moleskine sketchbook Archives - Peony and Parakeet

Drawing Inspiration – What I learned from Inspirational Drawing

Päivi — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:50:21 +0000

This week, I have some drawing inspiration for you. Let’s celebrate our living line! Recently, I heard the term “transition” and it resonated strongly. After receiving the grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation, I have thought about my artistic career forward and at the same time also backward. I’ve noticed that it’s hard to think […]

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Why Every Artist Should Art Journal? – Facebook Live Recording

Päivi — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 14:14:46 +0000

I had my first public Facebook live yesterday! If you missed it, watch the recording below. As this is a live recording via the Facebook app, the quality of the image and the lip sync aren’t brilliant. If you are interested in art journals and using them for growing as an artist, it’s worth watching! Let […]

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Moleskine Sketchbook – Another Full Art Journal!

Päivi — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:54:03 +0000

I just finished my red Moleskine Sketchbook. It always feels like an accomplishment when an art journal gets full. So I’m happy to show a couple of photos and a flip-through video of all the pages! Moleskine Sketchbook as an Art Journal Moleskine Sketchbooks are one of my favorite books for art journaling. The paper […]

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Draw Your Own Coloring Page

Päivi — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 11:18:24 +0000

These two art journal pages have been made in the same way: drawing simple lines and shapes and then coloring them with colored pencils. This is a fun exercise especially for those who like abstract art and want to show it in their art journals, and for those who are into coloring but want to […]

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Art Journal Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect

Päivi — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:50:43 +0000

Every time I buy a new blank sketchbook, I get the feeling that I should not make a mess on it. But then, my art journals are meant for maintaining artistic inspiration, and messy making is part of that too. I often create pages in many phases and my art journals are never perfect in […]

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Video: See What You Think

Päivi — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 08:44:56 +0000

Are you searching for art journaling inspiration? Are you wondering what to create for your art journal next? Let the pen move and see what you think! Inspirational Drawing is built so that you can enjoy developing the three dimensions of creating: 1) increasing your imagination 2) improving your technical skills 3) using inspirational source […]

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Art Journaling with Colored Pencils

Päivi — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:40:45 +0000

My latest art journal page started with new colored pencils and rambling thoughts of the latest news from Helsinki: the architecture competition of Guggenheim Museum has ended and now there’s a big debate whether the city of Helsinki should finance the museum or not. I did not mean to include the winner building on the page, […]

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Using Fabric on Art Journal Pages

Päivi — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:00:09 +0000

At this time of the year, at the beginning of summer, there’s a lot to do in the garden. I started early this year, but recently there has been so many activities that I feel I have neglected the garden. This guilty feeling also showed up on my latest art journal page! This page is made on […]

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Art Journaling with Still Lives

Päivi — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:00:14 +0000

For the last couple of years, I have felt drawn to still lives. I even have the Pinterest board of the ones that I especially like. I used to think that old still lives are very conventional but they really are not! There can be anything happening in the painting, like a squirrel running on […]

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Visual Chronicles and Fast Art Journaling

Päivi — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:59:40 +0000

In the newsletter sent 5th November, I mistakenly sent a wrong link, here’s the link to the latest video In Finland, the weather got colder last week and I got a terrible flu. It is so frustrating to be able to do nothing but sleep. Being healthy feels so important then! If there’s anything positive in lying […]

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Art Journal Inspiration from Children’s Books

Päivi — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:34:28 +0000

The art journal spread shown above is created from hand decorated papers, colored pencils, and markers. The main message here is “You can ride with your imagination in any way you want.” As it implies, I like my art journaling to capture dreams and fairy tales, not so much everyday life. Mini-Worlds and Fantasies I think that […]

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Imitate Ceramic Art!

Päivi — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:00:31 +0000

A strange cat in the shadows. Too many apples for the tree to bear. A blackbird complains: Dry mouth! Still, it’s a paradise: my garden. This is an art journal page where I wanted to achieve two things: 1) imitate Scandinavian ceramic artists of 1940-1960s 2) write a poem and illustrate it Scandinavian Ceramic Art […]

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