The Results Are In!: Art Journal Round Robin

My art journal has been traveling around the country since February, and it returned home in mid-July--so much thicker that one kind participant added a thick rubber band to the outside edge to hold the pages closed for safer travel!

The book came home to me in perfect condition, bursting with paint, paper, stickers, rubber stamps, lettering, collage, embossing powder, doodles, drawings, acetate, and tags.

On the sign-in page at the front, I invited each participant to leave her signature--both a literal signature and an artful piece of herself, such as a note, a doodle, a scrap of favorite paper, or a rubber stamp image.

Here is a closer look at each of our "signatures":

Andria Kaskey (that's me!):

Mary Layman:

Danielle Nelson:

Janet Briggs:

And here is a bit of an Art Journal Gallery Walk through the pages that have come to me in my art journal after its five month journey around the country:

Pages by Andria Kaskey:

Pages by Mary Layman:

Pages by Danielle Nelson:

Pages by Janet Briggs:

In the back of the journal, I included an envelope for paper scraps, inviting participants to take as many as they want, replacing them with just as many.  I came away with a few new scraps for my collage stash:

I am very happy to have participated in my first Art Journal Round Robin this year.  I like trying new things all the time to add to my repertoire of artistic experiences.  Now, I have to figure out how I want to complete the book.  There are several blank pages left, which I could carry on as my own personal art journal, or seek to have other people make contributions in some isolated single swaps.  I have some decisions to make!

Many thanks to Danielle, Mary, and Janet for being my Round Robin partners!