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Odd Future: random journal page 194

Odd future is a mixed media collage by Laura Chenault. The photo is of an open spread of my sketchbook. On the left is cardboard with stickers, a petri dish, and the text "open your eyes". There's also a fortune on cardstock hanging down. On the right is the text "visions" and "odd future over a page from an instruction manual. Pink ink circles are drown over the directions.

Odd future by Laura Chenault is the inside front cover from one of my sketchbooks. To me it's a glimpse into the future of this particular journal.

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Open doors into the world: random journal page 193

Open doors into the world by Laura Chenault. This photo of an open sketchbook is of a poem found by inking out most of the words in a tract of text. This poem has the words circled and the text scribbled out in blue.

Open doors into the world is a found poem by Laura Chenault. The complete text for this poem from my sketchbook is below.

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Red hills: random journal page 192

Red Hills is a mixed media collage by Laura Chenault. The picture is of an open sketchbook. torn magazine pages, and watercolor pencils combine to create a hilly, red landscape.

Red hills is a mixed media collage from one of my sketchbooks. I especially like how the watercolor pencils show the random tourist brochure in the background.

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I'm following Open Culture

Color chart from Paul Klee's notebook is a formal artist color chart showing primary, secondary, and tertiary colors in pie slices.

I've been following Open Culture for quite a few years, and it continues to be a great resource for great art, music, and more.

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7th Annual 100 Day Project

I'm going to participate in the 7th Annual 100 Day Project starts April 7th. I'm not 100% sure if I'll have a specific theme.

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6th annual #The100DayProject!

The 100 day project graphic featuring the title of the project over a blue and fuscia gradiated background.

I'm participating in the 6th annual #The100DayProject!

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Likeness: random journal page 191

This week's collage features the figure that was cut out of Sunset.

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Changes Vacated Early: Random journal page 190

Another spread from one of my many journals. As always, the poem text is underneath.

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Sunset: Random journal page 189

This week's collage from one of my sketchbooks. I always love abstracting figures and I really like the position of the realistic shadow and the cartoonish cutout.

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Cry Baby: Random journal page 188

I've been obsessed with drawing eyes since high school, if not earlier. This week's glimpse into my sketchbooks is just another version.

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