 Move all my schmoots out of the way Hey guys, how are you today? This is just for you all here in a life of art and self-expression So this year in the group besides Just being a caring kind creative community, which we I hope always are and supportive group of folks That instead of a daily word prompt. I thought we would try something a little different and I came up with the idea of doing vision boards and so I do use vision boards probably is not as much as I ought to but I do use them as a way to stay inspired stay positive stay creative Develop new ideas new ways of thinking with my art all of the things that you would use a vision board for I I thought it would be interesting to create sort of a book of vision boards take a year and every day add a little something to the book and Create a book of vision boards a book of inspiration And so that's where the idea of this came from our two vision boards have already been released And they will be released on the first of the month each month We have one for the year, which is this one and I have a little bit about my thinking behind the first board for motivation and keeping ourselves motivated and Being true to your ourselves and do what makes you happy reflect in your art life and creativity and create a book Along those themes. So this one for the whole year is gonna I've glued it into the front of my journal because throughout the whole year. I'll be incorporating Things from this vision board the color palette at the very least Into each month along with the vision board for that month Now I've taken this journal and this is a free to call a inspired journal from Moleskine And it I've taken it and I've already divided it into 12 while 13 sections because one for the whole year and then one for each month I know I have of course access to all the vision boards already because I created them I know you all don't have that but whatever book you're going to use or journal you're going to use I would encourage you to take it and go ahead and divide it into 13 sections and then You can see little hints of blue along my spine That's that's washi tape. So I've taken The first one for the whole year and put it here on the inside cover page and then We'll go over these in a minute and then each month says subsequently I've pasted the vision board on the first page and I've put a little bit of washi tape on the edge of the page And so when the board is closed I can kind of quickly see where the new new vision boards are this book Of course because it's a Moleskine also has a bookmark. So right now, of course, we're in January and so I can just Flip forward to where I've stopped I have a habit of closing it when the glue is still white by the way in case you didn't get that idea And I can just put the bookmark there. So I know where I've stopped But if you don't have that or in addition to that putting washi tape is great Now I am collaging a lot of stuff in here probably too much for this Moleskine. So by the end of the year It's probably gonna look like this If that bugs you then you probably want to use a different kind of journal or not glue so much stuff in I have a habit of not caring and My Moleskines, here's my other one. I do use Moleskines in my journals and my for my journaling This is the other one that I have. So, you know, if that bothers you then Get a different kind of journal or maybe don't paste so much stuff in Yeah, it doesn't really bother me. I mean the spine does kind of start to fall apart a little bit, but you know It's alright. It doesn't really bother me It's in our journal like this one's starting to split. Can you see that? Yeah, so that's fine I could take the cover off of it Which I may do at some point. I don't know, but I'll probably not do that You can also just put the Vision board in and do mostly writing I have I'm trying to control my impulse to put lots of stickers and things in here But I am doing a fair amount of writing each Night I do a Little bit in here. Now I may some days and may not some days put some In the very front for the year That can be kind of slow-going. I can do that as I'm inspired to do and Then in the month current month, I'm working on in this case of January I try to look at what's already here just like we're doing Kind of review what I've already done You can see it glued a lot of stuff in here and then go through my bits and pieces, which are these which is crazy This is usually downstairs by the way. I Pull out some things that I may I will in this case because we're up here. I'm gonna pull all of it out And I need to clean it out. Anyways, that's for something else Okay, so right away. I can't I think I Know what I want to do something with these old. I was going through some old Artwork and old portfolios and I found these prompts. I do not know what these prompts are from They might be from a YouTube collab. They might from it be from a class. I took I have no idea But the prompts say draw circles draw leaves scribble with crayons or color pencils Write words overlapping each other create color palette inspired by photo doodle with white pen or paint Draw straight lines paint or write words or alphabet without picking up pen Doodle flower inspired by photo cut out color swatches words patterns from magazines I I wrote these down from somewhere if you all were around then and you remember what these are from Please tell me I have no idea and they're written on the back of some American greetings greeting card coupons From back in the day when I still work from the company and it says 2011. So I have no idea where these are from but I'm thinking to do something in the mood board Or inspiration board journal with these so set those aside because that looks interesting And I think that might work in there I need to use those in something and just get those out of here. I have lots of stickers here I usually always have a lot of stickers in here And then just random collections of scraps and bits of paper Interesting and I just literally just do this so Until something catches my eye Then I pull that out lots of different kinds of stickers. I'm trying to use up some washi tape These are fun now. I've been using these and I've not really said anything about it too much So these are some copies of some of my artwork printed on clear overhead projector film They make a great interesting addition to your art journal pages and Your vision board pages, whatever work you're doing And I've been just taping them down with mass thin masking tape But you can tape them down with anything Get all this stuff out of my way Bring the book back. So the first thing we're going to do is Using a glue stick and I collage our bits down if you were ever took any of the lifebook classes They used to work in mole skins a lot and by the end of the year or halfway through they used to have to cut the spine and Enlarge the spine because of all the collaging and things they did that maybe if you're going to use a mole skin That may be what you have to do. Oh and I get asked a lot about the glue stick The only trick to using a glue stick in your journals is use a lot of glue. I Don't think about it too much. I don't agonize over where things are going to go. I Try to follow my instincts stuck to Doesn't want to come off of me Okay, just like that Go crazy over it and then I'm kind of wanting to do something with these so I've also been using a selection of colored pencils With colors for the year and then colors that are from the color palette for the month and then I have some small like pocket stencils What if we use these I Don't want to do that. I don't yeah I've been using these more than those these are from my collection of four square stencils and each stencil has four Designs on it, and I've been using maybe that one. I've been using different ones with the pencils You don't have to just use your stencils with paint. They're in the spaces with your pencil or your marker Or your pen just add a little bit in there And let's get a big pen It's not dry. Hang on. I was going to do something different and go get that dry, but then I got an idea Now if I can just find my little pad of paper Okay I'm gonna edit the prompts we found just a little bit Okay Now I have this thing that I never use It like attaches the papers without putting a staple or anything that likes puts a fold in the paper Dare we take a chance that this is gonna work should be tested first? I don't think I've used this very much. Let's test it on these But is it gonna be too big for I think I'm gonna use a staple Instead I feel safer using a staple That being said I should use this thing more. I have it. I should use it. Okay. Anyway Different conversation. So now we have these in there Tape to get a staple together and we're gonna put them like right there We're gonna glue the back one And then the front one will be able to be flipped up You know, I just cleaned my tape my desk off like two minutes ago It's a mess again. Okay, we're gonna take some washi. This is the same washi that I used to mark the different months And I have a love hate relationship Yes, you heard that correctly So that works So then I would leave it at that and I may like tomorrow add some more marks to this or some more writing to it or other pages But um, I think as the month goes along and the year goes along This is going to end up being an interesting journal and an interesting read. I think So I would love to see what you're doing with your inspiration boards or mood boards and Um Where you're headed with it and where you're going with it what you're doing, please do share in the group Please check out the video description for any relevant links Um, my link tree list of links is down there, which includes My instagram if you want to follow me on instagram the etsy shop PayPal tip jar patreon, which we have classes and live zooms and things over that are just for patreon and free digital downloads and all of that stuff It's not very expensive and um, yeah, so check out that video description Also linked to my art foemies if you didn't know I have my own line of art foemies. I'm designed for that with them So anyway, check it out. 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