Hello, I'm Daniela melon, an author and artist. Welcome to my class expanding journals, journals art artists tool, we can record ideas and techniques, experiment or play with supplies and refer to previous sketches to build on them. journals are a way to organize our art. They can include emotions and help us work through our feelings be kept private, or the journals can be used in a professional capacity to share our work with others. I like to have dedicated journals for my classes and my art project. These are things that I'm comfortable sharing, like sketches, watercolors and brushstroke techniques.

I found it challenging though, to find a journal where I can remove pages, work on them and then return them back to the journal or I sometimes get very involved in a topic and I need just a few more pages in my journal and we'd like to find a way to add them. So let's started making expandable journals using easy to acquire supplies and quality paper. Today, I'm going to share my process with you. I challenge you to create your own journal and post it in the project section of this class. I've included a lesson on the technique of mark making that you can add to your journal. And I've included a brief peek into some of my journals.

I can't wait to get started.