YouTube 10th Anniversary

So, I passed a milestone yesterday without even realising it! 1st March 2025 was the 10th anniversary of my very first YouTube art journaling upload! At the time I was following the weekly prompts from Journal52.com, which no longer exists in it’s original form, however I still have access to the original video and original blogpost from way back when… so as a trip down memory lane…here it is!

Ok, so the genie is out of the bottle now, here it is, my very first art journal video. eek!

This week’s prompt over at Journal 52 is a very different one, instead of a theme prompt, we have a technique prompt instead which is really cool!

Week 9’s prompt is from Daniela Mellen, who gives us “Artistic Restraint”

“A lot of great creativity comes from restrictions.” – Giles Duley

When we think about restraint, the first thing that comes to mind is the opposite, which is total freedom! However, restraint encompasses focus, attention, decision making, and limits.

For this week’s prompt, limit yourself to working with just one simple shape {square, circle, rectangle, oval, heart, etc} and just one color {any color!}.

As this week’s prompt is a technique, I’ve also teamed this up with one of my own prompts from my blue box! At random I pulled out the word “Drowning”.

So I’m restricting myself to one colour (blue) and one shape, circles or circular(ish)…I’ve allowed myself the use of white too as Daniela suggests.

Hope you enjoy the video!

As you can see my 1st attempt wasn’t brilliant, my camera was obviously not as good as they are today as the technology wasn’t quite as good, my lighting wasn’t perfect either and my music choices were somewhat suspect and way too loud! But for a first attempt, I don’t think it was too bad!

I’ve hunted around for my original art journal, but can’t find it, so I must have lost it in the move 5 years ago! It’s a shame but, it is what it is…What do you think of my original video? Let me know in the comments below.