Comix Coven

I finished the Comix Activism 4-week session with Maureen Burdock last Saturday, and decided to make more of a commitment to my comics making. I’ve signed up for her year-long Comics Coven starting in early January.

I got sent a syllabus for the first two months of the year along with a list of materials, most of which I already own. But I was puzzled by the requirement to bring a “visual journal” — I know of them, and I know people keep them, but I have sketchbooks and journals, and mostly never the twain shall meet, apart from my nature journal, which has actually been a good trainer for this activity. (I’m not in the least bit interested in doing the painted-collage-ephemera type thing which seems to me to be little more than scrapbooking, but I do like the Arne & Carlos “idea book” concept, though I’m not sure how likely I’d be to stick to it.)

I’ve decided to make a start on a visual journal which I’m hoping will replace my morning pages once I’m done with the Artist’s Way (three weeks to go). I like journaling. I like lettering. I like sketching. Throw them all together. Finding the perfect size, paper weight, and paper surface will be a trick, of course…