Traveling Sketchbook Update

l've still found time for some personal art though out all the other obligations I have. Here are some of my most recent background spreads I have finished in my art journal that will be going out to Nicci - Annongrrl over the weekend. Some of you may recall that she and I are doing a "Traveling Sketchbook Exchange" - whereby we send our journals back and forth to each other monthly - and work in our own and each others journals - through and through! No questions - No apologies. We never know what the other person is doing or adding... it's been a lot of fun!

I love the way these pages turned out for me. Each side of each page is about 4 layers THICK of gesso, paper textures, paints and - "thanks to the inspiration of Michelle Ward & the Crusade" - topped with printed images from my hand carved stamps. They are heavy, textured - yet smooth and very pliable! They are SO ready to be worked, and worked hard.