kitchen design ideas sketch
alright you lot, i just wanted to come onhere and get an art video out for you all before my birthday celebrations and festivalgoings begin. and this has been hugely requested since istarted my travel journal series, so while i work in this spread in my mexico traveljournal, demonstrating what i'm talking about, i'm basically gonna go over all the thingsyou need to know to get started with your own art journal or travel journal. so first of all, as i always say, there's no right or wrong way to do things. we all experience things differently, seethings differently.
and therefor we'll want to have our own wayof showing and displaying those things. note down the things that stand out to youpersonally and represent that on paper however you prefer. you might be more into cut-outs and photos,stickers, more text, more drawings, no drawings. and whether you put together your journalon location or maybe once you get home, these are the key points that i think are relevantto anyone. firstly, keep note. i’ve talked about it before but i've beenin the habit of keeping a holiday diary since
i was very young. mum called it the captain’s log and everyevening we'd each take turns in being able to write down what we got up to on that particularday of the holiday. it was all in the same little notebook soon our next holiday when she got the book out we could look back on all our other adventuresas well. now, i tend to keep my captains log in thenotes section on my phone. i always have my phone on me, so it's alwayswithin reach to fill in a bit of my goings-on if i'm waiting as a station or on a longishjourney from one part of my holiday to another. plus it's always there for you to look backon when you're home and wheneber you want.
go into as much or as little detail as youwant. i thought i'd read you a couple of examplesof entries from two different holidays of mine. the first was in rhodes, greece and we'd justgot to our home for the week. it says '...the large wooden double doorsopen to a bright courtyard roofed with the vines of a lemon tree. all the plants that surround the two seatingareas are green and vibrant. doors on the side lead to the bathroom, kitchenand a small side-room with a bed. the main room has a medieval, exotic feel;wood and stone, lanterns, candles, pottery
and tribal art. on either side of the huge, high-ceilingedroom on a platform are big double beds. white stairs outside go up to another tablearea and higher still is the roof where you can see the entire town. the buildings, the beach, the cliffs, theacropolis....' okay so lots of detail there. the next one is from a trip to berlin, germany. it was an equally as exciting trip and re-readingmy journal brings back the same vivid memories but my writing style is much different. this one says 'day 1; freidrichsain, prenzlaurberg,neukolln.
bus 100 tour: brandenburger tour, siegesaeule,opera house, tiergarten zoo and aquarium, train drama, met daisy and friends, chalet,got shawarma to eat, gorlitzer park with rene and friends.' very different writing style but for me thesecond one makes as much sense and stirs as many memories as the first. good things to note would be what you ate,how was the weather, standout moments from the day and people you met (especially namesif you can remember them, it's a really nice detail). next tip,
collect everything. pick up any relevant brochures, maps, businesscards, keep tickets for buses, trains it all makes great stuff for sticking in. also, take picturesto refer to for drawing but also to stick in. you can use your phone, camera, a disposableor even better underwater disposable. with digital photos, i print them on my regularprinter with regular ink but order cheap photo paper from amazon to print it on.
it makes such a difference to the qualityand colours. now then, when assembling a page; if i’m doing the whole thing at home, ilay out all the things i’ve accumulated, print out pictures, put it all in a timelineand start mentally dividing up the sketchbook; 'on this page i could do something to do withthis day, the next page could be about the next couple of days', and i slot in the loosebits that are relevant to each bit. a post-it to let you know what you have plannedis great as well. you can also freestyle it which is generalyhow it goes when you’re journalling on location,
in your hotel room the evening or day afterthese things actually occurred. for a spread, i personally will start outwith an idea of what i want it to look like, once i know what i’m going to be talkingabout. i might lightly block out areas of the pageto say, writing here, photo here. you could also just go ahead and start drawingor painting or sticking things in and see where it takes you. i start with drawings. i refer to photos taken, use google maps streetview if i need to, or even pinteerst, it’s also great to try to draw from memory or evenfrom your imagination.
this isn’t an enclycolpedia, it doesn’thave to be exact, its about how you felt and how you interpreted what you've seen and done. landscapes and buildings are always a nicething to draw in a travel journal, landmarks and even people youve met if you can. if you’re wondering about the tools i useand how i use them, you can check out the video i have on exactly that. next i stick in things that need stickingin. i also sometimes include envelopes or pocketsfor loose bits that i want to keep but not so much display.
then in the gaps i might write a bit, dependingon how self explanatory the page might be. if you prefer to focus more on the writing,i’d recommend doing that first and working your art and stick in bits around it. experiment with different page layouts fill a page spread with one big drawing, dolots of little drawings, layer drawings over each other, write a full page of text, makea collage of photos, set it out like an illustrated book, or newspaper article. and that’s pretty much it, you can add embellishmentsto the page to give it a bit more vibrancy and dynamic, i like paint splatters but iuse them in moderation, not on every page.
you could add stamps, stickers, nice tape,glitter, other textures, whatever you’re into to give it your unique touch. don't forget to go out and have fun. don't put too much pressure on yourself tocreate the perfect picture book. make memories and make art. it doesn't have to be more complicated thanthat. see you later guys. bye!