PC~Page-by-Page Art Journal: GRUNGE

Theme for this installment: GRUNGE (totally open theme as far as the text you use)

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From about.com: An art journal is a journal or diary that has a strong visual element to it, an expression of your artistic creativity and imagination, not filled only with words like a traditional journal. It's a journal for using your art to express your memories, dreams, and thoughts. How you create the images, and what type of imagery you make, is entirely a matter of personal choice. There are no rules. You can paint or draw, use pen and ink, photos, collage, doodle, stickers... anything and everything.

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You can use any technique(s) you want to illustrate your feelings about the theme. Your completed page should have at least one word on it. The journaling/text does not have to be elaborate - you can paste a single word on the page or you can journal several paragraphs - totally up to you! Your page does not have to be serious or though provoking - it can be fun or funny, serious or light-hearted. The choice is yours!

• You will have one partner
• The page will be 4" by 6"
• Sign or initial the front of the page
• Choose your backing material by how much you are going to glue/add to the front - if you are doing a drawing and not adding any thickness, start out with a really sturdy backing. If you are doing a layered collage, you might want to start out with a thinner backing, etc.
• Let your imagination, creativity, and thoughts run wild!
• You can put info on the back of your page but it's not required

I plan on obtaining a spiral bound journal that is approximately 5" by 7" in which to mount the pieces I receive. Because we are trading 4" by 6" pieces you could add them to your postcard collection, store them in a photo album, etc. - you wouldn't have to make them into an art journal at all!

Let me know if you have any questions at all! There is also a thread in the Paper Cutz forum so we can talk about this series there if anyone wants.

Here are themes I have hosted in the past:
* Paisley Zentangle
* Magazine Collage
* Song Lyric
* Love
* Flowers
* Friends
* Family
* Themeless
* Me
* Memories
* Home
* Life
* Death
* Ransom Note Style
* Bucket List
* Black & White
* Grunge