World Famous Comics: True Vision: Authentic Art Journaling
True Vision: Authentic Art Journaling
By: L.K. Ludwig Publisher: Quarry Books Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Quarry Books Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 144 Publication Date: July 01, 2008
Featuring the artwork of over 25 leading artists with name recognition
As art journaling grows in popularity (even attracting a new breed of scrapbookers who call themselves "life artists"), there is a movement afoot toward creating more authentic, personal, what some people call "raw" journals. These journals are filled with not just attractive, well-composed pages, but pages that are filled with personal, meaningful content.
True Visions is focused on ways to bring authenticity and meaning into one's art journaling. The book will examine themes and topics common to all while offering activities and exercises to create rich meaningful content. Each chapter will highlight familiar subject areas such as life events, spirituality, childhood, and even an artist's favorite writings. Within each topic, readers are given guided activities and exercises for developing content, provided one or two artistic techniques, and are shown inspiring examples of work by a variety of talented art journal artists.
awesome I highly recommend this book. It is packed with loads of interesting material to inspire any budding artist. It has some amazing wonderful work from artists and is full of information and techniques for you to try out. The book also has interesting ideas and prompts written down on the right hand side of each page spread.A well set out book easy to read and awesome pictures of artwork.
Open ended inspiration True Vision is an excellent resource for journal artists. The open-ended prompts and ideas are geared toward more experienced art journalers. The book is well organized with interviews with some of the artists: thoughtful questions and answers.
A great addition to your library if you love journaling.
Sharpen your art-journaling tools and get crackin' Maybe it's because my copy is from the second printing, but I didn't find the glaring editing mistakes another reviewer was appalled to find. I noticed a typo or two but that was the extent. True Vision packs a hefty punch. It will appeal to a mixed audience. There are basic and innovative prompts (on every other page) geared to those just discovering the world of art journaling, or making a leap from traditional scrapbooking to a deeper and/or more complex style. The written material is excellent. L.K.'s observations are thought-provoking and her instructions detailed, which will please everyone. She's collected a smashing selection of illustrative pages from the diverse journals of 3 dozen artists working in a wide array of media/styles. There are in-depth interviews with Katie Kendrick, Bee Shay, Traci Bunkers, Loretta Marvel, and Julianna Coles, artists who have made their names on the strength of their journal pages alone. In addition to specific techniques like inkjet image transfers and blind contour drawing, there are sections on developing personal 'symbols' and journaling on subjects of global impact. L.K. included a Vision Deck, a set of word prompt cards to spark any art journaler's creative fire.
What is ART JOURNALING? For those that do not know what ART JOURNALING is all about, then this book will certainly help to define the subject.
If you are a beginner or even a mid-level Journal writer (or artist), I think that this book will come in very handy.
L.K.Ludwig gives a wonderful introduction to this special subject, in the first few Introductory pages.
Then, Ludwig follows-up the definition of "Artistic Journaling" by explaining how to use her book. For example, on the right hand side of each page, the author gives "prompts" to stimulate the reader's imagination. Then, inside a highlighted "box", the author gives TIPS on how to expand on each theme.
Also, on the bottom of some of the pages, the author gives more prompts (as fill-in the blanks) to the get the readers' creative juices going.
Along with all these "prompts" and "tips", each page shows these beautifully executed Journal pages by actual artists... All colorful and highly detailed.
Also, Ludwig categorizes the main chapters into the following: relationships, the written word, current events, places, spaces, self-explorations, spirituality, dreams, etc.
Therefore, this book by Ludwig will not only show some inspiring examples of Journal pages created by actual journal writers, but then Ludwig also gives the reader all the pre-requisite starting points in order to get the readers' creative juices going.
above and beyond I have to say right up front I am one of the artists in this book. But aside from that I am really enjoying this book. There are so many layers to it. You can enjoy it for the eye candy factor alone....or you can look at it as a place to go to inspire you in your own work. I am at the moment looking at certain pages as a challenge. I am going through the book with my journal turned to the "ideas" page and jotting down new ideas I want to try. LK is an amazing artist. I am always blown away by her work. She has a great artist's eye. I think this books is aimed at journalers who are more to the visual journaling side rather than say a scrap booking artist but the cool thing is that there is so much cross over influence now. The lines are blurring and this is good for all artists. Great job LK and thanks for including me.
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