No Excuses Art Journaling: Making Time for Creativity Paperback – 31 December 2013

Compre una edición de segunda mano, y el libro envía intacto, el contenido explendido e inspirador, lo recomiendo.

Excelente livro! Indico!

I love this book. It's clear, fun and easily do able. I didn't use a diary to use the ideas presented in this book instead I just got out a sketchbook and started following the suggestions given. I like the idea of sectioning off smaller areas to fill with simple images on a daily basis. I found these very easy to achieve and only took about 10 minutes. This soon expanded and I moved away from small areas to larger spreads quite naturally. I also found I wanted to include other ideas in my daily practice. There is plenty in this book to keep you coming back for more. If, like me, you haven't been able to start a daily journal of any sort give this book a go as it certainly opened up a daily art habit for me.

After a few months of sitting in my wishlist, I finally bought Armfield's book, and it's been a great source of inspiration. There are small assignments that keep you on track. I especially like the links to her website and projects, and the "artist of the month" pages which offer more inspiration.

Before I met Gina Rossi Armfield, her book, No Excuses Art Journaling, had me hooked. After I met her at CHA (Craft and Hobby Association Convention in Anaheim), I felt I’d met someone I’d known for a long time and crossed paths with again. She’s warm and happy to share her ideas. Over dinner, I got hooked on her style of art journaling and am having a lot of fun doing a “No-Excuses” journal of my own.Her book is a flat-out, ingenious way to journal. There are easy step-by-step instructions. Take a book-size calendar, weekly preferable. Convert the datebook into a journal by adding the journaling program (a free download) by taping it into the datebook. Add envelopes in each month, to store snippets you will want to use as you go along.Gina also gives you monthly theme pages with quotes, ideas and prompts to put in the calendar for each month. You then add watercolor paper so you can draw, collage or paint, as you decide.That’s just the beginning. Each month has a theme, there are tasks for each week. Feeling overwhelmed? No need. She just wants to make sure you aren’t bored. You can do as much or as little as you want.I decided to use a watercolor sketch book and added sticky-note weekly calendar pages. This page shows some envelopes I made to hold painted leaves and feathers.I decided to use a watercolor sketch book and added sticky-note weekly calendar pages.To help you stay interested, she teaches you some techniques: how to carve your own rubber stamp, how to create collages, how to do contour drawings (so you can create sketches, which you also learn.There are hints to work with photo strips, the color of the day, getting in touch with your emotions and drawing the weather. Just when you think you are going to pop if you don’t grab a journal and get started, she gives examples of her own and from guest artists like Jenny Doh, Jennifer Joanou, Traci Lyn Huskamp, LK Ludwig, Susan Elliott–one for each month of the year.Each artist chose a color palette to work with and answered a set of interview questions. You get an intimate look at each included artist and a view of their interpretation of the assignments.The book is cheerful and peripatetic. You will want to use it as a reference, as a guide, as an inspiration.This book will show you a fresh new way to create a fat, interesting journal while exploring your own seasons and landscapes.