Jeanne Oliver

The Painted Art Journal by Jeanne Oliver has the feel of days gone by with incredible story texture and clear detailed instructions on how to recreate some of Ms. Oliver’s own work.
Ms. Oliver’s photos show the detail you can add to tell your personal story through visual narrative. You can use your own personal supplies without having to break the bank when starting out.

One of the art techniques Ms. Oliver’s gives is Rust Transfers. This technique was fascinating to me and If I wasn’t in the middle of moving I would’ve enjoyed working my own personal touches into my journal page based on Ms. Oliver’s suggestions.

Such a beautiful instruction booklet to kick off your ideas.

I give this book 4 stars!!

I received this book from North Lights Books via BOOKishFirst in lieu of my honest opinion.… (meer)

This was a wonderful look into Jeanne Oliver's artistic process. The book is beautiful and the practical advice is well laid out. Although the book is organized as a step-by-step guide to creating a personal art journal, I think it is far more valuable as insight into finding your own process by looking at how another artist has organized hers. The author has included plenty of practical advice in terms of tools (she shows her tools but doesn't make them a limitation) and techniques (I loved the explanation of transfers). Rather than take a literal approach, I will be using this book out of order as prompts to find my own way. It is always inspiring to see other artists at work!

Thanks to Bookish for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.… (meer)

This book is artistic and practical at the same time. Great combination!

I'm looking for ideas on how to present genealogy in a visual manner, and this book is the perfect prescription. I also wanted to revamp an old book with boring content (is that really a thing?!) and use it as a memorial book of my grandmother.

There are so many ideas that I can use from The Painted Art Journal for these projects. Two chapters will be of particular use to me: Chapter 5 Alternative Journal Options and Chapter 9 Creating Your Timeline. This book is well organized to be a useful resource because of the clearly stated purpose of each of the chapters.

This book is truly an overall win. It contains gorgeous photographs of the projects, the resource list for each project is easy to use, and the instructions are coherent and detailed.

The Painted Art Journal is going to be a part of my resource library for a long time!

Thank you to BookishFirst for providing a copy of this book to me in exchange for an honest review.… (meer)