Comments on: visual diary http://whipup.net/2006/07/22/visual-diary/ handcraft in a hectic world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:53:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ART YoWZa http://whipup.net/2006/07/22/visual-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-8144 ART YoWZa Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:29:30 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/02/09/visual-diary/#comment-8144 Sometimes I use loose paper. Make a lot of pages. Edit them into a group and then go get them bound at a copy shop....... a cloth bind or a spiral bind. or I start a journal with one theme and pass it back and forth with a friend(s). Sometimes I use loose paper.
Make a lot of pages.
Edit them into a group
and then go get them bound at a copy shop…….
a cloth bind or a spiral bind.

or I start a journal with one theme and pass it back and forth with a friend(s).

]]> By: admin http://whipup.net/2006/07/22/visual-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-8081 admin Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:38:11 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/02/09/visual-diary/#comment-8081 i just deleted the writing exercises link which was not working and added a link to 52 projects which has some great writing ideas i just deleted the writing exercises link which was not working and added a link to 52 projects which has some great writing ideas

]]> By: Weeks http://whipup.net/2006/07/22/visual-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-8058 Weeks Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:11:01 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/02/09/visual-diary/#comment-8058 Because of the many responsibilities I have in life, I find it hard to carve out a piece of time daily at home to journal or sketch. So both my husband and I buy or make smaller sketch books and take them with us wherever we go. There's always one in my purse and there's a small stack at the back door for whoever is headed off to a doctor's appointment or meeting when you might have a few minutes to wait. We always have sketchbooks available while we wait for our daughter's Tae Kwon Do, swimming or dance classes. If you're sketching or churning ideas, you never really feel as though you're waiting. Even our 5-year old has some that she uses on flights or at restaurants for drawing while waiting for the food to come. She draws maps to places she wants to go and pictures of people that make her happy. Because of the many responsibilities I have in life, I find it hard to carve out a piece of time daily at home to journal or sketch. So both my husband and I buy or make smaller sketch books and take them with us wherever we go. There’s always one in my purse and there’s a small stack at the back door for whoever is headed off to a doctor’s appointment or meeting when you might have a few minutes to wait. We always have sketchbooks available while we wait for our daughter’s Tae Kwon Do, swimming or dance classes. If you’re sketching or churning ideas, you never really feel as though you’re waiting. Even our 5-year old has some that she uses on flights or at restaurants for drawing while waiting for the food to come. She draws maps to places she wants to go and pictures of people that make her happy.

]]> By: Kala http://whipup.net/2006/07/22/visual-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-7949 Kala Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:59:57 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/02/09/visual-diary/#comment-7949 I've just started my own visual journal (although I've always kept scrapbooks) and would highly recommend it to everyone! It's great for keeping ideas for later or experimenting with new techniques as well as just being incredibly satisfying, especially when you have days when you don't feel like doing much. It can really get the creative juices flowing. I’ve just started my own visual journal (although I’ve always kept scrapbooks) and would highly recommend it to everyone! It’s great for keeping ideas for later or experimenting with new techniques as well as just being incredibly satisfying, especially when you have days when you don’t feel like doing much. It can really get the creative juices flowing.

]]> By: Sarah http://whipup.net/2006/07/22/visual-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-7935 Sarah Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:26:50 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/02/09/visual-diary/#comment-7935 Yeah, I'd be really keen to know what those exercises are... Yeah, I’d be really keen to know what those exercises are…

]]> By: Archergal http://whipup.net/2006/07/22/visual-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-7934 Archergal Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:09:18 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/02/09/visual-diary/#comment-7934 The link to the exercises in paragraph 4 doesn't work, alas. The link to the exercises in paragraph 4 doesn’t work, alas.

]]> By: Petra http://whipup.net/2006/07/22/visual-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-7888 Petra Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:39:09 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/02/09/visual-diary/#comment-7888 what a great post! I've been thinking about getting a visual journal for a while now and you gave me some inspiration so thank you so much! I came across this site via a post on Crochetville^_^ I think this is a wonderful site so I hope you don't mind if I link to it in my blog^_^ what a great post!
I’ve been thinking about getting a visual journal for a while now and you gave me some inspiration so thank you so much!
I came across this site via a post on Crochetville^_^ I think this is a wonderful site so I hope you don’t mind if I link to it in my blog^_^

]]> By: makingtime http://whipup.net/2006/07/22/visual-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-7796 makingtime Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:36:45 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/02/09/visual-diary/#comment-7796 great post! i started keeping visual journals in highschool. but i started noticing i have so many half finished books. i don't know why i can't finish them, but always like starting new ones. i have started to buy thinner books, and it's alot less daunting. great post!

i started keeping visual journals in highschool. but i started noticing i have so many half finished books. i don’t know why i can’t finish them, but always like starting new ones. i have started to buy thinner books, and it’s alot less daunting.

]]> By: Caitlin O'Connor http://whipup.net/2006/07/22/visual-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-7667 Caitlin O'Connor Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:27:25 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/02/09/visual-diary/#comment-7667 And something else about visual journals - you ALWAYS have more ideas than you can make, so in a slump, you can go back and look at all the great things you didn't get around to. I've just gone back into a journal from 10 years ago and found stuff I can't BELEIVE I didn't make as a priority then! My teachers at art school are almost obsessive about students keeping visual journals - they get checked twice a semester. Mostly to make sure we're DATING the pages: if you ever need to prove whose idea something was first, your journal is your best friend. And something else about visual journals – you ALWAYS have more ideas than you can make, so in a slump, you can go back and look at all the great things you didn’t get around to. I’ve just gone back into a journal from 10 years ago and found stuff I can’t BELEIVE I didn’t make as a priority then!

My teachers at art school are almost obsessive about students keeping visual journals – they get checked twice a semester. Mostly to make sure we’re DATING the pages: if you ever need to prove whose idea something was first, your journal is your best friend.

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