You don't have to be a kid to love Journal Sparks: Fire Up Your Creativity with Spontaneous Art, Wild Writing, and Inventive Thinking by Emily K. Neuburger. It's a mixed media, artistic adventure! Collect your favorite art supplies and ideally a blank journal. With 60 imaginative and engaging art prompts it's bound to inspire a creative journaling habit. As shown below, the activities run the gamut - from coloring, to cutting and pasting, drawing and writing, folding and more. It comes with 10 pages of vibrantly colored collage paper, 3 pages of stickers, 1 page of pop-out speech bubbles and an envelope template. I'm not surprised it's won a bunch of awards. Its pages are amusing, delightful and motivational. I treated myself to a new journal and watercolor paint set while examining Journal Sparks. If you wonder what I'm up to, I'll be reveling in its pages! Storey Publishing released the 164 page paperback on April 18, 2017. Get your copy below!
CONTENTS
About the Author
Getting Started
Chapter One
Observation
Chapter Two
Invention
Chapter Three
Collection
Chapter Four
Color & Construction
Chapter Five
Wordsmith
Chapter Six
Journal Challenges
Chapter Seven
Journal Making & Hacking
Acknowledgements
Fortune Envelopes
Collage Papers
Pop-out Speech Bubbles
Stickers
COLOR YOUR MOOD pages 24 and 25.
FRAGMENTS pages 46 and 47.
MANDALAS pages 94 and 95.
BEGIN WITH THE HAIR pages 96 and 97.
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Journal Sparks and my new watercolor paints and journal.
I used to do a lot of art work and crafts when I was younger, I haven't done any in years. This sounds like a great book for anyone who likes being creative.
ReplyDeleteI like the combination of collage and drawing!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute.Very creative.
ReplyDeleteI love the collage! I have been daughters who are quite the artist and would be great to give to them.
ReplyDeleteThis would be so lovely for my granddaughter who would enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteCool review, definitely can see this as a good gift.
ReplyDeleteLooks adorable. My son likes crafts like this.
ReplyDeleteThis would definitely spark my creativity. My eye caught "tiny poems". I used to write haikus. I'm sure I could again.
ReplyDeleteThe Journal Sparks would be perfect for my daughter, loves journaling and art/drawing!
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I have some ideas for gifts now.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful book with so many ideas to be creative !
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful book to express various creative ideas!
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