Art Journaling Resources
by aisling d'art ©2006I'm working on this section, moving pages from Aisling.net.
In the meantime, here are some one-minute book reviews:
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Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages by Lynne Perella
Or, buy this book at Amazon.com |
Click play button for Aisling's one-minute review of Artists' Journals & Sketchbooks (In the garbled part, I'm babbling, "I love this book!") |
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Collage Discovery Workshop by Claudine Hellmuth
Amazon.com |
Click play button for Aisling's one-minute review of Collage Discovery Workshop |
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Unique Handmade Books by Alisa Golden
Or, buy this book at Amazon.com |
Click play button for Aisling's one-minute review of Unique Handmade Books |
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The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections by Nick Bantock
Or, buy this book at Amazon.com |
Click play button for Aisling's one-minute review of The Artful Dodger |
Great links
Historical Journals and Diaries Online.
And, this is my links list from Aisling.net
Art by others
- Innovative and whimsical artists
- The Art of Dave McKean (mixed media and digital art) - one of the greatest influences on my art.
- Eliza Badurina's Modern Gypsy website - something to inspire and/or amuse every artist
- Karenann Young's art (Picturetrail site, mixed media and paper arts) - always fresh, lovingly made art.
- Fiber and beads
- Megan Noel's gorgeous website
- Book arts
- 25 Years: The Book Art Movement 1974-1999 by Richard Minsky
- Jo Anna Poehlmann's Drawings in a Nutshell
- Metal and jewelry
- Painters and more traditional artists
- James C. Christensen (illustrator) - another strong influence on my art, especially my figures.
- Kevin Cornell's sketchbook, another illustrator whose whimsy inspires me.
- Susan Sarback's Light and Color - her book was pivotal in developing my current color sense.
- Maxine Martell's Cabinet of Curiosity, with a quirky presentation concept.
- Photographers
- Fantasy Art & Photography by Adrian Welch (fantasy themes)
Cooperative projects (* indicates projects I've participated in)
- The Mirror Project*
- 52 Projects
- 1000Journals.com*
- Free Words*
- Learning to Love You More
- Nervousness.org*
- National Novel Writing Month (November is "NaNoWriMo")*
- Sh1ft.org
- Yahoo's list of collaborative art projects
Important and inspirational blogs
- Layers of Meaning (fabric art & more)
- Keri Smith's Wish Jar Journal
- in a minute ago
- Sundancers, Wild Women, and Dream Weavers (contemporary textiles)
- fiber fantasies (contemporary textiles)
- Vernon Sims' fiber arts
- Danny Gregory's Everyday Matters
Others' pages of links



