Tag: Art Journals

The Evolution of Art Journals

Instead of a choosing a word for 2018, I am adopting a phrase: What’s old is new again. This phrase has been echoing through my head for a couple of months, to the point where it was begging to be explored. The phrase applies to several aspects of my life, but with art, it is…

Surface Treatment Journal

all these pages start with surface treatment mini-experiments. This one is gel resist, koi watercolor and distress ink.  failed postcard art collaged in (the face)  Stamps

Sharyn Seibert's Rome Sketchbook Project Page

This page about Rome was created for the Sketchbook Project. How does one start to document a day in Rome when you've visited 10 different colossal monuments of art? Well, what one does is focus on the small details that create beautiful memories such as the perfect doves suspended above the tomb of Raphael in the…

Ferragamo Museum and Mario's Restaurant

Sharyn Seibert's Sketchbook Project Page about the Ferragamo Museum and Accademia Italiana. We visited the Accademia Italiano and met Flavio Mancuso, the lecturer in history of fashion. He had told us about the Marilyn show at the Ferragamo, that we must see it. It was fantastic. There were all sorts of connections between Marilyn's poses…

Sharyn Seibert San Marco and Mario's in Florence Italy

Sharyn Seibert's San Marco and Marios page for the Sketchbook Project. Within the San Marco museum there is a manuscript display that takes you through the manuscript process. Cases show the various materials that are used such as fish glue, gold leaf and various pigments found naturally in the earth. The second page is about…