Found Poetry Art Journal Page

How many people are you following on social media that you just ADORE? You don't know them, but you admire how they show up in the world or you love to follow their creative journey and see what they're creating and sharing in the world. If you're like me, you've got at least one person that you follow just because you LOVE their artwork.

One of those people for me is Tori Weyers -- also known as Draw Riot!! 

Tori's art is not only beautiful, it's also layered with messages (maybe not intentionally) that speak to me and get me thinking and ultimately inspire me. So when I Tori agreed to join us for The Journey Within E-Course,  I did a little happy dance around my studio. 

And you better believe that I knew her blog hop challenge would be great. So here it is... 

TODAY'S CHALLENGE -- from Tori Weyers

Use the attached book page to create a found word poem. (See page below.) Feel free to make it as long or as short as you want. Here are some ideas for how to go about this creative exercise.

1. Find all of the words that interest you on this page. Write them on a scrap piece of paper.

2. Start to arrange your chosen words into a story or poem, look for a subject or interesting actions to be the focus of your story.

3. Once you have your final story or poem assembled use it as inspiration for your page.
Questions to ask yourself to get you going:

• Do you have a main character what is he or she like?
• Do you have any colors or interesting adjectives?
• Do you have a location or setting?-What type of actions are taking place?

4. Now its time to create your page! Think about the words and story you have found and how you can turn these words into a visual story. Look for opportunities to use colors, shapes or symbols that communicate your story in a visual way.

5. Once your page is complete either cut out or hand letter your found word poem/story onto your page.

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The book page to find your words.

My list of words were pretty awesome. I didn't do a lot of overthinking. I just read through the page one time and picked out words as I read. Any word that gave me pause or made me smile -- those are the ones I went with. 

Here's my list:

• sympathy
• rivers
• spectacles
• flirtation
• intimacy
• shadow
• humanity
• attitude

• nature
• elaborate
• heart
• spirit
• wilderness
• learn
• suppress
• flowers

​Here's what I created -- and as an added bonus, you can see the page Tori created as well. 

My page based on Tori's Challenge

I wanted to capture the idea of a handwritten poem on a faded piece of paper, so I worked on the page, background then took a sheet of loose leaf paper and "aged" it using Distress Ink Pads. I wrote the words from the book page in all caps so they would stand out. (Not sure I like that, but I'm living with it.)
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Here's Tori's page spread: 

Art Journal Spread By Tori Weyers

Be sure to check out Tori's blog post HERE -- she shows you step-by-step how she created her page. Be sure to leave a comment. 

Make sure to check out all the teachers in the blog hop. 

HERE'S THE LINE UP
December 1 -- Mimi Bondi -- MimiBondi.com
December 2 -- Cindy Gilstrap -- Junque Art Studios 
December 4 -- Tiare Smith -- TiareSmith.com 
December 7 -- Julie Baker -- Creatively Onward 
December 8 -- Amanda Trought -- Reality Arts 
December 9 -- Andrea Gomoll -- Cre8tive Cre8tions
December 10 -- Nicole Piar -- GhostKitten.com
December 11 -- Lisa DeYoung -- Mountain Mermaid Studios 
December 15 -- Kelly Johnson -- Wings, Worms, and Wonder 
DAY SIXTEEN-->December 16 -- Tori Weyers -- DrawRiot.com
December 17 -- Sadelle Wiltshire -- Tangle Vermont 
December 18 -- Barb Owen -- HowToGetCreative.com
December 21 -- Hali Karla -- HaliKarla.com
December 22 -- Yuko Miki -- Honeyberry Studios 
December 23 -- Lisa McLoughlin -- Lisa McLoughlin Art
December 28 -- Virginia Simpson-Magruder -- Kentucky Girl Designs 
December 30 -- iHanna -- iHanna.nu 

​Are you creating with me this month? 
Tell me so I can check it out. Follow me on Instagram -- @kialagives and use the hashtag #journeywithin2016 -- see you there. 

Are you joining us for the class? 
Let's make journals and be in community together. CLICK HERE TO JOIN US.
See you there.