3. What are Visual Journals? A visual journal starts with the simple idea of a notebook or sketchbook, and expands the concept by involving a mixture of writing, mixed media, found objects, and paper techniques.
4. Qualities Can be personal, artistic, or professional. Requires as much or as little time as you have – highly adaptable. Process-focused.
7. Artists Dan Eldon, Visual Journal Pioneer Documentary Films about Eldon Sketchbook Pages by Eldon
8. Artists Bob Fisher: used to work at Cartoon Network but felt burned out by the long hours and constant pressure to innovate. Began using Visual Journals as a way to energize and invigorate his artistic senses.
9. Artists Teesha Moore – worked as a card and rubber stamp designer, magazine publisher, and currently organizes artist workshops. Teesha Moore’s Visual Journals
10. Artists David Modlerand Eric Scott- authors of the Journal Junkies Workshop book. Both work in Art Education and do workshops as well as teach.
11. Approaches Layering the pages. There are no rules Any variety of mixed media, cut outs, and collage can be used.
13. Ephemera Used postage, receipts, ticket stubs- think twice before you throw it out! Vintage papers, photographs, envelopes. Magazines, photocopied book pages, sheet music, song lyrics. Old sketchbooks and journals.