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Intuitive writing . . . letting the words and pictures flow

2/13/2016

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I make books and write in them. It's my "thing". Late at night I will just let my interests run willy-nilly and write things, draw things, and basically fill pages of my current book. I'm very generous with my pages, because I have materials on hand to make many more books, as they become full. (Recently my husband counted something like 85 books that I have made since the end of 2012, but by adding gifts, exchanges and commissioned editions, I have made more than a hundred in the past 3 years.)

Yesterday while waiting to be called into an appointment, I "borrowed some faces" of other people in a clinic's waiting area. They weren't exactly likenesses of the people, I was just exploring what the people looked like and what my pen could do with what I was seeing. A woman nearby wore a beautiful sweater and I captured its appearance, dressing one of my ladies in it.

Late at night, I used a light ink wash to bring some depth to the forms. I may add color later.  My books become little "coloring books" some evenings, as I go back through recent drawings and augment them with Inktense pencils and water washes.

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    Gretchen Williams has been journaling / note-taking in hard-covered blank books since 1970 and has made her own journals for the past few years. She wants to teach 300 people how to make their own journals.

    "It's soul-satisfying to write and draw in books that you've made yourself."

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