I have an online course The Book of You: Making and Keeping an Illustrated Journal if you want to find out more about adding easy, no-fail drawings, found paper collage, lettering, blocking layouts, and much more, check out the link here: kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/courses/the-book-of-you-making-and-keeping-a-visual-diary Not sure? Here is more detailed information: bookandpaperarts.com/the-book-of-you-how-to-keep-and-make-an-illustrated-journal/
How lovely that the children came and talked to you and drew you pictures. That kind of experience is priceless. I would love to go to a French flea market someday. I would be in my element. I really like how you left the lady on the tombstone's face blank. It didn't need any detail to it. I think it would have detracted from its impact. I am very much enjoying your videos. It rains so much here in Cornwall too!
Yikes, I cannot imagine what Cornwall was like last week. Here is Swansea we had two days of 89mph winds which is a lot, even for Wales. You are right about it being a special meeting with those kids. Children are so fearless about making and they were an inspiration, to say nothing about cute as heck. Thanks for stopping by! Kelly
Kelly, I haven't finished this vid as of this writing, but I L O V E your story, of the 2 sweet, innocent kids being so impressed with what you were doing, that they had to pitch in themselves! Sooo happy you added the sketches as well, into your book! Sounds like you greatly inspired them, especially that little boy! I'm so impressed by this! Now, on with the film!
Lynn, it was precious. Especially as we were speaking in French and as with their drawings, kids aren't judge-y about grammar and elementary mistakes, they are just happy to be communicating and that gave me confidence and we were really just teaching each other.
Thank you for touching base here, Barry. I am off to Italy in ten hours and a nervous wreck but I have a couple of good books, some apples, and my portable art kit so I am (almost) good to go!
Thank you for sharing your sketchbook and your time in Paris. That experience with the two children was awesome, and allowing you to have their art to add to your sketcbook was also awesome.
Hi Kelly, loved the video and the "armchair travel" to France..your journal is very special..the interaction with the 2 children and their drawings that you included in your pages is so personal and who knows you may have a original from some famous artist..the sketch by the boy is VERY good!! I admire the simplicity in the pages, yet the memories and the events of your trip are all right there for you to look back on.. the trip sounds like it was a refreshing and wonderfully artistic adventure.. good for you!! Looking forward to every video and tutorial that you put out there for us aspiring ones that LOVE paper, drawing, painting and just being CREATIVE !!! Thank you.
Why thank you, Debbie. Journal keeping, of all kinds, is one of the most important things in my life (although book altering is also right up there). As for aspiring, just start where you are. When I began I couldn't draw a stick-figure cat...but I drew anyway and now when I look back at my early, primitive efforts, they still conjure up the memories and meaning of when I was doing them and living them. Just leap and do it! Kelly
I finally got to watch your new video and as always your drawings and stories are awesome and inspiring. I can’t believe the kids took only 20 minutes to do their drawings WOW! And with a pen. I have never tried to use a pen to draw, but ever since I started watching your videos I have given it a try. I think I need a lot more practice. LOL! Thanks! For sharing your travel journal.
Hi Esmeralda. The thing about children and how they create is no one told them that it should take more than 20 minutes and that a plain old pen is not enough. They are fearless. Try not to worry so much about practice and just be fearless and have fun and sketch, sketch, sketch. Kelly 😊😊🎨🎨
Hi Kelly, Nice to see your all sketchbook ! Good idea to add postcards and keep them in some home made enveloppe done with collected paper ! It s better than plastic pouch! I also love the way you kept the image of the ground with putting paper and scrub with pencil👍👍Did you never thought about collecting a few flowers or leaf ? Thank you for sharing 🙏
Bonjour Nathalie. Sometimes I add leaves or flowers or herbs but they tend to break up and disappear! Sometimes I dry the flowers at home then add them later. Kelly
I drag my travel book everywhere I go, and I NEVER seem to have time to sit and draw and write while on vacation. I am watching your lovely video and catching up on my weekend in the Rhine Valley right now. Thanks so much for the inspiration and sharing your trip. PS French flea markets are my most favorite thing in the whole world.
Hi there, Kymberlee. The Rhine Valley sounds sublime. Now, I don't want to encourage you to stay on the screen when you have pages to make but as and when, here is a video about that specifically - how to enjoy your trip and keep a travel journal at the same (mostly) time. Hope this has some ideas! Kelly th-cam.com/video/rVS3BCb1P0g/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, Susan. The older I get the more precious each trip becomes and I am more and more aware and more and more determined to get it on the page. Kelly
Always a delight. I have not traveled since COVID...I should.... Backpack Hostels No Tours for 10 years - 6 weeks at a time around the world. Joan of Arc historical trail is on my bucket list. Thanks for taking us along; your documentation is inspiring
Hi Deb. Yup, you are preaching to the choir - that first trip after a couple of years took some pushing to get the momentum going. I am still masking up, especially on public transport so would probably do the same in a hostel but do it anyway! Visiting places where Joan of Arc actually was is weird and moving - a reminder that she was not a myth but a real teenager pulling off one of the greatest feats in history as we know it. It is moving and something to think about. Kelly
That book is a true memory book. Such interesting idea. I travelled a lot and never thought of doing that. If you love to sit in cafés, you would love to visit Portugal, because the weather is almost always quite nice, even in winter, we have lots of sunny days and there are many cafés here with sitting tables outside. Maybe one day, you’ll visit my country. 💙💚❤️💗💜🖤🧡♥️💛
Hi Alexandra. Illustrated journals, as well as written ones, are almost a religion with me; if it isn't on the page it didn't happen. It is how I think and experience. Try it! And I would love to visit Portugal. I have been to Sintra and Lisbon and made a lot of pages there in the sun. Kelly
Kelly, I just LOVE your travel journals!! They are so amazing, and so full of delicious memories! I like too, that you add notes in the back of the Journals. Even those look fun to reread again. I need to check out your link below about your class! Thanks, O Creative One! PS., can't wait to see some of your French purchases.
Hiya Lynn. I am thinking it will be November before I show the haul because as soon as I got home husband got Covid and that hijacked ten days of work and I had to let go and accept this as part of the process, and then laugh at myself for being anxious about this because dang in, it will still be just as cool in November as if I kill myself trying to get it situated while nursing and coping. (He is better now, just tired.) Kelly
@@BookandPaperArts Kelly, I'm so sorry your hubby got the virus! But, so happy to hear he's doing better now! And your right, don't sweat the small stuff. Just take plenty of deep, fresh breaths. You GO GURL!
You have done the cafe scene well as very charming so much character yes we love to be outside when on holiday too for the same reason huh. Love your travel journal brilliant 😀😍 I honestly thought you drew that white Abbey as looks more like a painting, the texture etc than a photo 🙂
Thanks, Lara. We got the weather! Hot and sunny almost every day. Now back to the land of wind and rain (and all the same, it is so good to be home). 😎😎
@@BookandPaperArts yes we have had some really lovely days in Wales but I do love the autumn with the colours and a good excuse to wear my thick warm jumpers 😀
Hello there! If you find it intimidating then you have come to the right place. Now, what aspect of it is the biggest roadblock? If it is drawing I have videos about drawing badly for the fun of it and can send you the links. If it is something else, feel free to let me know here or in an email and I bet I have a pep-talk for you. Kelly kelly@bookandpaperarts.com
@@BookandPaperArts Having trouble deconstructing the book I am interested in using. I do not have a professional scanner to save the pages. Then I would say figuring out what supplies to use and not. There are so many. I over think a layout making me stall. 🫣
@@wrlSivan16 Hmmm. Not sure what you mean about deconstructing the book. Do you mean preparing it for altering? As for a scanner, I can say that they have come down in price and up in quality a LOT recently. You could also see if anyone you know has one who would makes scans for you in exchange for money or maybe even art! Overthinking, that's one for all of us but I use an old book to try techniques and samples and then I can move on to putting it in my "real" book. Then when the sample book is full it is actually a fun, creative, memory book to have, too. Kelly
@@BookandPaperArts I feel like Ill watch more of your videos till I’m brave enough. Ha. Thank you for the suggestions. 👍🏻Yes I was referring to preparing it for altering. The guilt would kill me if I didn’t have a way to save a copy first.
@@wrlSivan16 I can't say this loud and long enough - practice on a cheap, old book for your first altered book. It is important to allow yourself to make mistakes and learn from them. Then build up your confidence and skills and THEN use them in a more precious book. Hope this helps. Kelly
Hello there, Victoria. Thanks for this. How about trying this link. There is a yellow button that says Buy Now in the left bottom corner of the banner photo. Let me know if I can help get you in if that doesn't work. I appreciate it as it lets me know if I have left out a step at some point. Thank you! Kelly kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/courses/the-book-of-you-making-and-keeping-a-visual-diary
Hiya, Regina. I am very fortunate woman. It is true that I worked to get here but now that I am, I try to live it aware of how truly blessed I am. Kelly
Hello Madame! Do you remember me i could type you after a long time i finished some of my essential studies in the last month. I could see that both parts of your countries are facing for an economic collapse i reckon it is something very common to such country like sri Lanka but something very unusual in such developed countries like yours.
I have an online course The Book of You: Making and Keeping an Illustrated Journal if you want to find out more about adding easy, no-fail drawings, found paper collage, lettering, blocking layouts, and much more, check out the link here:
kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/courses/the-book-of-you-making-and-keeping-a-visual-diary
Not sure? Here is more detailed information:
bookandpaperarts.com/the-book-of-you-how-to-keep-and-make-an-illustrated-journal/
How lovely that the children came and talked to you and drew you pictures. That kind of experience is priceless. I would love to go to a French flea market someday. I would be in my element. I really like how you left the lady on the tombstone's face blank. It didn't need any detail to it. I think it would have detracted from its impact. I am very much enjoying your videos. It rains so much here in Cornwall too!
Yikes, I cannot imagine what Cornwall was like last week. Here is Swansea we had two days of 89mph winds which is a lot, even for Wales.
You are right about it being a special meeting with those kids. Children are so fearless about making and they were an inspiration, to say nothing about cute as heck. Thanks for stopping by! Kelly
Hi Kelly, what a lovely memory of meeting the children. I love sitting in cafes people watching too. Lovely sketches.
Hi Nicola, that was a special day. I thought I was teaching them something and it turned out they were teaching me! Kelly
Kelly, I haven't finished this vid as of this writing, but I L O V E your story, of the 2 sweet, innocent kids being so impressed with what you were doing, that they had to pitch in themselves! Sooo happy you added the sketches as well, into your book! Sounds like you greatly inspired them, especially that little boy! I'm so impressed by this! Now, on with the film!
Lynn, it was precious. Especially as we were speaking in French and as with their drawings, kids aren't judge-y about grammar and elementary mistakes, they are just happy to be communicating and that gave me confidence and we were really just teaching each other.
Love your travel journals! Great inspiration! 💙💚💙
Thank you for sharing yourself and your creativity!
Thank you for touching base here, Barry. I am off to Italy in ten hours and a nervous wreck but I have a couple of good books, some apples, and my portable art kit so I am (almost) good to go!
Have a wonderful time in Italy! Look forward to seeing what you create while on your adventure. 💙
Your memories are unique to you thank you for sharing your process
Thank you, Karen. This kind of journal keeping is really important to me for so, so many reasons. Kelly
Very nice! Interesting, and beautiful. Thank you for
the inspiration
Thank you, Christine. This is truly nice to hear! 🌻🌼🌷Kelly
Thank you for sharing your sketchbook and your time in Paris. That experience with the two children was awesome, and allowing you to have their art to add to your sketcbook was also awesome.
Roksanna, it really was a memory. And I thought I was teaching/coaching them but truly they were teaching me.
@@BookandPaperArts awh. Yes indeed. I'm certain all three of you learned a great deal. Truly lovely.
Hi Kelly, loved the video and the "armchair travel" to France..your journal is very special..the interaction with the 2 children and their drawings that you included in your pages is so personal and who knows you may have a original from some famous artist..the sketch by the boy is VERY good!! I admire the simplicity in the pages, yet the memories and the events of your trip are all right there for you to look back on.. the trip sounds like it was a refreshing and wonderfully artistic adventure.. good for you!! Looking forward to every video and tutorial that you put out there for us aspiring ones that LOVE paper, drawing, painting and just being CREATIVE !!! Thank you.
Why thank you, Debbie. Journal keeping, of all kinds, is one of the most important things in my life (although book altering is also right up there). As for aspiring, just start where you are. When I began I couldn't draw a stick-figure cat...but I drew anyway and now when I look back at my early, primitive efforts, they still conjure up the memories and meaning of when I was doing them and living them. Just leap and do it! Kelly
Merci beacoup thanks for showing to all liked your book & hope you had a nice break . Welcome home. Peter Scotland xx
Hi Peter, it was a blast and we really got the weather. (Makes a change. 😎) Kelly
Such a fun way to take you back to each day of your trip to France. Love the story with the children. Take care.💐💐💐💐
I finally got to watch your new video and as always your drawings and stories are awesome and inspiring. I can’t believe the kids took only 20 minutes to do their drawings WOW! And with a pen. I have never tried to use a pen to draw, but ever since I started watching your videos I have given it a try. I think I need a lot more practice. LOL! Thanks! For sharing your travel journal.
Hi Esmeralda. The thing about children and how they create is no one told them that it should take more than 20 minutes and that a plain old pen is not enough. They are fearless. Try not to worry so much about practice and just be fearless and have fun and sketch, sketch, sketch. Kelly 😊😊🎨🎨
Hi Kelly, Nice to see your all sketchbook ! Good idea to add postcards and keep them in some home made enveloppe done with collected paper ! It s better than plastic pouch! I also love the way you kept the image of the ground with putting paper and scrub with pencil👍👍Did you never thought about collecting a few flowers or leaf ? Thank you for sharing 🙏
Bonjour Nathalie. Sometimes I add leaves or flowers or herbs but they tend to break up and disappear! Sometimes I dry the flowers at home then add them later. Kelly
I drag my travel book everywhere I go, and I NEVER seem to have time to sit and draw and write while on vacation. I am watching your lovely video and catching up on my weekend in the Rhine Valley right now. Thanks so much for the inspiration and sharing your trip.
PS French flea markets are my most favorite thing in the whole world.
Hi there, Kymberlee. The Rhine Valley sounds sublime. Now, I don't want to encourage you to stay on the screen when you have pages to make but as and when, here is a video about that specifically - how to enjoy your trip and keep a travel journal at the same (mostly) time. Hope this has some ideas! Kelly
th-cam.com/video/rVS3BCb1P0g/w-d-xo.html
I loved seeing your illustrated travel journal and hearing about your trip to France! Very inspirational!
Thank you, Susan. The older I get the more precious each trip becomes and I am more and more aware and more and more determined to get it on the page. Kelly
Always a delight. I have not traveled since COVID...I should.... Backpack Hostels No Tours for 10 years - 6 weeks at a time around the world. Joan of Arc historical trail is on my bucket list. Thanks for taking us along; your documentation is inspiring
Hi Deb. Yup, you are preaching to the choir - that first trip after a couple of years took some pushing to get the momentum going. I am still masking up, especially on public transport so would probably do the same in a hostel but do it anyway! Visiting places where Joan of Arc actually was is weird and moving - a reminder that she was not a myth but a real teenager pulling off one of the greatest feats in history as we know it. It is moving and something to think about. Kelly
That book is a true memory book. Such interesting idea. I travelled a lot and never thought of doing that.
If you love to sit in cafés, you would love to visit Portugal, because the weather is almost always quite nice, even in winter, we have lots of sunny days and there are many cafés here with sitting tables outside. Maybe one day, you’ll visit my country.
💙💚❤️💗💜🖤🧡♥️💛
Hi Alexandra. Illustrated journals, as well as written ones, are almost a religion with me; if it isn't on the page it didn't happen. It is how I think and experience. Try it! And I would love to visit Portugal. I have been to Sintra and Lisbon and made a lot of pages there in the sun. Kelly
Kelly, I just LOVE your travel journals!! They are so amazing, and so full of delicious memories! I like too, that you add notes in the back of the Journals. Even those look fun to reread again. I need to check out your link below about your class! Thanks, O Creative One! PS., can't wait to see some of your French purchases.
Hiya Lynn. I am thinking it will be November before I show the haul because as soon as I got home husband got Covid and that hijacked ten days of work and I had to let go and accept this as part of the process, and then laugh at myself for being anxious about this because dang in, it will still be just as cool in November as if I kill myself trying to get it situated while nursing and coping. (He is better now, just tired.) Kelly
@@BookandPaperArts Kelly, I'm so sorry your hubby got the virus! But, so happy to hear he's doing better now! And your right, don't sweat the small stuff. Just take plenty of deep, fresh breaths. You GO GURL!
You have done the cafe scene well as very charming so much character yes we love to be outside when on holiday too for the same reason huh. Love your travel journal brilliant 😀😍 I honestly thought you drew that white Abbey as looks more like a painting, the texture etc than a photo 🙂
Thanks, Lara. We got the weather! Hot and sunny almost every day. Now back to the land of wind and rain (and all the same, it is so good to be home). 😎😎
@@BookandPaperArts yes we have had some really lovely days in Wales but I do love the autumn with the colours and a good excuse to wear my thick warm jumpers 😀
Simple yet so Lovely.
Thank you so much. What a lovely message. Thanks for stopping by! Kelly
I would love to do one of these and have an Idea for one. Its just intimidating.
Hello there! If you find it intimidating then you have come to the right place. Now, what aspect of it is the biggest roadblock? If it is drawing I have videos about drawing badly for the fun of it and can send you the links. If it is something else, feel free to let me know here or in an email and I bet I have a pep-talk for you. Kelly
kelly@bookandpaperarts.com
@@BookandPaperArts Having trouble deconstructing the book I am interested in using. I do not have a professional scanner to save the pages. Then I would say figuring out what supplies to use and not. There are so many. I over think a layout making me stall. 🫣
@@wrlSivan16 Hmmm. Not sure what you mean about deconstructing the book. Do you mean preparing it for altering? As for a scanner, I can say that they have come down in price and up in quality a LOT recently. You could also see if anyone you know has one who would makes scans for you in exchange for money or maybe even art! Overthinking, that's one for all of us but I use an old book to try techniques and samples and then I can move on to putting it in my "real" book. Then when the sample book is full it is actually a fun, creative, memory book to have, too. Kelly
@@BookandPaperArts I feel like Ill watch more of your videos till I’m brave enough. Ha. Thank you for the suggestions. 👍🏻Yes I was referring to preparing it for altering. The guilt would kill me if I didn’t have a way to save a copy first.
@@wrlSivan16 I can't say this loud and long enough - practice on a cheap, old book for your first altered book. It is important to allow yourself to make mistakes and learn from them. Then build up your confidence and skills and THEN use them in a more precious book. Hope this helps. Kelly
Very enjoyable thank you
It is my real pleasure, Dorothea. Thank you! Kelly
10 & 7!!!! Wowzers.
I have been to the link and opened an account, but there is no way to sign up for the course. Perhaps you don't give it anymore?
Hello there, Victoria. Thanks for this. How about trying this link. There is a yellow button that says Buy Now in the left bottom corner of the banner photo. Let me know if I can help get you in if that doesn't work. I appreciate it as it lets me know if I have left out a step at some point. Thank you! Kelly
kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/courses/the-book-of-you-making-and-keeping-a-visual-diary
Great video- makes me wanna be you😊
Hiya, Regina. I am very fortunate woman. It is true that I worked to get here but now that I am, I try to live it aware of how truly blessed I am. Kelly
@@BookandPaperArts as it should be. TFS❣️
Hello Madame! Do you remember me i could type you after a long time i finished some of my essential studies in the last month. I could see that both parts of your countries are facing for an economic collapse i reckon it is something very common to such country like sri Lanka but something very unusual in such developed countries like yours.