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Art Journal

I like to paint and draw, allways has and probably allways will. Being a father of a little boy and a husband and also full time worker means that available time is scarce. But in my traveler's notebook I allways carry with me a small sketchbook so that I can make a small drawing now and then.
Travelers notebook 
Most of the time I just stop thinking and let the creativity loose and the result is usually something abstract but not allways and it's not important. What matters is that it makes me feel good.
I guess what I do is not strictly art journaling, an art journal is supposed to be like a illustrated diary but all I do is make a drawing now and then.
A6 folder

Years ago I made this small folder or whatever I should call it. It can carry a big stack of loose A6 sketch paper.
A6 drawings 
I made it so that I could carry sketch paper with me on travels. On one travel I think I made over 100 drawings (it was not that boring, I just sat down each evening and made a few drawings it helped me relax.)
When I got home I added some paint on some of the drawings.
A6 folder
It was really fun to make the folder, I modelled it after a moleskine notebook but with loose leafs and I also made a smaller one to carry a stack of 3x5 index cards for my to do lists. Now I seem to use my traveler's notebook for everything instead.
Since the DIY trend is strong in the traveler's notebook community perhaps I will make one myself someday or some inserts perhaps?

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