Week 2′s prompt was to write your own quote in your journal. This is the page I came up with. For the writing on the right hand side I used my quill pen, which I absolutely love and which reminds me of the old fashioned nib pens we used in school. I have to use this pen more.

'Quote Unquote' 8x12" art journal page © Klair Scattergood

I’m a little late with this week’s prompt because my page isn’t dry yet and having tried both ways now I’d rather put my pages up at the same time as the prompts rather than later. But there is one on its way tomorrow. It’s a weekly prompt anyway so it’s no biggy if it’s not on the same day every week anyways. No pressure for art journaling.

I started trying to do a quick pen drawing every day around the 3rd, something that’s just a quick scribble which I thought I’d use as an opportunity to try out different black pens for illustration work and lettering. I find if I don’t do a bit every day I lose m steady hand, so daily practice is a good thing.

Dialy doodle snippet

I started off just with scraps of paper and post its that I was going to chuck away (possibly keeping the better ones for my art journal) but then Teesha posted that she was doing the same thing and I loved her format. I’d considered getting a daily planner or something but the cartoon style layout really appealed to me. So I dug out an old 9×9″ Daler-Rowney hardback cartridge book and I’m loving it. I spend no more than 10-15 minutes on these, usually whilst having a quick cup of tea and it’s like a break from whatever I’m supposed to be working on. Dawn’s doing it too and she’s posted a few pages already so go check out her stuff as well.