Issue 19 – Artful Journaling

Artful Journaling features calligraphers and hand lettering artists who design creative journals and sketchbooks to record their travels, favorite quotes, musings and ideas for fun, mental health, and spiritual well-being. Meet Our Cover Artist – Janet TakahashiJanet Takahashi’s creative pursuits include artful journaling, travel sketching, signage design, fine hand calligraphy, and gilding interior spaces. Her…

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Megan Wells

Megan Wells is an artist, author and art instructor living in South Florida. She founded her company, Makewells, in 2012, and since then has written four instructional books including Creative Bible Journaling: Artistic Tips and Techniques to Express Your Faith and created 17 online courses. Megan has worked with major companies such as Harper Collins,…

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Janet Takahashi

Janet Takahashi is a freelance artist specializing in calligraphy, illustration, bookbinding, sign painting, and gilding. A zoologist and self-taught illustrator, she is an avid journal keeper and illustrator for books and magazines (including Romantic Homes and the Los Angeles Times). She has taught calligraphy at Santa Monica College and sign graphics at LA Trade Tech…

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Andrea Joseph

Andrea Joseph is an artist and illustrator from South Wales now living and drawing in High Peak. Her work focuses on every day subject matter, making the mundane memorable. A book illustrator by trade, she has worked in numerous children’s books, cookery books and other publications. In 2013 she had a book, Andrea’s Book, published…

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Joanne Fink

Joanne Fink is an award-winning designer, inspirational speaker and best-selling author with more than one million books in print. In 2009 she founded Zenspirations®, which is a combination of her personal spiritual philosophy and unique patterned drawing style. Zenspirations enables people to find their own voice and sets them on the path for soul/spiritual growth.A…

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Jennifer Bates

Jennifer Bates has been a full-time content creator for her brand, Sea Lemon since 2014. Sea Lemon started as a side project in 2008 to make and sell handmade goods on Etsy. In 2012, She started uploading YouTube videos and Sea Lemon evolved into a channel dedicated to DIY, art and craft tutorials—with a growing…

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Samantha Dion Baker

Samantha Dion Baker graduated from The Cooper Union in New York City and spent over 20 years working as a graphic designer. Now a full-time illustrator and artist, her favorite thing to do is wander the city streets and travel with her family, drawing all of the things she does, eats and sees on the…

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