painting in a journal

Published by: ANNEMARIE BOURKE on 10th Jun 2010 | View all blogs by ANNEMARIE BOURKE
Hey there fellow artists!
Just want to tell you all about the fabulous journals available from John Purcell Papers
They have 50 sheets of Saunders Waterford 200lb paper in a hardback stitch bound book. They come in a4 anda3 sizes and are fantastic for sketching.
they cost about 14 pounds sterling

I take them with me when I go teaching or painting on the continent and have done so for many years, with the result that I now have a huge amount of reference for those rainy irish days.

the one tip I would give is just to say
DON'T BE PRECIOUS ABOUT YOUR JOURNAL
they are fabulous but a journal is a place for you to grow and develope
to make mistakes,and learn from them , it's not a showpiece that you have to stress out over
happy painting
Annemarie

Comments

2 Comments

  • Jax
    by Jax 1 year ago
    Funny that I read this today and this morning I was thinking of creating a teaching journal. I sit and draw and explain on scraps of paper while I teach and often my students disappear with all my scribblings. I was thinking that this may be a good way to produce a teaching manual. By keeping it in a book, I won't need to re-do it every time that I tried to explain the lesson over to a student. Thank you for this. You have inspired me to get going.
  • ANNEMARIE BOURKE
    by ANNEMARIE BOURKE 1 year ago
    Hey Jax
    Thanks for that
    a great idea ......think I will try it too
    I find also on a watercolour class that I encourage students to bring a journal so if I want to show them something I do it in their journal
    the advantages are that they have these relevant notes at home and they build a book sorting out their individual problems
    also they can have a practise before they do it in their painting and this builds confidence
    it also means that the finished work is all done by themselves
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