Art Journaling...Do you do it?

I don't, but I want to. There are some really beautiful projects out there. I took an online class a few years on making a journal out of a composition notebook cover, but filling it with Bristol cardstock to use with markers and other art media. So I made the journal, now I need to fill it! It's a "one of these days" project. I'm not much of a writer, but I've seen some pretty pages that tell the story with more art than words, which would work best for me.

I do. And I love it. Art journaling is whatever you want to make it and do with it. Some people do a lot of writing and no or few techniques. Some do fancy writing and doodles that are so amazing. Some collage. Some actually have art work (like actually pictures they've made with whatever media). Although most often online aj-er's do share their creations. Some people use art journaling as a way to experiment with techniques. I have several journals. One just for songs that move me. One for scriptures/religious things One for a facebook group prompts. One for gratitude. One for just messing around. I'm not prolific, I do it when the mood strikes.

I think this is me too. The journals I see online are so beautifully messy and although I like a little splattering or texture paste I just feel like the examples I have seen are well beyond my comfort zone. And to be honest, although I love looking at the them, I don't think they're the project for me.

You DON'T have to use mixed media or supplies. I have seen so many ways of AJ!! I have just started this year and have only done a few pages. I am also a collector so I have been collecting supplies but that is for me. I will use them. I see them on sale or at TM and somehow they just come home with me. 

I have seen people using simple notebooks, markers readily available, cut outs from magazines, old book pages(really, most of have something like that around), glue sticks, ets. Yes, I agree if you are a scrapper you most likely have the basics that you would need. 

It is like any craft, there are some supplies that some people will use/want/need that others just don't see using in their own journals/art work. 

My scrapbook pages are for anyone to see. They are document the life that is happening around us. My art journal is basically mine. Like our diaries when we were 13. I find sayings I like and use those as inspirational quotes on pages. If I am in a bad mood while I am doing something, I notice I use darker colors/motifs. If things are going good and sparkly, then those colors are reflected. Do I have original pages? Yep! Do I get inspiration from seeing someone else's page and think "I want to try doing that" and "journal lift"? You bet! 

Wow, I think this may be the longest post I have written on here to date. All to say, you do what you are comfortable with. With what you have.

i haven't delved into researching them, so I haven't tried them.

Sometimes I feel like my time can only stretch so far, and it's at its max capacity with the scrapping I do now.

I dove in several years ago and LOVE it. LOVE all mixed media now. I actually prefer it over scrapping now. I even use mixed media on my scrapbook pages now. Truly I found a passion that I didn't know existed until I dove in!

I don't do it.  I tend to think of art journaling as though it's for people who are able to express themselves through art.  I have never really been able to do that.  My daughter draws her feelings in her art and I love that she has that coping skill.  I can't draw a stick figure so it doesn't work for me.  Some art journals I've seen seem to be for expressing feelings and some seem not to be connected to feelings.  They're just art.  I've been thinking about trying watercolors so maybe I might give that a try someday.