my travel JOURNAL

I decided when I went on my road trip, that I did not want to take to many things with me.  Because I wanted to enjoy my time with my friends.  So this is what I took and made.

1. first I decided it had to fit in my pencil bag, and it did.

click on picture to enlarge

 

 

2.  I would try to use only what I found while travelling. Brochures, receipts pictures etc.
     (I did take a baggie of stuff just in case) used very little of it

3.  I would try to draw and illustrate to truly make it mine
 Before I lleft I did two things, made a pamphlet booklet and made the map on the front page and the back
And that was all the rules I allowed , otherwise anything goes as you will see.

CLICK ON EACH PICTURE TO ENLARGE

 

 

THE wine bottles were made out of candy wrappers that my friend

had in our room as a treat

 

 

 

 



I used a paper bag that I received when I bought some goodies, it had

images and stuff stamped on it

 

 

 

 



 

My friend bought some kale chips and I loved the label so I used it

it opens up and I can journal in it



Sometimes when you are doing a travel journal its nice

 

to put in things to do in the summer, animals you see on the highway

 

I have not drawn the animals I did see yet but I have saved a page just for that

 

That little fold out was given to me in a mail exchange

and it fit the picture of my friends perfectly

 

This is a map of Victoria, and I put some cards of places I wanted

to remember, and then drew on the map where they were

 

A lot of people now travel with pets, and I wanted to remember that,

on the opposite page, I drew some signs I saw along the highway

I made a pocket to store stuff, and add a shiny frame  on one of the images

Another bag page, that opens up and I made it so it stores stuff

I made a list of all the fruit that the Shuswap grows

 

 

 

And the last page of the map

 

 



My Town

Artist profile

 

I know you have probably seen this one already, but I just got back from vacation tonight, and my mind is scrambled from traveling.  I just wanted to tell you I am the artist profile over at

http://mailmesomeart.blogspot.ca/2013/06/meet-artist-lee-kreklewetz.html#comment-form

go on over and have a look.  Made an travel journal on my trip, going to photo it tomorrow and post so stop by to see what I made with limited supplies.

lee

CANADA

A Green What an update from the Road

well I am in Salt spring Island now, just got back to the hotel from Dinner.  Our balcony looks out onto the ocean, its nice to sit out with a glass of wine, and enjoy the sights, and the nice weather.

 

this is one of the ferries that took us to the Island, it takes 1 1/2 from Vancouver to Naniamo,

and 1/2 from Naniamo to Salt Spring.  Got to our room, and then went and wandered around the town.  The town wraps up around 5:30 and then its just places for dinner that are open.

Tommorow we are going to the Market, its full of wonderful crafts, and art.  So I am looking forward to that. 

Been working on my journal well on my trip, so will show it when I get back.

 

This boat was in the harbor in Salt Spring, and we wondered who it belonged to, someone with money

 

Having a wonderful time, with my friends, the weather is perfect.

 

learn

serious

today we are making our way to Whistler, will let you know how it is

 

lee



STRIPED BASS and an update from the road

having a great time, today was all about wine tasting

meeting up with old friends

dinner and wine

and more wine

okay I think I am done with wine for awhile, might start on the hard liquor (lol)

looks dont matter and a update from the road

 

she looks like she has had botox on her lips

well we reached one of our destinations, my friends house in the Shuswap

we arrived here around 2:30, its a beautiful day and this is the view from her window

 

 

we are here for two more days before we get on the road again, this time

  Her husband is out of town so its girls only.  We have already had happy hour and a leisurely dinner.  Having a great time, will check in later

 

 

 

 

 

laugh

color and trip updates

 

well by the time you read this

I will be on the road to the rocky mountains

no not singing the John Denver tune Rocky mountain High

Our first stop will be just outside of Calgary , Alberta

to a New shopping centre we both have wanted to visit

then its on to Canmore for the night,

this is where we will be staying

 

 

 

its just a hop skip and jump from Banff, Alberta, where the rocky mountains start

then we drive thru the rocky mountains, thru Golden, Revelstoke, and Salmon Arm

then we stop in Sorrento

 

 

 

 

Then we will be on the road again to Whistler, BC

home of the winter Olympics.  So if you don't know

Whistler is just a spit from Vancouver.  I have lived

in Vancouver and attended grade 11, and 12 there.  My

mom and dads family all lived in Vancouver, so Vancouver

is like home to me.  Its a very beautiful city right on the ocean

it reminds me a lot of San Fransciso.

that's just part of the trip,  stay tuned for updates as I have them

 

lee

 

 

 



a shout from the garden

 

 

 

Are you sick of these index cards yet. 

Well today is all about packing, cleaning the car, and get a few things organized around

here, so all hell doesn't break loose when I am gone.

 

Whats on your day?

 



wild thing and tuts

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6fYG4Iiaj3g

 

now this just makes me want to live near the beach

http://www.robenmarie.com/blog/2013/6/5/the-start-of-summer.html

 

are drawings and her words with the drawings make me smile

http://marloesdevries.tumblr.com/page/4

 

Just a few tuts today......but they are good ones

 

lee

smell this

Click on picture to make it larger

 

okay I have to admit it, this might be my favourite creature that I have ever drawn

I love the nose, and look at those white teeth, he looks like he might be fun to

hang out with.

  He doesn't give you any backtalk, and you don't need to feed him

almost the perfect husband

 



paper towel painting index card

the background glued to the index card was a paper towel,that I had left on my art table and cleaned the brush on, and they I just drew the flower with sharpie, I did  add a little green to the leaves, but
other than that, it was just paint on the paper towel.

I have been trying to make some collages, 3 to be exact for my pen pal, that is what is on the course agenda for this month, collages of everyday life.  So when I get them done, you will see them.

Today it was a cooked chicken from Safeway, cottage cheese and tomatoes, being off my diet lately, so I am back on, want that new dress to still fit me for the wedding.  And you might even get to see
a full length picture of me in it.  I said might so don't get too excited yet.

Birdy

another painted papers on index cards, and me making something of it.


Well I am getting ready for the trip on Sunday....will be posting my index cards still from the road, everywhere I go has wifi, so I am taking my laptop.  You wouldn't want to miss a riveting minute of this trip.  Question, do you make your bed every day......I will tell you I don't make it in the morning, but I must make it before I get in it, crazy I know.  I used to make the bed every morning before I went to work.  Now, only if I have company...I don't want them to think I am a slob...

fashion collage 3rd day

 

I had fun creating this one, all I did was I had some painted papers, tore a little, glued it on the index car, found a girl in a magazine, painted over her, and the flower and here is my version of a collage.

You sometimes the elements all come together, and sometimes, its crap....

swimming with the fish

I doubled up the index cards on this one, and used different colors of acrylic paint, and then tried to find a shape, and I found the fish.  I enjoyed doing this, sometimes you cant find anything, but sometimes it works out

Time to dream

This is the month of the index card challenge, actually its two months, June and July.  But I am only doing it for the month of June.  I am taking july and august off blogging, its very quiet in the summer so its time to enjoy .  Anyway I have created 26 index cards so far, and scheduled all of them to

post.  They are all not great masterpieces but I had fun creating them and that is all that matters right. 

Are you going to play along? 

 

The sisterhood

loo



 

looking forward to June

road trip starts June 9

index challenge starts June 1

thinking of taking July and August off from the blog

made a little travel journal for the road trip

having an art date in Victoria with a facebook friend

loving the weather

plants are still alive

whats new with you

 

 

So over grey

 

looks like she snorts cocaine with that white nose, I assure you she does not

the red is sharpie on the back of the paper

this is in my art journal so I am not to fussy about all of those things

have been busy helping the shopper at her house

pasta for dinner

god could my life get any more exciting

birds eye view

 

been working on making a journal

finished today

pictures tomorrow

getting my laptop fixed

left overs for dinner

how|s your day going

 

tut friday

http://daisyyellowart.com/vividlife/link-love-the-mission-continues.html


http://lynnehoppe.blogspot.ca/2011/09/how-to.html


http://denthe.blogspot.ca/2013/05/painting-technique-mosaicmirrors-and.html

http://jessicasporn.blogspot.ca/2013/05/blooming-true-and-tutorial.html


A Great garden idea from my favourite artist
http://alisaburke.blogspot.ca/2013/05/arrow-garden-markers.html

A great little idea on sketching

http://sketchbookchallenge.blogspot.ca/2013/05/bowls-du-jour.html

horseing around

 

the above is my sketchbook

this one index card

was drawing in sketch book coming up with index card ideas, this horse came to me\

not a pretty pony thats for sure

used oil pastels, to get the colour to pop

 

today its chicken for the crockpot

and then down to the studio, I have been stewing over an idea

for two weeks, and decided to give its some paper thought now

 

what are you doing today?

 

1.  

Line Work....and deck work

dont look to closely this girl has wonky fingers

so many misquitoes here lately you should walk around with a net over your head

i bought some deck planters, and broke down and planted some flowers, now its time to wait and see what happens, my green thumb is really brown

the shopper gave me a topsy turvy tomotoe planter, so today hung it up on the deck, threw some tomotoe plants in it, the hubster is betting on no tomotoes, oh the faith that guy has in me

been making index cards for the month of June so far 18 made

i am not doing it for two months just the month of june

I like drawing with a black sharpie and seeing where it leads me

no erasing when you use one

what have you been up to

paper power

made these with 1 piece of paper the method I told you about yesterday

 

I sketched some flowers and birds and stuff

 

I was to lazy to use paint, as I was watching

tv. so just used markers because I like the bang they give you for your buck

and then just cut them up

two I am using for postcards

going on a road trip with two great friends

road princess number 1 and I are going via Calgary

and stopping for some therapy shopping

then on to Banff for some sight seeing and relaxation

and then on to pick up road princess #2 who lives in a beautiful

little town in BC called Sorrento and then it

 

 

Vancouver for some re-visiting of places I lived

then we are going to stay in

whister BC home of the Winter olympics

going to stay in

Salt Spring Island to be imersed in some art (thats for me) and there market

Victoria for some relaxation, swimming, tea drinking, spirit drinking

and meeting a facebook art friend

then back the way we came

sounds like fun

 

ler

 

 



Post Modern or a wannabe

 

I was reading a great blog post by http://denthe.blogspot.ca/2013/05/painting-technique-mosaicmirrors-and.html and decided to give it a try, I think I did my wrong.  But you know I kinda like the way it turned out.

 

So then I made another drawing with cirlces and squares and stuff

and then cut it up to make postcards, that i will show

you tommorow......

today its pedicure day

its raining so no tanning on the deck, I am trying to get a tan before the wedding

tans make you look thinner dont you think(lol) while at least in your mind it does

looking for that elusive white summer cardigan

plans for a trip I am taking for a week (more on that tommorow

 

Tut Friday is here again

Daisy Yellow is a great site, not only for great links in this mission but always spot on art
http://daisyyellowart.com/vividlife/mission-link-love.html#comments

Robin Marie make a cute purse from a pillow cover
http://stampington.com/Pillow-Cover-Purse

An artist I just found, love her style
http://lisafirke.com/blog/

who doesnt know this artist, but she gives you a reall good piece on art journalling
http://rondapalazzari.typepad.com/helpmeronda/2013/05/create-daily-art-journals.htmlhttp://rondapalazzari.typepad.com/helpmeronda/2013/05/create-daily-art-journals.html


a multi talented artist, who quilts, who draws, who paints, who journals
http://greenglass.typepad.com/blog/


My fav artist, painted with her daughter, and from that came this amazing art
http://www.alisaburke.blogspot.ca/2013/05/the-evolution-of-collaboration-with.html

The Tale of the Wicker Chair

 

I have always loved wicker.....last year we had some new neighbours move

in across the street.  A single mother and her teenage daughter, really

nice people.  On there new house they had a little porch, and they had

two wicker chairs, which she had painted lime green, and they had

lime green and white covers on them.  (no i did not steal them)

Any way the year goes by, and I tell the hubster, you know this year

we are going to get some wicker chairs.  And low and behold

that very night what is out on the curb ready for the garbage pickup those chairs

So in the dark of night I sneak across the street to look at the chairs

and one is in perfect condition.  So I bring it back to my house, 

and  the hubster puts in the studio, and says it cant go

outside because she would think we are just garbage pickers

So to make a long story short.....she had now moved the

wicker chair is outside on my little porch at the front

and I enjoy sitting in the sun reading a book in it.

 

My Style....

 

In trying to find my own style, I try many things

I have been trying to sketch flowers, that are all

mine.  My design, my style.  Now the problem

with this is, I always think, did I see this somewhere,

did someone else do this, or is this really my very own.

You see so much on the Internet that it all becomes

intertwined and you forget what you actually see.

 So hopefully this is all mine,and I havent

seen it somewhere else, and someone emails

me and tells me I have knocked off there art.....

I love spring......

 

had a great mothers day, hope you did

beautiful weather

spring cleaning washing windows, egh

trying a small garden on deck

just lettuce and green onions

bbq salmon tonight

whats up with you?

Tut Friday

Daisy yellow links some fab art bloggers
http://daisyyellowart.com/vividlife/mission-continued-link-love.html

love the freedom she has when creating this art journal page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ECvngO52wg

creating a distress ink background, very cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlZ9fgV5Z58&feature=player_embedded



Love this guy,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvnK990eHuk


another favourite blogger and artist, a short vid of her finishing process, very interesting
http://jessicasporn.blogspot.ca/2013/05/art-journaling-from-heart.html


shows you a cool process how she creates a collage on a wood frame
http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2013/05/how-to-mount-a-collage.html

forever young.....

 

 

 one of the assignments of the course was to draw and paint 2 self portrait postcards.

one for your pen pal, and one for Rhonda

ok I looked sorta of like this when younger

you also had to make some altered enevelopes

I dont know about this one but its going

I made a third self portrait one and put it in my art journal thats for

another time.

Do you think its cheating by me drawing one of me when

I was younger?

 

PenPals.....

 

today library day

joined a pen pal online course at

http://rondapalazzari.typepad.com/helpmeronda/2013/04/coming-soon-the-art-of-pen-pals-a-letter-writing-series.html

today writing the letter

created the two postcards, will show you tommorow

have you ever had a pen pal

I have when I was 11 for 3 years

her name was Jane and she was from Surrey England

we lost touch

my new pen pal is from Austin Texas

now thats a place I always wanted to go

I have been to Texas

its alot like where I live

 

 

 

whiteout hair

 

Not only does she need arms, I think a bust of  some sort is required

hair done with whiteout

just came back from the dentist, teeth cleaned and checkup all good

hubby cleaning out the garage

 

devil dog is walked

have been working on some art

chicken something for dinner

what are you up for?

Kararoke

Collage sheet by Shellymassey

aweebitwarped.com

I know I spelled Karaoke wrong but its to late to fix it, I like not

perfect, but I know it will bug me and I will have to fix it.

 

I like to karaoke by myself

I do not subject others to my singing

I admire people who can go to Karoke places and get up and sing and not care

 getting the lawn done Monday

cold weather plays havoc on lawns, spring you get your lawn power raked and stuff

hanging plants are out, bought by the hubster

warm weather is here

and I am going to let loose and belt out a summer song,

and oldie by Goody

 

Under the Boardwalk, put up your hand if you know it

 

tuts friday....

this was done in 2010 I like to think I have improved alot since then

 

 

daisy yellow everyfriday has link love go check it out

http://daisyyellowart.com/vividlife/share-the-link-love-a-mission.html



using rubber cement in art, various ways
http://alisaburke.blogspot.ca/2013/04/rubber-cement-resist.html


a really cool video on making an altered book
http://jessicasporn.blogspot.ca/2013/04/create-destroy-and-create.html

I was intriqued by this faux technique
http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2013/05/ins.html

another one of my favourite artists, who has a ton of how to videos, here is a great one on splashing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkd_RoGYJHE

Here a Radish there a radisih....

 

My version of a radish

 

I have been thinking of a garden lately, I am no flower person, or gardener.  But I have been having thoughts of a small container garden ,

 running through my mind.  I think I could handle that

maybe some carrotts, lettuce and herbs .  Are you all gardeners, out there, any hints?

 

Do you really want to know........

 

A page in my new art journal, which is an old desk calender....

 

 

 

You know I had a comment yesterday from  Cyndee Starr of
http://www.shewhodoodles.com/p/where-you-can-see-her.html
saying I wonder what it is like to take an online class. 
I have taken so many online classes, I feel I can tell you what I have found

1.  First the cost can be anywhere between 5:00-alot of money
2.  Make sure its something you want to spend your money on, I have taken many classes that
I thought would be great, and I was disapointed, it was mostly just thrown together and hardly any videos, no interaction.
3.  If you are new to art journaling, then go to Youtube first, see all the videos for free
on Techniques, and how to's there free, and most of them are covered in the
workshop you paid money for. 
4.  Make sure that the classes are yours forever, some are not, I wont
sign up for the class no matter how much I want it, if its not there for me anytime I want it.
5.  Ask your blog friends, about the online classes they have taken , and what
they have learnt from it, plus how good was the instructor ,that makes a big difference 
how you are going to do in the class
6.  Do you know how to do this already, then why are you taking the class,
interaaction with others, new ideas, what will you learn,
are you going to get your money;s worth

To be honest, I have taken some really bad classes, and just say to
myself, ok lesson learned, dont take another class from her.  Make sure you ask around
have you taken the class, and get an honest opinion.  Its your hard earned money
were taking about.

lets hear from you my readers, courses or not what have you learned