I don't really get the journal thing either, to be honest. I started 2 at different times but haven't used either of them for years. I feel I might as well be practising on paper, which I can potentially use for other projects rather than having it in a book.
The only way I can imagine using one now is it I wanted to write a blog post that told a story in a visual. So, if I wanted to journal I suppose. 😂
I do still use the journal to clean of brushes and use up paint sometimes but mostly I do that on papers. The journal tends to get buried under paper and I forget about it.
I also tried the altered book thing where you record pockets and stuff that you've used in a junk journal, for future reference. But I'm always moving on so I never went back to check what I did before so that one is even more useless than the journals. At least the journals have a couple of nice spreads that I enjoy looking at from time to time.
Ok ! At least I don't feel so alone about not understanding the journal thing then. Since I'm so new to the game, I figured I needed practice and I wondered if I accidently made something amazing in it, I could either tear it out and mount it or use parts of the pages later in real pieces. That was all going through my mind as I wondered about them and wondered if I should start one since I need so much practice and research.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on them.
This is why I'm not keen on using them. This morning I was working in an altered book (like a journal I suppose except you have book pages rather than blank paper as backgrounds) and I glued down some of the failed tissue wrapping paper onto a page where I'd cleaned off my paintbrush that contained magenta paint. I really loved the way it looked and immediately thought - "what a waste". Due to what's on the other side it's too thick to tear out and use elsewhere so Ihad to tell myself "plenty more where that came from".
Which is true, sort of, but there will never be that exact combination again. Hence I'd rather work on individual pieces of paper/card. 😁
I understand what you are saying.
Perhaps you could replicate it as best as possible and get a similar effect, although admittedly not identical.
Nah. I've already moved on. The comment was for illustrative purposes only. 😂 It's not like I'm short of stuff withwhich to create. 😁
LOL.... ok !