Melissastudio – Art Lesson #2

Art Journaling – Are we having Fun Yet?

Maybe you’ve discovered you’re not yet the world’s best drawer and have thought about becoming discouraged. Don’t do it! Your skills will grow as you keep at it AND there are fun projects to do that will look good and not require huge drawing skills.  For example:

Borders – Easy! It’s glorified doodling (this phrase will keep appearing) with your new watercolor pencils or crayons. You can either leave the space blank, or fill it with either a computer generated or hand written quote.





Lists with Flair: If you’re like me, your lists have lists. Since artists are notoriously unorganized, we do what we can. Why not be creative with your lists? It takes a little longer, yes, but you’re building your art skills (and new friends at whatever store you’re visiting, if they see your list.) Here is my Art Assignment List, straight from the journal.








Playing with Shapes: Another class assignment made in the Art Journal – assignment as practice art! Check it out:


4. Variations on the Shape Motif: Take an odd number of elements from your shape drawing and just play! Doodle these as quickly as they come into your head. You can always refine them later on another page (or they might be the beginning of a real painting). Make a grid with your motif being moved and stretched and repeated. Then color with a limited number of colors. Like this: