Kaaren Poole
Right Where She Belongs
A heron visited my art journal spread after all. Here's where I was last week: Nice enough, but perhaps missing something. Should I...
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Kaaren Poole
- May 24
- 3 min
Tiny Image, Big Inspiration
I was flipping through an old magazine when this small image (below) caught my attention. What attracted me was primarily the colors....
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Kaaren Poole
- May 17
- 2 min
Toad in the Garden
Friday and Saturday afternoons were wonderful! I spent them working on my latest art journal spread – Toad in the Garden. Two weeks ago I...
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Kaaren Poole
- May 10
- 3 min
Sometimes
Sometimes things go swimmingly. That’s the way it went for the first three recording sessions for an art project video for this year’s...
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Kaaren Poole
- May 3
- 4 min
A Favorite Background
When deciding what to create for my next art journal spread, I determined from the beginning to use one of my favorite background...
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Kaaren Poole
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Trying Something New
Well, not completely new. Just a variation. When I constructed my latest blank art journal, I finally tried something I’d had in mind for...
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Kaaren Poole
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Make Your Own Blank Art Journal
I began art journaling back in the summer of 2020 after watching a few of Laly Mille’s videos. Before that, I didn’t really see the point...
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Kaaren Poole
- Apr 13
- 2 min
Making it My Own
Here's the finished raccoon with her crown of birds. Despite my use of source material, I feel this piece is now truly my own. Yes, I was...
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Kaaren Poole
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Who Can Resist Such Beauty?
I follow several people on Instagram who post wonderful photos of animals, especially squirrels, raccoons, and foxes. The other day, I...
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Kaaren Poole
- Mar 29
- 2 min
Spring Beauties
I have some art pieces that I only bring out at certain times of the year, and this is one of my favorites for spring, “Spring Beauties.”...
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Kaaren Poole
- Mar 22
- 4 min
Purple and a Raccoon
It was a happy milestone to have finished the owls and towers spread I wrote about last week. That was the last spread in the fifth...
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Kaaren Poole
- Mar 15
- 3 min
Wisdom Lasts Forever
I finished the owls and towers spread, but not easily. I'd have to say that although I'm OK with the outcome, it never really came...
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Kaaren Poole
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Owls and Towers
Images for collage can come from many places. Often I use clippings from magazines or draw or paint directly on my art journal paper. But...
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Kaaren Poole
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Cat Appreciation Tea Party
I was able to put more time into this art journal spread this past week and even finished it (except for one teensy open question)!...
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Kaaren Poole
- Feb 22
- 2 min
As Far As I Got
I had plans for a nice low-key weekend with lots of time to work in my art journal. I’d been thinking about the theme. I don’t remember...
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Kaaren Poole
- Feb 15
- 3 min
A Favorite Page from the Book of Life
I had so much fun over the weekend working in my art journal. Even though it’s such a bother to look through all my magazine clippings...
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Kaaren Poole
- Feb 8
- 2 min
More Goose Blessings
Last week I wrote about two goose charmers we had with us while they grew from tiny goslings to independent geese. And now I have two...
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Kaaren Poole
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Goose Blessings
For the last few weeks, a pair of Canada Geese have been visiting our pond for most of the day, and we’re hoping they might build their...
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Kaaren Poole
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Not What They Used to Be
I was looking through my art journal the other day, and as I reflected on how wonderful it is to create art around images from magazines,...
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Kaaren Poole
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Forest Wisdom - a Favorite Theme
Sometimes when I find myself drawn once more to a theme I've visited over and over again, I balk. What’s wrong with me? Can’t I think of...
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