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 enlarge | Author: L.k. Ludwig
Publisher: Quarry Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 13443
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 1592534260
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.593
EAN: 9781592534265
ASIN: 1592534260
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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 What is ART JOURNALING? August 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For those that do not know what ART JOURNALING is all about, then this book will certainly help to define the subject.
If you are a beginner or even a mid-level Journal writer (or artist), I think that this book will come in very handy.
L.K.Ludwig gives a wonderful introduction to this special subject, in the first few Introductory pages.
Then, Ludwig follows-up the definition of "Artistic Journaling" by explaining how to use her book. For example, on the right hand side of each page, the author gives "prompts" to stimulate the reader's imagination. Then, inside a highlighted "box", the author gives TIPS on how to expand on each theme.
Also, on the bottom of some of the pages, the author gives more prompts (as fill-in the blanks) to the get the readers' creative juices going.
Along with all these "prompts" and "tips", each page shows these beautifully executed Journal pages by actual artists... All colorful and highly detailed.
Also, Ludwig categorizes the main chapters into the following: relationships, the written word, current events, places, spaces, self-explorations, spirituality, dreams, etc.
Therefore, this book by Ludwig will not only show some inspiring examples of Journal pages created by actual journal writers, but then Ludwig also gives the reader all the pre-requisite starting points in order to get the readers' creative juices going.
above and beyond August 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to say right up front I am one of the artists in this book. But aside from that I am really enjoying this book. There are so many layers to it. You can enjoy it for the eye candy factor alone....or you can look at it as a place to go to inspire you in your own work. I am at the moment looking at certain pages as a challenge. I am going through the book with my journal turned to the "ideas" page and jotting down new ideas I want to try. LK is an amazing artist. I am always blown away by her work. She has a great artist's eye. I think this books is aimed at journalers who are more to the visual journaling side rather than say a scrap booking artist but the cool thing is that there is so much cross over influence now. The lines are blurring and this is good for all artists. Great job LK and thanks for including me.
Art Journaling at a new level July 30, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you have ever wanted to keep an art journal, this book is a great resource. If you are already an artist making journals, this will help you kick it up a notch.
L.K. Ludwig's new book is full of interesting prompts and ideas to take you past your fear of the blank page and fill you with excitement, as well as inspiration. The photography is great - the artist journals featured here are exciting and inspiring.
This is not really a beginner's book - "how to prime a page, how to create a background" - it assumes a certain knowledge of techniques and materials. But it has incredible journal pages by featured artists which will have ideas popping into your head and onto your blank pages.
There are plenty of instructions, in addition to the prompts and questions, to help you incorporate feelings and events from your daily life into your jounal. It's an exciting book!
 one of the best art journaling books to come along in a long time July 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think this is one of the best art journaling books to come along in a long time. Beautifully illustrated with exercises and prompts along the way to inspire you to work in your own journal. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and highly recommend it for anyone interested in expanding his or her art journaling wings.
fairly OK art journaling book July 6, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Out of the recent crop of journaling books I think this one is probably the best, or at least the one marginally in line with my personal affinities and taste in this type of art.
A good few pages of what I buy journaling books for, i.e. Juliana Coles and Traci Bunkers journal spread pics. My conscience tells me I should perhaps criticize on the grounds that the work of these two and a couple of other artists in this book appear in just about every non-fluffy book on art journaling, but why criticize when it's actually the selling point for me?
There's also some pretty baby-based borderline-scrapbooky type journaling (can there be non-pretty baby pages? probably not) and some other work that's kind of neat. To be fair, art journaling has pretty much been exposed in recent years and one gets used to what's being done, so perhaps innovation or "newness!" isn't the thing to look for anymore. This is a pretty good book of this type, and much less overpoweringly pastel and floral than some of the other newer journaling books are.
Hoping this is to recommend with faint praise rather than damn with it. I needed a journaling fix and this book pulled through. If you prefer the artier, non-pretty stuff (wish there was more of it), this book is there for you, but if you like the pretties, there's some of that, too.
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