Mixy, the London-based mixed media & textile artist, took a relaxed approach to starting 2024, sharing a flip through her Book of Days series. She’s brimming with plans for the year and invites followers to join her newsletter for updates. Follow her creative journey on her blog, Instagram, and website MadebyMixy.com.
I took such a relaxed approach to beginning 2024 that it’s already February before my first post of the year!
Let’s kick off with a little flip through from the end of last summer in my always-a-bit-behind series from the Book of Days.
It’s said the way a person does one thing is the way they do everything…
So it came as no surprise to me when I noticed more than two years had passed since I wrote:
“When it comes to making a book like this, keep in mind that progress isn’t linear.
It’s more like a dance back and forth through the pages.”
The book I’m describing is an art journal I made from scrap paper, for the purpose of demonstrating how I make my art.
I documented the steps as I filled the pages, videoed my progress, made notes…
..and then a lot of life happened, time passed, and suddenly it’s now.
Time is so slippery!
My disorganised, wabi-sabi approach to art making became the way I made this book, and together they evolved in their own time. At long last, I’m happy to say it’s all done and ready to go!
This is how the art journal came out:
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Hi – I’m Mixy!
This is Mixy 🙂
I’m a mixed media & textile artist from London, UK.
I love to share what I’m making, and I hope it brings some inspiration to your creative time.
You can see what I’m making on this blog, and in these places too
I have a confession to make: When I made this book I didn’t love it. Some parts of some pages made me happy, but as a whole I wasn’t especially excited about it.
I recorded much of the process of making the pages, and while I edited the videos I wasn’t at all sure what I was trying to achieve by sharing them.
So much so, I left this project unfinished for over TWO years!
But letting time pass lets us see things through fresh eyes. I still don’t love every single bit, but that’s not so important to me now.
Why I am I telling you all this?
Because maybe there’s a project you’ve let sit because you weren’t sure what direction it needed to go in next.
Because maybe you look at other peoples art and think ‘it’s different for them, they know what they’re doing, they have a plan…’ when in reality we are all winging it.
These pages belong to a book I made from scratch. They’re filled with messy paint, scribbles and experiments, vulnerability and love. I made this book for YOU.
There’s a full length flip through in my Youtube, and you can find out how I did it all in my ebook *Art Journal Serendipity*. All you need do is sign up for my newsletter by 27 December and it’s all yours!
Thank you to everyone for your support through the year, it means more than you could know.
For your free copy of my eBook Art Journal Serendipity sign up for my newsletter below by the launch date 27 December 2023
Hi – I’m Mixy!
This is Mixy 🙂
I’m a mixed media & textile artist from London, UK.
I love to share what I’m making, and I hope it brings some inspiration to your creative time.
You can see what I’m making on this blog, and in these places too
As a gift to everyone who supported my art this year…
As a gift to everyone who supported my art this year…
This is more than just an art journal flip through: this one comes with a full back-story!
I documented the whole process of making this book, from selecting the paper for the pages to the layering of the pages, then I bundled this all together in an illustrated eBook with over 50 minutes of footage in little bite sized videos! For YOU!
It’s not the paper, the paint or the pens; it isn’t only the inks or the collage. What makes a project like this so much fun is trusting the magic of serendipity
For your free copy of my eBook Art Journal Serendipity sign up for my newsletter below by the launch date 27 December 2023
Hi – I’m Mixy!
This is Mixy 🙂
I’m a mixed media & textile artist from London, UK.
I love to share what I’m making, and I hope it brings some inspiration to your creative time.
You can see what I’m making on this blog, and in these places too
For over 3 years I’ve been adding a double page spread to this ginormous sketchbook every week.
Pages 136-146 came together through February to May 2023.
It’s funny, I look back at these pages and they feel as familiar as yesterday, and at the same time, like a life time ago.
What is it they say – as you get older the days drag but the years fly. I’m not sure it’s that consistent. But I do know time is wobbly and makes no sense to me.
I’m busy-ing away on a new project based around the characters who show up in these pages. Be sure to follow along to be first to see what I’m making!
Hi – I’m Mixy!
This is Mixy 🙂
I’m a mixed media & textile artist from London, UK.
I love to share what I’m making, and I hope it brings some inspiration to your creative time.
You can see what I’m making on this blog, and in these places too
For over 3 years I’ve been adding a double page spread to this ginormous sketchbook every week.
So my routine is this: When Monday comes around, and it’s New Page Day for me.
I love it!
Amid all the uncertainty and chaos, this is a constant.
Every so often I film a flip through, and some while after this I remember to do the editing/posting/sharing part …. there’s often a few-month-long time lag between the drawing and the sharing 😉
This is a look back at the pages from June-October 2022.
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There have been many trips I’ve taken where I didn’t even open my sketchbook. This holiday I made a deal with myself to find time, and I’m so glad I did!
If you caught my last newsletter you’ll have read about my holiday sketchbook, and the thoughts behind these images.
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Over the years I’ve been honing the optimum ‘studio away from home’.
It’s a perpetual work in progress, but every time I take a trip away I feel more able to capture my ideas on paper. This is what resulted from a visit to one of my favourite parts of the world last month, Cyprus.
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Sharing a sneaky peak into the first 100 pages of the GINORMOUS sketchbook!
Every week since the summer of 2020 I’ve been adding a new double page spread to my ‘Book of Days’, this 600 page sketchbook.
Periodically I update the progress with flip through videos. Picking up at page 94 where I left the last flip through, here’s a look at the next few pages.
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