Collaging My Life Togther

Welcome to my journal challenge, you can interpret these is any way you like. Feel free to submit your journal challenge pages to my blog and I'll post them, I'd love to see how creative you guys get with these!

OR tag them with #liljournalchallenge

Have fun!!

1: The last song you listened to

2: Doodle your happy place, real or fantasy

3: Today's weather

4: The things you ate and drank today

5: Dear ____, I love you because...

6: Colours

7: What kept you awake last night

8: Write down a secret that no one else knows, then do something to the page to make it unreadable

9: Doodle and write down the contents of your wallet/purse/handbag/backpack

10: Quote of the day

11: Your sexuality

12: A collage

13: What are you worried/stressed about

14: The great outdoors

15: Your favourite poem

16: Ink/black & white

17: Reasons to smile

18: Sketch some tattoo ideas for yourself

19: Write a letter to someone you used to love

20: Space

21: The song stuck in your head

22: Books to read

23: Flowers

24: Your mood-board

25: Doodle your favourite animals

26: Bucket list

27: a e s t h e t i c

28: Your Hogwarts house

29: Survival guide

30: Current season

31: Favourite phrases in other languages

figured i’d take a stab at making some prompts. Tag me if you use them!! I wanna see what you make :>>>

1. Pick a year, maybe the year you/your friend/your crush was born. Find out important things that happened that year. The top song played on the radio, the movie that won at the oscars, any notable inventions? 

2. Pick a color. Do everything in that color. Try different shades of the same color, or do it all in one shade for hard mode

3. Draw a self portrait without looking at yourself on one page, and another one while seeing your reflection/a picture of yourself

4. Make a playlist of your current favorite songs / use their lyrics 

5. What’s your favorite room? Your bedroom, a class room? Why do you like it? What’s in it? Draw it. 

6. draw an alternative world. Maybe it’s the same as our current word but some people have horns? Maybe it’s a world entirely encompassed in an hourglass? 

7. Are you superstitious? If yes, write/draw about you biggest superstition. If no, write/draw about one that interests you. 

8. Where would you go on a roadtrip? Write/draw about the locations you’d love to see.

9. Write/draw about how you feel at 3am. 

10. Whats your first ever memory?

11. Sit in front of a mirror and make 5 funny faces and draw yourself. 

12. Write / draw your favorite myth. 

13. Draw your hands 

14. Collect all the ‘left over’ bits for a week: receipts, fruit stickers, notes, wrappers. Then make a journal page out of them. 

Here are some hints and tips to help encourage and inspire you!

1. Buy a journal or sketchbook with blank white pages so you can express yourself freely without the constriction of lines. (Or if you prefer lined pages, that’s great too!) The thicker sketchbook pages are great for practice. If you don’t want to go through the trouble of buying a journal, printer paper works as a good canvas.

**Using cardboard behind your pages when painting is a good technique to help keep paint from leaking and helps it dry faster.**

2. Purchase some basic art supplies like watercolor paints, acrylic paints, spray paints, letter stencils, colored pencils, multicolored sharpies, Staetdler fineliner pens, etc… These supplies don’t have to be fancy and expensive to work. Take some time to figure out what you like to use and what effects you want to produce with your art.

**A lot of popular journaling techniques involve creating a watercolor background and a mixed media layered effect for their creations. But, this is about you! Get creative and experiment!**

3. Use words, quotes, images, mixed media, and simple and elaborate drawings to create personal pages that express who you are as an artist and writer.

**Get out of your comfort zone and draw things you wouldn’t normally draw. If you don’t like what you’re creating, give yourself time to grow and learn. It’s important to be patient with yourself and let go of your high expectations. Give yourself credit for trying and keep practicing! Don’t give up!**

4. To learn more about art journaling, you can always use Google for more information, look up tutorials on Youtube, check out books from your local library, or even take online art journaling classes. Some classes are even free! There are tons of resources for you to research.

**Don’t wait until the “time is right” or when the “inspiration hits you.” Dive right in and go for it!**

Some art journaling prompts:

1. Practice hand-lettering your favorite words. 2. Practice using calligraphy for your journal entries. 3. Draw your favorite silly emojis. 4. Draw symbols that hold significance to you. 5. Illustrate a cute scene from your favorite TV show. 6. Create your own comic book page inspired by a day in your life. 7. Make your own mandala and color it in. 8. Make a favorite quote page. 9. Fill an entire page with random doodles. 10. Dedicate a page to your fictional or irl crush. 11. Tape in photos from your favorite trip and add meaningful captions. 12. Illustrate a page on how to cheer yourself up when you’re upset. 13. Use stencils to create word art that describes how you feel right now. 14. Cut out your favorite adjectives from the newspaper. 15. Make a “Truths and Confessions” page to release some tension. 16. Color a page red. Write a long rant until your feel better. 17. Illustrate a monster that has scared you and confront it with words. 18. Create a page filled with characteristics of people you admire. 19. Cut out images from magazines that illustrate your dream life. 20. Use a waterbrush pen to write your favorite book quote. 21. Dedicate a page to your favorite band. 22. Doodle and write your favorite lyrics. 23. Write the words you want to say to someone important to you. 24. Sketch a character you’ve fallen in love with. 25. Create geometric or odd shapes. Make them flow together. 26. Use ink and colored pencil to outline your plans for the week. 27. Write a poem. It doesn’t have to rhyme. Let it come from the heart. 28. Write about the people, places, and things that inspire you. 29. Create a symbol that reflects your life. (Ex: zigzag= stressful) 30. Sketch or write a list of things you’re thankful for. 31. Make a favorite holiday page. 32. Make a page for your favorite personal photos. 33. Create a new identity for yourself. Illustrate your personality. 34. Illustrate a scene from a fairy tale or make up your own. 35. Draw a totally new character that represents your alter-ego. 36. Dedicate a page to your favorite colors. 37. Write one word that describes you well in big, bold letters. 38. Go outside. Draw the first object you see. 39. Write/illustrate your surroundings. 40. Create a page detailing your ideal peaceful environment. 41. Let the day’s weather inspire your pages. 42. Express whether you’re a night owl or an early bird. 43. Create a layered effect by using old letters, important notes, etc… 44. Create a personal mantra page. (Ex: “Live. Laugh. Love.”) 45. Doodle your favorite silly facial expressions. 46. Make a page dedicated to the places you want to travel to. 47. Draw your inner god/goddess. Name them. 48. Write about the talents you have and the talents you wish you had. 49. Create a “Good Memories” page to make yourself smile later on. 50. Draw a broken heart. Journal about your heartaches. 51. Draw yourself in your favorite clothes. 52. Illustrate your favorite place to write, read, study, etc… 53. Mod Podge old book pages to your journal page for a background. 54. Spray paint your favorite symbol on the page. 55. Journal about superpowers you wish you had. 56. List the things that make you laugh. 57. Draw your favorite plant or flower and explain why you like it. 58. Use a childhood experience to influence your journal page. 59. Draw a candle and write about how it symbolizes hope. 60. Journal about the habits you want to change. 61. Fill a journal page with compliments to yourself. 62. Create a venn diagram and compare/contrast yourself with a friend. 63. Write a “Note to Self” page. 64. Illustrate a favorite career page and how you want to make money. 65. Create a system of symbols that represent people, places, and things. 66. Make a page dedicated specially for your zodiac sign. 67. Illustrate your most embarrassing moment from last week. 68. Make a page of regrets and write about how you could fix them. 69. Draw a stack of books and illustrate your reading goal for the year. 70. Take a heart stencil and dab red paint inside the lines. Write about the things you love most in the world and why they’re worth living for. 71. Cut out stars from copy paper and glue them on the page to form your favorite constellation. 72. Draw a line. Name one point Start and the other one End. write about how you want to grow as a person throughout your life. 73. Stain your journal pages with a damp tea bag to give it an old parchment look. Once it’s dry, write a magic spell for your life. 74. Find your favorite poem and journal about why it inspires you. 75. Dedicate a page for things you’d tell your younger self. 76. Draw your favorite animal then fill it in with bright colors. 77. Use some of that old junk mail, glue it in, and paint over it. 78. Write a “Pet Peeves” page. Don’t stop writing until you feel better. 79. Write about your day and shape the sentences into a spiral. 80. Draw or write with your non-dominant hand and see what happens. 81. Paint a rainbow and write about what your pot of gold (a goal or a dream) would be on the other side. 82. Sketch a sunset and describe how to bring closure to your problems. 83. Tape multi-colored notecards or sticky notes in your journal. Jot down little positive reminders to yourself. 84. Use only acrylic paint and puff paint to doodle and write. 84. Journal about the wisest thing you’ve heard someone say to you. 85. Write about your addictions/obsessions. 86. Create a simple collage of things you dislike with magazines. 87. Illustrate a door opening and journal about your new opportunities. 88. Draw your ideal relaxing vacation. 89. Make a list of the places you’ve been today. 90. Tape in receipts of the special things you’ve bought. 91. Tape in ticket stubs of the movies you’ve seen this year. 92. Press leaves and flower petals onto the page. 93. Paint or draw old sayings like “The pen is mightier than the sword.” 94. Record a dream and draw a few people or places you saw in it. 95. Journal about your beliefs. 96. Create a new style/font of handwriting. 97. Use stickers and stamps to make a border around your page. Fill in the center by writing about your “stick-to-itiveness” or perseverence. 98. Draw you and your friends from an old photo and embellish the sketch with an inspiring/relatable quote. Capture the happy moments. 99. Use all the colors of your sharpie pens to write out your thoughts. 100. Make a page detailing all the things you want for your future.

Express yourself without fear. Remember journaling is all about you. This is your personal journey, so you don’t have an obligation to show anyone your creations.

1. Draw on the hand with paint then press the hand onto the page

2. Shapes you see in the clouds

3. Summer nights

4. Rooftops, sunsets, friends

5. Candels, fire, burning, feelings asociated with it

6. Old buildings, churches, temples

7. Conversations at 3am

8. Reflection of traffic lights in the puddles of rain/ on the water drops on the windows

9. Write poems about people you see on the streets, in caffee shops or libraries

10. Overheard conversations

11. Copy things written/drawn on school benches

12. Neon lights

13. Take a book, open at random and choose a sentence and write or draw based of off it

14. Brainstorming

15. Make secret pockets in your journal

1. What colors feel like/ reminds you of

2. A place you want to visit ( doesn’t have to be a real pace, could be something from a book/movie/dream )

3. Childhood scary stories/myths you told each other - you can also illustrate it

4. Unexplained/ weird stuff that happened to you

5. Create something new by destroying something old

6. Red roses, petals

7. A drawing of an eye and inside of it a drawing of a world/city/universe/whatever and writing “there’s a whole world inside of you”

8. Use your parfume and spray it on a few pages or put/glue cardboad soap package(idk if you have those) in your journal it will smell so nice everytime you open it

9. Take wet baby wipes and draw with watercolors on them then press them between the pages to make pretty background

10. Tell your friends to draw something for you and put it in your journal

11. Take a stick or rope, a plastic spoon, roll a piece of paper into a pen or bend it ( take whatever you have ), dip it in ink and make a drawing with it

12. Draw something, cut it/rip it, and then put it back together

13. Draw on top of a photograph with acrylics

14. Being underwater, sun rays shining through, sea weed tangled between your fingers, colorful plants and animals, slow motion, dream like

15. Old antiquity shop

Please tag me if you use any I’d love to see it 

100 journal prompts for you to pick out each day: make and decorate a little jar, write all these prompts on bits of paper (or just print them out) and put them in the jar, and then pick out one each day and write about it in your journal. if you are thinking about starting one, this is a good excuse to start!

These prompts are great for art journals and sketch books!

1) Fill a page with icons. Think logos, symbols, flourishes, doodles, and other small and simple designs.

2) Completely cover a page (all white space) with leaves, feathers, flowers, and other things you find outside. Bonus points if you find butterfly wings.

3) Cut a pattern out of one page and use it as a stencil for the next page. Brush acrylic colour over top.

4) On a nature walk, pick as many varieties of mushroom as you can find. Try to determine what species they are, press and lable them in your journal.

5) Use a cup to fill a page with circles. Then, use different kinds of paint, pastels, markers, and fabrics to fill each circle in. Do the same for the gaps between the circles. Bonus points if none of the circles touch another of the same medium.

6) Paint stores give away mis-tinted house paint for free, or for very very cheap. Acquire latex house paint and apply large dollups of it to the page. Let them drip, focus on texture. Use a fan or blow drier to dry in place.

7) Sew along the edges of the page, loop the thread around instead of stitching so that it shows when you close the book. I used gold thread from the dollar store, it is thin enough not to get in the way of future entries.

8) Make a collage with old photographs and postcards found at a local second hand store.

9) Draw the room you are in. To avoid changes in perspective, stare at one object and draw what is in your peripheral vision.

So here’s a list of thing to inspire you, some are for drawings and other are for writing or both

1. angels/gods/feathers/wings

2. once when I was in a dream someone told me…

3. parallel universes (I’m right here why can’t you see/hear me)

4. cut out shapes from images (”there’s something missing”)

5. winter/summer sky at 5pm/5am/10am… (colors cut out from magazines or painted with watercolors/acrylics/whatever)

6. moments right before the storm, when everything is flying around, grey clouds, unrest

7.too tired to think ( random thoughts/pictures that go through my head right before I fall asleep)

8.illustrate a dream you had

9. what do you believe in ( about life/death, what comes after, meaning of it all…)

10. the butterfly effect

11.draw same thing in different mediums/ with left and right hand

12. favorite movie/series (favorite quote from it, scenes, how it made you feel)

13. what do you think about when you’re laying in dark,empty room

14. abandoned buildings/ playgrounds, empty train stations/parks, old houses

15. places where no one has been in a while and a nature got to it and grew all over the walls and floor, shattered glass, spider webs, sun rays shining through tree branches

these are just ideas and pictures in my mind I haven’t yet managed to put on paper and if anyone decides to use some of them and posts please tag me I’d like to see how you imagined it :)