My Art Journal France Part 4

Hi , I'm happy to share new pages of my art journal I created in France last Summer!
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I will show you the difference in working from within, and working from reality. I also share with you how I use some items I collected during our journey, like hand written postcards, pieces of a beautiful wine box and business cards. And listen carefully, while I'll read some poems for you!
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Dream Landscape
This landscape is one I saw with my eyes closed. Sometimes it's just the way I want to make art: from within. I also wrote a poem:
I haven't put a house in it yet
This landscape needs space
To flow through
And I want a river
Give me water nearby
So that I can always swim
And always feel surrounded by water
And that I can always get lost in it
And oh yes give me flowers, and trees
Just a few here and there
And then a forest
Where you can walk for hours
With a green meadow every now and then
And cows
And hay and the smell of freshly cut grass
It doesn't have to be difficult
I'll just walk next to you
Uncomplicated, everything is fine
We're going to the creperie
And we'll eat the most delicious pancakes ever
I'm alive
Using items I found along the road
In the following pages I incorporated some items I stumbled upon during our trip. One of those is the lovely wine box, that I used in one spread in my book, becoming the eye-catcher of these pages. I also bought a handwritten card with goat cheese and the menu card of a First Communion at one of the flee markets in France. The final thing I used in one of my spreads is the card from the artist Nicole Guilliem, who creates wonderful artwork with water colour, enamel and lave stone. I use the things I found completely and don't want to cover, as they're so inspiring to work with. They have been a guideline for the pages, colourwise.
More abstract pages
The longer I work in a journal, the more abstract pages do come up. A lot of portraits appear, as well as patterns, faces in trees and collages come up.
The second poem I wrote goes like this:
The art is not to cover up
Not even with art
Not to hide behind a false identity
It can only be real and pure
The art is to show your true face
And to be completely honest
in your art and your whole life
This is the poem by Mary Hunter Austin
Man is not himself only...
He is all that he sees;
all that flows to him from a thousand sources...
He is the land, the lift of its mountain lines,
the reach of its valleys.
Back to reality
And of course, I added some experiences from landscapes we saw on the road, like the sunflower field, the mountain with a lonely chapel and the view we had at the duck farm.
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[@jlm517rocks]

no accident your name defines your heart...out of the heart the mouth speaks... the heart means Spirit, not the bios.... yr art shares how the bios,/world/ flesh domain, mirrors yr experience of nature's simple beauty.. well done...ty...

[@luzartworks]

Wow that seems like poetry to me, wonderful words! I think going inwards as well as outwards is very important... when those things overlap, you find the real spirit. Thank you for your precious comment.

[@WildartbyOldieJMC]

Very creative and beautiful work. I really enjoy your colour palette choices. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@luzartworks]

You're welcome! Thank you for stopping by and watch this video. Much love from the Netherlands.

[@debzehr3244]

Thank you for sharing your poetry as well as your wonderful art journal. 💖💖💖

[@luzartworks]

Thank you very much, I'm happy you like the poetry as well. Much love from the Netherlands!

[@MrsMasArt]

I really loved your painting of the view from the duck farm and ofcourse the tree with the little heart 💘 Great video of your beautiful journal, dear Luz!

[@luzartworks]

Thank you so much Machteld!

[@isisbloedjes3482]

I just love the picture of Pearl walking towards the lonely chapel on the hill!

[@luzartworks]

Thanks Isis, she made long walks in this place...

[@juliaarmato3984]

Lovely. When you where talking about noticing the heart. I notice the candle in your video has a heart shaped center where the wax melted. Just a little thing, but maybe you should paint it in your journal. God bless 💕

[@luzartworks]

Wow so good you noticed that, haven’t seen that myself! I have already burned the candle, so now it isn’t in a heart shape anymore. But I will paint it from the video. Thanks for the idea!

[@zarcris9247]

Love those colors, as always. So beautiful travel journal ❤😊

[@luzartworks]

Thank you so much for watching again! Love from the Netherlands!

[@margaretpinsent6388]

Just found your channel and I've sub'd. I used to do junk journals, but recently I started to sketch in pen and watercolours. I can see here that the two can be combined when i travel. Your art journal is gorgeous. I'm hoping you've got tutorials to show me how you created such lovely pages. Thank you.

[@luzartworks]

Thanks for subbing! Almost everything is possible when you work in a journal! You can still mix with paper, magazine images, etc. etc. and combine this with drawings and watercolour. Have fun with your new adventure! Love from the Netherlands!

[@jeuxtu29]

Coucou !
Super promenades à travers ta vue des paysages français.
J'aime tes harmonies
Ton dernier paysage m'a enchantée.
J'espère que tu vas bien.
Tu as dû reprendre tes activites artistiques d'une façon plus intense.
Je te souhaite beaucoup de succès dans toutes tes entreprises.
Ta gentillesse et le positif que tu dégages correspondent à ce que tu mets dans ta peinture.
J'ai oublié ta poesie 😉
Je t'embrasse très fort.
A la semaine prochaine avec beaucoup de joie
Michèle 💞💕💞💕

[@luzartworks]

Salut Michele! Merci pour votre gentil et réconfortant message. Je suis toujours heureux d'avoir de vos nouvelles. C'est bien que vous disiez que cela vous semble si positif et que les paysages vous plaisent. J'aimerais te voir la prochaine fois. Je vais te faire un bisou 💕💞💕