stART Journaling: An Art Journaling Workbook Paperback – June 14, 2013

Be mindful when purchasing this book that is is what it says it is.....a workbook. Most pages are left blank in the book for you to fill in with your ideas. I personally did not feel that the book was worth the purchase.

Too many blank practice pages. I have my own journal and our paper for that. Instructions especially for blending could have been been written in a way that was easier to understand

Ok, I have to be honest. I didn't read this book because it required further purchases. I would rather buy other things than waste my time on this.

This book is just a colossal waste of your time and money! Do you know that there are more blank pages in this "workbook" than there are insights, instructions or photos? I certainly didn't know this! If I had wanted a blank journal, I would have purchased a beautiful Strathmore journal with 90 lb. or 140 lb. watercolor paper, which would be perfect for journaling. With so many outstanding mixed media and journal artists working and publishing today, this author would have benefited by including wonderful examples of their work, with specific suggestions and techniques about how to create their luscious pages and collages. The few instructional pages included are dismally amateurish and uninspired. I have bought nearly every collage, art journal and mixed media book offered by Amazon and loved every one of them. That's why I threw away the shipping envelope and receipt before exploring this book. Otherwise I would have most definitely returned it. However, now that I have this lemon, I will make lemonade, shredding every single page to use in my own art. There are so many brilliant, enticing and motivating journal and collage books on the market today. Sadly, this is most assuredly NOT one of them!

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I totally agree with the previous reviewer! I own every mixed media, art journaling, collage book I can find. I eagerly awaited this books arrival and wow. What a joke! Literally copies of other art journal and mixed media works, on extremely poor paper quality, and more blank pages than art work. Save your money! There are numerous great art journaling books out there. This is not one of them. It's the first book on art journaling I ever returned and this one is heading back tomorrow!

I didn't care for this book. I don't like to buy books with blank pages. I prefer to use a workbook with more instructions.

as a regular buyer of journalling books I was disappointed to find that I owned most of the books that the chapters were taken from and that there was not much material that I didn't already have inother books. An excellent book if you are totally new to art journalling and want to stART as the title says but not so useful if you already do art journalling and own a collection of books already. Great oncept for beginners.

There is no doubt that this is a beautiful book and for anyone who loves art journalling it is eye candy. For my liking there are too many blank pages (I have sketch pads and paper for that) and way to many excerpts from other art books which I already have. So while it is a gorgeous book,, it's more of a summary of what is out there and a sketch pad than a book in it;s own right.

Easy to use book. Also very good intro if you want to get a young person into journaling as they can work and practise directly into the book.

Ein gutes Buch zum Thema Art Journaling zu finden scheint gar nicht so einfach, denn das ist nun das zweite in Folge, das ich zurück geschickt habe.Es enthält ein paar nette Ideen, ist aber lediglich eine Sammlung von Auszügen aus anderen Büchern. Zwischendrin finden sich etliche leere Seiten, die dazu gedacht sind, dass man "gelerntes" gleich im Buch umsetzt. Die Idee mag ja nett gemeint sein, aber ich finde es absolut unpraktisch und schlecht umgesetzt. Zum einen ist das Buch geklebt, sodass man es nie flach hinlegen kann, was eine Arbeit in einem Art Journal erheblich erschwert. Zum anderen möchte man ja eventuell die Vorgabe vor sich liegen haben, sodass man eine Referenz hat. Auch das ist unmöglich wenn man in dem Buch arbeiten soll. Dann sind die leeren Seiten alle schon blau eingefärbt und leicht gemustert. Laut den Autoren soll das dazu dienen, dass man die Angst vor der leeren weißen Seite verliert. Hmmmmm..... bessere Tipps zur Hintergrundgestaltung wären angebrachter als eine Seitengestaltung die nicht jedem gefällt und vielleicht mit dem angedachten Design nicht harmoniert. Ich persönlich bin auch jemand, der Bücher nicht ankritzeln mag und schon gar nicht kann ich mir vorstellen etwas so Experimentelles wie Art Journaling in einem Buch zu betreiben, das ich vielleicht später noch lesen möchte. Sprühfarben und Stifte würden sich auf die anderen Seiten durchdrücken, dazu "saut man das Buch ein" und sollte man wirklich Art Journaling auf den leeren Seiten betreiben, wird das Buch so dick, dass es aus allen Nähten platzt aufgrund der Klebebindung. Feiner wäre es gewesen, wenn man dem Buch ein eigenes Journal beigelegt hätte, wenn man es denn schon als Workbook aufbaut. Summa summarum bin ich nicht bereit das Geld für ein Buch zu bezahlen, bei dem die Hälfte der Seiten leer ist. Sinnvoller ist es sich eins der Bücher zu holen aus denen die Auszüge im Buch genommen wurden.

It is a summary of many book I already have. A LOT of blank pages. I will not do journaling in this book.Not the best buy for me.