
How to Start a Travel Journal or Paint Journal or Sketch Journal
Before I started painting in a journal, I was intimidated about painting something that didn’t turn out, feeling that since it was a permanent page it my journal it better be good. Once I let go of this fear and just saw it as a place to experiment and capture my journey then it started to come together. To make it easy – minimize your supplies so it’s easy to bring them along. I can fit my supplies into a ziplock bag. Also, a smaller sketchbook can be easier to fill than a big sketchbook. 7 x 10 size Arches Sketchbook is a favorite for my personal trips and I tend to go larger when I’m teaching. One thing I do when starting a journaling workshop is to have my students put some random colors on about 4 pages. This initiates the journal and now you’ve got color on the page. You can sketch and or paint on top of this underpainting and create something incredibly unique.



