Sometimes, I do things that aren’t
reading… Shocking, I know! As a book blogger should I not spend every waking
hour spaced out and high on literature? You would think so, but this is not the
case!
One of the things I love to do in my spare
time is actually art. Art? I hear you
say. Art is not a book! Picasso is not
Rowling! This is a book blog - I came here for books! Well, art may not be
a book, but Wreck This Journal by
Kerri Smith is and a damn good book too!
I have always loved Wreck This Journal, giving them away left right and centre for
various birthdays and celebrations… But sadly I’ve never owned one – until
now!
Recently my craving for Wreck This Journal
got so strong that I just had to bite the bullet and go out there and grab one
for myself! I started filling it up straight away and let me tell you – it has
been fun! I’ve worked quite slowly,
because I wanted to really take my time making it lovely, but I thought I’d
show you some of my work today… Because even though I’m not an artist and I
don’t take art at school, I’m still quite chuffed with myself! Let’s get
wreckin’!
Acknowledgements/Copyrights
They may not have been the first
pages I did but it makes sense to start at the beginning, yes? The page on the
left is my copyrights page and I went through all the magazines I own so I
could cover it in clippings! The next page I decided not to plan so much,
because I tend to over-plan my art, so I just kind of went for it and it turns
out I quite like swirls… Who knew?!
This
page is a sign, what do you want it to say?
This one was really fun to do! I was
originally going to do just a regular old protest over something I really cared
about, but I kind of realized that sometimes people get so caught up over
really pointless stuff. SO - the obvious solution? A happy protest! I used
newspaper in the background to be ironic ‘cause I’m artsy like that… J
Float This Page
I got a new set of watercolour
paints for Christmas, and I’ve been practicing like mad with them through my
wreck this journal. A word of warning, they do buckle the paper, and colours
like black or navy tend to bleed through to the next page, but you are supposed
to wreck the journal so I suppose that doesn’t really matter! This was another
fun one – I never draw anything but people so it was cool to give myself new
subject matter!
Can you see her?
Cover This
Page in Dirt
This guy right here is
unfinished. He is supposed to be a soldier and I am going to rub the dirt on
his cheeks. I decided to break out my old water-colour pencils and I find
them just so frustrating as a medium… I have the basic outline of a little boy
on the other page out of shot and I’ll put dirt on his cheeks too… They soldier
and the boy were meant to be each other but art is hard so maybe not…
That’s
all from me for now folks! I hope you had fun reading this blog because I
definitely had fun making all the art for it! Let me know if this is the kind
of thing you might be interested in seeing again or on the other hand if you
rather my art just got lost off my blog! Communication is key my little
addicts…
I hope you all have a lovely day!
This is Evie, over and out!
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Omg, that looks so cool! I didn't know you were so talented! :D
ReplyDeleteI really like what you did and how creative everything looks ... and so colorful! I especially like the ship - it's soooo good and the sky is just WOW! ♥
I'd love to see more in the future, so keep going! :P
xo Yvonne ♥
The ship, though I love it, is actually my least favourite so far! So double thank you :D If you like art, even if you don't feel like you're good at art, a wreck this journal could be exactly the thing for you! They're really encourage to just mess around with drawing, which helps me because I can be such a perfectionist sometimes!! Thanks for your support Yvonne :3 Your comments always make me beam! :D x
DeleteYou're so creative! I used to love my Wreck This Journal, I found them so therapeutic :) Rebecca | Rebecca Marie xx
ReplyDeleteThanks! I know what you mean, I use mine a lot to cool off in the evening after a busy day :D x
DeleteI've been wanting one of these journals for the longest time EVER! Will have to give in soon because it just seems like so much fun! And wow! You are very talented! Keep these updates coming! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're so creative and talented! My wreck this journal is a mess because I have no artistic talent and took everything at face value. I love your take on float this page, especially! I'd love to see more updates form your journal; who cares if this is supposed to 'just' be a book blog?! Post what you want!
ReplyDeleteOoh lovely I can't wait to see more! You don't just have to post about books dear, I'd love to see some posts where we can get to know other things about you :) your drawings are amazing, wish I was that creative! I seem to have lost my spark :( xo
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