How Creative Collaboration Can Lead to Creative Freedom

Dear Wonderful, Artistic You,

Recently, a wonderful artist named Cait Sherwood contacted me. She said she'd seen my Instagram feed and felt that our styles were similar.  When she invited me to brand a shared journal, of course I agreed.

Cait suggested using an accordion fold journal and I was keen to attempt considering I've never used an accordion journal that was bound. Every bit soon as my Moleskine journal arrived in the postal service, I was bursting with excitement. I took my circumvolve hole punches to it and couldn't wait to see how circles and holes would play with the piano accordion fold.

I'one thousand in love with how this dynamic technique creates multiple fine art pieces – the slice on the current folio, the larger "whole" when information technology's completely unfurled, and the piece that is constantly changing depending on how many layers are overlapping. If you are interested in learning more nigh dynamic elements and play in your journal, check out my workshop in the 21 Secrets e-volume for Spring 2016.

Art does take courage, and yet I'one thousand surprised by how freeing this shared journal has been. While I initially felt pressure to create something "good," that chop-chop gave mode. Especially with this first round of art in the periodical, I'k not responsible for a finished product. Knowing this allowed me to put more trust in the creative procedure and my artistic partner, to take more risks, and to allow my imagination to have me new places. I trust that anything that'due south not working will evolve in Cait'southward hands, modify in relation to what Cait does on the page around it, or I'll know how to transform it later on.

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I'chiliad virtually to mail service mine today, and at present I tin't wait to see the periodical Cait is sending! Here'southward a few more peeks into what I've started:

I got playful with splats and scraping here. This page has a layer of alcohol inks, liquid acrylics, my new obsession, and black pen.

The splatter-similar form above was inspired past a piece I saw on Instagram. I subsequently learned the artist did it with the reckoner – glad I didn't know that in the get-go place, I would never had tried.

I like this folio, it's mysterious and also reminds me of The Trivial Prince.

In that location are lots of different ways to arroyo a shared journal, but if you are looking for some guidance, here's a structure:

ane. Both artists buy (or make) a journal and make fine art on multiple pages.

2. Set up a date and exchange the journals with each other. If you lot live close you might even take an artist date!

3. Using what the other artist did as a starting point, keep evolving images and pages.

iv. Trade again and repeat as many or few times equally it takes for y'all both to feel they are finished.

Yous can find Cait's book and her musings about the shared journal feel here. Have you ever shared a journal with someone? What was the experience like? Will you share in the comments? Forward this mail service to a friend who you might similar to create with and see what happens!

Creatively Yours,

Amy

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