frustration over her page. "I don’t see it, I don’t see it" she would lament and I would look over at her frowning face as she stared intently at her page, wishing or daring that image to come forward. Then, when it didn’t, she would cover it with her favorite black gesso and layer on more collage and paint. I was thinking about her process and thought her “covering” was more of an internal “unco

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Zol Journaling Workshop

Nature of Poetry - Art Journaling Workshop November 12, 2016 What I really want to write is what I learned last Saturday leading my first Zol Journaling workshop. I learned that I am stronger and more confident than I think, and I deserve to give myself credit for that. I learned that I really enjoy having the company of artists around me. I learned that I enjoy seeing their internal connection and expression of themselves by letting their creativity flow onto their pages. I

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Nature in Poetry - Zol Journaling Workshop

Hi! I'm going to be leading a fun art journaling workshop here in San Diego, California on November 12th from 10am to 1pm. I'd love to have you join me! The workshop will be held at Art On 30th, 4434 30th Street, San Diego, CA. Visit their website at arton30th.com for more information and to reserve your spot. Art Journaling is a visual way to use art and words to express yourself. In your journal, you can let go of expectations, shift your mood, and liberate your creativ

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My Voice

"You were so afraid of my voice, I decided to be afraid of it too." Rupi Kaur My voice is still here. My voice still rings true for me. My voice is getting louder. I was struck by this poem and wrote it down because it felt so real inside me. That was weeks ago. Last night, while I was finishing this spread in my journal, that poem just leapt from my mind to the page in an instant. Sometimes it's like that, as quick as a wink it appears and if you aren't paying attention,

As an artist, my creativity is often in overdrive and I like having different outlets in order to express myself. Along with painting, I also love to write. The stories here are from my writing journal, combined with paintings or art journal pages I've created. It's a safe space for me to "think out loud" and I hope you enjoy browsing through the posts.