What do you do when you have a mostly blank day book from 2020? Make an art journal, of course!
The video of the big reveal is over at my YouTube channel. Subscribe if you dare. But below are the pages…
On with the show!
A few bits and bobs from various French ephemera, plus a page from A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle… book had already been falling apart in the thrift store where I found it. HOT TIP: Get beat up copies of your favourite books from thrift stores to use in your art collages and keep the good copies on your shelf.
Christophe and I when we lived in Calgary… brrrr.
That Arc de Triomphe made its way into DEAR PARIS. The quote is from Memoirs of Montparnasse by John Glassco.
My apartment is right under that Boucherie sign in the back.
Bits and pieces from here and there.
I created a letter with this handsome fella. It is in DEAR PARIS. Actually, this is a guy that was just sitting on a bench waiting for a bus or taking a breather or thinking deep thoughts. Or all the above. He was handsome enough to recreate with paint and ink.
Bits of pieces of books that fell apart, plus energetic scribbles from heir to the throne.
Ciggies and perfume. French chicks. Pft.
The only way I know how to create something with a sewing pattern.
A strong enough ending.
PS Buy DEAR PARIS for those on your Christmas list instead of a planner for 2022. Clearly, a planner isn’t always a good idea.
