Art Journalling: Mermaids and Under the Sea

Another day, another swap :)  Not much to say about this one.  I had to start a new journal (which was my first venture into coptic stitch binding - Sea Lemon has a great tutorial on youtube).  It came out ok, not the greatest work ever, but it'll hold up :)

I really like this spread.  I'm still "stealing" other peoples art, but at least I'm mixing it up a bit, changing a bit here and adding something different over there.  Ha.  Maybe soon I'll be inspired to draw something all my own!  

I don't know why the left side scanned blurry...I don't like the green seaweed and the wave above it was my attempt at coloring the background.  ek.  so that's when the whole background got colored in three shades of blue and blended...my blending pencil doesn't work so great with my colored pencils (crayolas from my teen years) but until I invest in something fancier, I'll use what I have :)  

Even with all the i-don't-like-this parts of spread, overall I do like it, and that's what really matters, right?

Another Swap Art Journal: Magazine and List, List, List!!

I joined another swap.  This time for a Mini Handmade Art Journal.  I missed the first in the series, so this time around, I had to make a mini journal.  I forgot to take a picture of the journal :(  The first round was to find a beautiful picture in a magazine, cut it out, and make 

that the center of your art journal page.  I decided to put my own art in my journal to make up for the missed round. 

Here's what I came up with:

The part of the left, I totally stole from someone.  I mean, I drew this myself, but totally not my idea!

For round #2, the prompt was: List, List, List! Your journal spread must include a list somewhere. Again, I stole this idea from someone, but at least I filled it in with my own tasks and sketches :)  

This journal belongs to emilymay42 of swap-bot.  She hasn't logged in for a few months (and never actually participated in this swap series, but started a different one, so....) but whatever, I just wanted to draw something!  I'll keep passing this one on!

Well, until the next round starts...Happy Swapping!