Travel Journaling, A-Z In-Store Class Mar 7

Travel Journaling, A-Z In-Store Class
Saturday, March 7, 1-4pm
Instructor: Fran Meneley
Limit: 6 students. All participants must be 15 years or older

Class Details

Travel Journaling is fun and easy. The bonus? It enriches the experience a hundredfold. Doing it requires only a blank journal and a few art supplies tucked away in a small case – nothing fancy! And you don’t have to be an “artist”. Just willing to carve out a little time here and there to quietly write, paste, and draw. 

Learn this simple approach to travel journaling from Fran Meneley, a veteran traveler and a prolific journaler. Her experience is that journaling helps us step outside of ourselves and makes us more attuned to what’s going on all around us. We notice the smell of a dusty road, how good a coke can taste far away from home, and the expressions on people’s faces while waiting for a train. These small details are the soul of the journey and become precious memories when recorded. 

Fran shares with you what she’s learned from years of creating her own travel journals. For example, she talks about which tools work best, what overlooked items are fun to collect, and how to include lettering. She also shares myriad techniques. Particularly helpful are her templates for laying out a page. Practice everything as you “mock up” a journal in a simple handsewn book that Fran has made for you. (She provides directions so that you can later make one on your own.)

In addition to the small journal, Fran provides a large bin of travel ephemera from her collection for you to work with. Feel free to bring in some of your own. You’ll leave class with lots of ideas, a simple process, and a sample travel journal to inspire you on your next trip.

An email will be sent to participants the Monday before the class. Classes with homework may receive pre-class info earlier.  No email? Double check the email address you entered when you registered and your SPAM folder. Due to SPAM filters and inbox settings, we cannot guarantee you will see, read, or open these emails. Two Hands Paperie assumes no responsibility for non-attendance of a class. Contact twohandsclasses@gmail.com with any class questions and see our Class Policies page for more information. 

Class Materials

Please feel free to bring the following optional materials:

• Optional: your own travel ephemera and photos
• Optional: small sharp scissors for fine cutting
• Optional: favorite waterproof pens (black and colors). Fran likes the Faber Castell PITT Artist “S” pen, Pigma Micron 05, and the Ultra Fine Point Sharpie

Class Materials Include:

• Handsewn small journal with watercolor paper pages
• Lettering options
• Ephemera and other collage materials
• Watercolor sets, brushes, pens, pencils, drawing/coloring tools, glue sticks, scissors, stamps, etc to use in class
  

Class Refund/Cancellation Policy

Cancellations made up to 14 days prior to the first class meeting will be refunded or, at the participant's option, used to pay for another class. Two Hands Paperie will retain a $10 processing fee for EACH class cancelled by a participant. After 14 days, there is no refund or credit. In addition, the fee for a class cancelled within this 14-day timeframe by a participant cannot be transferred to pay for another class. These policies are to ensure that teachers are compensated for their investment in materials and in time spent preparing for the class. We reserve the right to cancel a class if fewer than 3 students enroll 48 hours prior to the scheduled class time. If for any reason Two Hands Paperie cancels a class, students will be called at the phone number on file and refunded the FULL class fee.

Instructor Bio

Fran Meneley is an explorer, journaler, painter, maker, teacher, and workshop facilitator for the Taos Studio Retreat in New Mexico. For 23 years she’s been journaling, writing, collaging, and painting in her studio and on the road. She loves to cook and eat (not in that order), travel and explore (always, anywhere), garden sporadically (and in small containers), museum hop, blog (exploring life, travel, and art – the good stuff), dance (with or without a partner), teach art (big and small humans), and scavenge and collect. Fran is inspired by the intricacies and divine beauty of nature, and is a lifelong learner and experimenter. In a former life she was Associate Publisher of a nationally circulated environmental magazine called Buzzworm. 

You can find Fran’s work in 1,000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn DeVries Sokol, Beaded Embellishment by Amy Clarke, 500 Beaded Objects by Lark Books, and The Brooklyn Art Library’s Sketchbook Project. She’s also in issues of the following magazines: Studios, Beadwork, and Cloth, Paper, Scissors. To read an interview on the Two Hands Paperie blog about Fran’s creative process and teaching, click HERE. Also visit Fran’s website: franmeneley.com and find her on Instagram: @athandstudio.

Fran lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband. She delights in the fact that her grown, adventurous children visit often!