Something from my journal that my five year old daughter said on her birthday and a diary comic (mistakes and all) from the day before my birthday.
Author: angela.marise.johnson@gmail.com
A Recent Sketch Journal Page
There is something so simple yet magical about drawing with a pen. It helps me move along to the next drawing. A pen says it’s valuable to have a record of your mistakes. The way a pen glides along paper can help one find the shape of thoughts and ideas. I made most of these…
Marker Experiments
One of my favorite things about testing new art supplies is that I tend to be completely in experiment mode. I relax into drawing a square and then something over it. I draw leaves and plants. I draw a profile of a person looking somewhere. Thinking her thoughts.
Painting A Self-Portrait
Here is a drawing
…from five years ago that I made during a 30 day challenge while waiting to start my parenting journey.
While Doing The Dishes
I’ve had this drawing in my head for awhile. While doing the dishes, while walking outside, while talking with my daughter, while preparing food for dinner. Ideas float around. Lately I want to make drawings of what happens in between art making. Where does the art come from? Does it exist when I am doing…
A Sketch While Sitting Outside
Isn’t Love Good? A Poem Comic With My Five Year Old
A poem comic written by my daughter, Juni. Illustrated by Juni & me (mom). Juni wrote this poem weeks ago. As soon as she wrote it I said, “This is amazing!” and hung it up in my studio. Since then, I’ve thought about how I would illustrate it. This morning, after marveling at several of…