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Travel Journaling happens (or not) in three stages: pre-trip, while traveling, and post-trip.
With the best of intentions, we prepare our travel journals before the trip, thinking we will work on them throughout our journey. Then we get hardly anything done in them during our trip, because we are busy having adventures. We return home with a load of journal treasures, and then procrastinate because we are not sure how to put all that treasure together in a coherent fashion..
Lots of art tips and pages ideas, lots of easy computer and Elements exercises, lots of creative ideas for getting the essence of your travel experiences on paper, and lots of humor and fun.
We split the lessons up between the pre-planning stage, the travel stage, and the after stage when you can put everything together.
You do not have to take an actual trip to enjoy this workshop - we can pretend, or you can work with any trip you have already taken, or you can do a travel journal of your own town, or a day trip to a town nearby. Where you go is not what matters. How much fun you have making a travel journal about it is what matters!
How this workshop is structured . . .
WHENEVER WORKSHOPS, are self-paced workshops you can take WHENEVER you want.
When you purchase the workshop and check-out of the Shopping Cart, you are given a Download Link to the Workshop Guide. This is a PDF that introduces the workshop and provides you with live Links to download the workshop Lessons, or to watch and/or download the video Lessons if that is the format.
The Instructor is available daily through this email address: Instructor@cre8it.com
Relevant workshop questions will always be answered for registered students for one year from your date of registration (purchase).
Supplies Used. . .
Suggestions:
I will list links at DickBlick.com or Amazon for my recommendations for each supply. These ARE NOT required brands - just brands that I happen to like best. I chose them for the best value and affordable price. Cre8it.com is a DickBlick and Amazon affiliate which does not affect your price, but pays a small percent commission to me if purchases are made at my suggestion. We are affiliated because Dick Blick is my hands-down favorite online art supply source and Amazon my favorite everything store.
A Moleskine “Large Sketchbook” (Blue/Violet Label)
Moleskine Large Sketchbook at Amazon
or some journal or notebook with pages that are heavy and smooth so they will take transfers well, and stand up to the waterbrush. Strathmore makes an inexpensive Visual Journal in a smooth Bristol, but they don't have a lot of pages, so you might need a second one.
Strathmore Visual Journal -Bristol Smooth, 5.5x8 or 9x12
Water Soluble Colored Pencils (Watercolor Pencils).
You must have at least some basic colors.
Our favorite brand is the Caran d'ache Supracolor. Any will do except the cheap kid's brands which have very little pigment.
Caran d'ache SupraColor Soft Aquerelle Pencils
A Waterbrush.
Niji is the best brand and is inexpensive online. Small tip is best because it lets out a controlled flow of water to the tip. This is a paintbrush that holds clear water in its barrel. Get the full barrel size with Small tip (Prod # 05133-1000)
Drawing Pencil:
#3H (can be found at all art and craft stores). This is not a mechanical pencil - just an ordinary one, but with a cleaner, harder, more erasable lead than the usual #2.
Eraser: Big, white, soft. Magic Rub is a great brand.
Indelible Ink Pen:
Pitt Pens make an indelible black line that can be painted over, and yet they do not bleed through paper. If you can't afford the set of four (Product #20759-2024), at least get the Fine Tip and the Brush tip(Prod #20759-2021 and #20759-2023) All can be found on this page:
Pitt Artist Pen (Get Fine Tip Black and Brush Tip Black)
A Bone Folder
Spray Bottle and Rubbing Alcohol (regular 70% alcohol and an old hairspray bottle works well)
Sheer Heaven (at least 2-3 sheets). There are some techniques that just can't be done with anything else - like transfers for example.
Magic Matte Photo Paper 36lb. Any photo paper will do, but this is the best - smear proof matte prints and *thin* so your journal will not bulk up.
A Glue Stick or double stick tape for sticking things in your journal.
A good paper scissors and a craft knife with metal ruler and cutting mat for trimming pictures.
Pastels in Blue and Green (for quickly applying sky and grass backgrounds. Id there is a desert or beach in your plans, get a yellow achre too. Our hands down favorite is Pan Pastel. (Yellow Ochre Prod#21934-4010, Utramarine Blue Tint for skies Prod#21934-5250, and Bright Yellow Green Shade for grass Prod# 21934-4760) But you can use any pastel chalk that will rub smoothly on your page.
Fun Foam (1 sheet - available at craft stores)
Stiff, clear plastic: A transparency will do. I prefer to run a laminating pouch through a laminator with nothing in it (copy shops will do this for you if you don’t have a laminator). Plastic should be stiff but easily cut with scissors.
Whatever other journaiing supplies you have. . .
Some stamps and stamp pads in a few light colors and a set of alphabet stamps. We find the small Chalk Pads or Crafter's Inks in small pads or sets to be best because they can be heat set and then painted over without smearing.
A Digital Camera - any will do. Even phone cameras are fine as long as you can print your pictures.
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