{"id":5820,"date":"2021-03-10T00:54:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T07:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/?p=5820"},"modified":"2022-12-11T17:07:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T00:07:25","slug":"how-i-got-into-art-journaling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/how-i-got-into-art-journaling\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Got Into Art Journaling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5820\" class=\"elementor elementor-5820\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f26b2a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f26b2a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6277f2\" data-id=\"e6277f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61badb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61badb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-key=\"156\"><span data-key=\"157\"><span spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\">People ask me all the time how I got started with Art Journaling. I&#8217;ve touched on it some in my blog, but not what led up to it.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p data-key=\"158\"><span data-key=\"159\"><span spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\">I wish I had a rosy story to tell, how the heavens parted and I was given sunshine and rainbows and inspiration galore. But it didn&#8217;t quite happen that way.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p data-key=\"158\"><span data-key=\"159\"><span spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\">Back around 2016 I was depressed. Not, &#8220;I&#8217;m sad&#8221; depressed but, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to get out of bed, and why isn&#8217;t my brain working like it should?&#8221; kind of depressed.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><h3 data-key=\"158\"><em><span style=\"color: #ba3c4a;\"><span spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\">My creative spark had been GONE<\/span><span spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\"> for a good three years. <\/span><\/span><\/em><strong><span spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\">\ud83d\ude31<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec91d0e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec91d0e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45aee5e\" data-id=\"45aee5e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-270bfa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"270bfa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fb161011a01-e1615359960215-500x310.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4110\" alt=\"Lori Greenberg making glass beads at torch 2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fb161011a01-e1615359960215-500x310.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fb161011a01-e1615359960215-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fb161011a01-e1615359960215-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fb161011a01-e1615359960215.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Working at my Torch in 2015<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f3dba7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f3dba7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fb0259\" data-id=\"1fb0259\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05c6ba7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05c6ba7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the time I was a glass bead maker and my love for the medium just wasn&#8217;t there anymore. I was lost, and knew that something had to change.<\/p><p>During that three years I tried so many things to try to break the cycle. I tried different kinds of glass work. I tried writing a novel, twice. I tried digital art. I created coloring books for adults. That all kept me afloat, but my creative joy did not return.\u00a0<\/p><p>Out of boredom I signed up for a three-day out-of-state workshop, totally unrelated to glass and jewelry, just to get away. It was paper arts, collage, painting, and all the things that could be used in art journals. All things I&#8217;d always been afraid of because I believed I wasn&#8217;t any good.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93ab9f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93ab9f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2e788d\" data-id=\"e2e788d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ce2532 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ce2532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lg160127a3-500x368.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3896\" alt=\"art journal pages with octopus and astronaut\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lg160127a3-500x368.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lg160127a3-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lg160127a3-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lg160127a3-624x459.jpg 624w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lg160127a3-800x589.jpg 800w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lg160127a3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Early Art Journal Pages<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89dcb42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89dcb42\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d1b442\" data-id=\"6d1b442\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a77221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a77221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Art Journal Workshop Effect...<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a333c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a333c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-289bbfc\" data-id=\"289bbfc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-504892a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"504892a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-slate-void=\"true\" data-key=\"161\"><div style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\" data-slate-spacer=\"true\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">At the beginning of the weekend we made and bound a big blank journal, and each day we filled a different two-page spread with each workshop&#8217;s project and techniques.<\/span><\/div><div data-slate-spacer=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\" data-slate-spacer=\"true\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">I didn&#8217;t realize it at the time, but that weekend my funk started to lift, and my creativity started to return.<\/span><\/div><div data-slate-spacer=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\" data-slate-spacer=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\" spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\">Lately I\u2019ve been getting messages from people asking how they\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: normal;\" spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\">can get started art journaling, too.\u00a0<\/span>I get it.<\/div><div data-slate-spacer=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div><h3 style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\" data-slate-spacer=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ba3c4a;\">Creating is such a life-changing activity with so many benefits:<\/span><\/h3><ul><li data-slate-spacer=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">It boosts your mood.<\/span><\/li><li data-slate-spacer=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">It makes you forget about things for a while.<\/span><\/li><li data-slate-spacer=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">You can express yourself in a safe place and way.<\/span><\/li><li data-slate-spacer=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">And you get pretty stuff at the end, just to name a few.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal;\" data-key=\"177\"><span data-key=\"178\"><span spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\">I created a\u00a0<\/span><em data-slate-mark=\"true\"><span spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\">free<\/span><\/em><span spellcheck=\"true\" data-slate-content=\"true\">\u00a0resource so you can experience those things, too, and help you avoid the pitfalls that I spent so much time in. \u00a0It&#8217;s a \u00a0six-step process for getting started with art journaling.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal;\" data-key=\"179\"><span data-key=\"180\">This roadmap literally shows the exact steps you should take (and in what order!) plus common mistakes to avoid to go from stuck and overwhelmed to living in a state of inspired creative flow.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66e8a9e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66e8a9e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50f2fb8c\" data-id=\"50f2fb8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a6c478e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7a6c478e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3748c3c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3748c3c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-50803a86\" data-id=\"50803a86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eece555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7eece555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JJ-Roadmap-3-Page-Red-Mockup-1-500x386.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6871\" alt=\"image of art journaling roadmap\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JJ-Roadmap-3-Page-Red-Mockup-1-500x386.png 500w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JJ-Roadmap-3-Page-Red-Mockup-1-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JJ-Roadmap-3-Page-Red-Mockup-1-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JJ-Roadmap-3-Page-Red-Mockup-1.png 895w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c8512c\" data-id=\"1c8512c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709fe655 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"709fe655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Start Learning...<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c19061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52c19061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><i>The Jumble Journal Workshop<br \/><\/i><\/strong><i>will show you\u00a0everything you need to know about how to get started\u00a0with a unique way of Art Journaling!<\/i><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6361eaad elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6361eaad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/lorigreenbergart.thinkific.com\/courses\/JumbleJournalWorkshop\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Enroll Now &gt;&gt;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd71956 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6fd71956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fffec67 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fffec67\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c61ed3\" data-id=\"3c61ed3\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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