Another version

I'm sure that some of you have doubts about my claim that Duke has been hogging my computer and that's why I haven't been blogging.
You probably think I've been doing things like lounging around on the couch, watching tv, or playing games on my kindle like this one.

It's basically another tetris type game with a little bit more to it. It's not a bad game but there are a couple things I don't like about it. One is that it's connected to facebook and the other is that you have to be connected to the internet to play which means that I'm limited on where I can play the game. I take my kindle to work with me so I have it for breaks and lunch but there's no internet connection there. Oh well, at least I can still read which is another thing that has been taking up quite a bit of my time.

One lies, the other swears to it

I know I've been absent from the blog for a few days but Duke was hogging the computer and wouldn't let me have it.

My way part two

As promised, or maybe I should say threatened, here are two more pages in my art journal.

For this one I took a piece of scrapbook paper, cut it down to size and punched a border along the top of it. Then I looked through a magazine for a picture to cut out and paste on the page.

This one I started by cutting out the words endless possibilities from a magazine. I pasted them on the page and then painted the shape in the center. The rest of the page was done with markers. I'm kind of like a kid when it comes to  markers. I can entertain myself for quite a while with them.

I do have one more page finished and another one started but no pictures taken of them just yet. I'll give you a break before I come back to this.

I'm doing it my way

I've been reading a lot about art journals lately. I find them intriguing and they look like fun. Any way I thought that I would give it a try and do it my way.

There are all kinds of resources out there for how to get started and what to do but by the far the best advice that I read was on one site that said not to follow any rules, just let your imagination run wild and do whatever you want.

I started with a cheap composition book. Eventually I'll decorate the cover of this some how but that will have to wait until I decide what I want to do on it.

The first page was done with just markers.

I'm hoping that this will help jump start my creative thinking when I'm in a slump. Plus I plan on using this to try out different techniques that I read about.

Tomorrow I'll show you two more pages that I have done so far.