It’s been a while since I showed something from my Art Journal. The reason is that I haven’t used it much these past two months, because I’ve been so busy. I’ve done a few fun doodles in my diary but not much else. Except this spread, inspired by a prompt in Quinn’s book Raw Art […]
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My art is in constant process as I move forward, backward, snap a photo, and take a break to see what its becoming now.
Prepped pages in the Art Journal
Mixing pink with dots of yellow, a page prepped and ready to write on. The collage on the right side was made while putting the book together. It might need some writing too, perhaps a list of some sort… A Traci Bunker inspired page, using stamps bought from her. Painting with green and turquoise at […]
I Am Magic (inspired by 21 secrets)
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe As I’ve mentioned before part of teaching a class with others is that you get to take the other’s classes too, and be inspired by what they’ve created. For free! In 21 Secrets I started this […]
The Perfect Protest
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats; neither fear nor shame can cure them. Jean de La Fontaine From my Art Journal: A Perfect Mess: I don’t even want to be perfect! Is it a contradiction in terms to call your art and your life “a perfect mess” – or is it the only […]
Paint with a Plastic Card
The card I use when I scrape paint is a my old student card, but it is hardly visible behind all that paint. I’ve been using it for a few years now. I love using this method! It is one of my favorite ways to make backgrounds and art journal pages (and to use a […]
Paint, spray water, scrape
What you need is an old credit card, some acrylic paint, a spray bottle of water, and recycled paper. Then you scrape paint your paper with one coat of colour and spray it with some water. When you scrape away the water after a few seconds you will create the coolest pattern ever! I really […]
Art Journal Strip Ease
I love painting decorative papers. I use them in my art journal and collage work, and today I’m going to show you one way that you can use painted papers in a fun way. For the July crusade I took a pile of papers out and tore some strips of paper. I followed exactly what […]
Make a Library Book Pocket for your Journal
Let’s make library pockets that we can use in our journals! When I made my Owl Journal I mentioned the importance of adding at least one pocket on the inside of each notebook cover. If you don’t have those plastic corners you can make your own Library Book Pockets. I like the old fashioned feel […]
Black acrylic background and popping colors
Paint some pages in your Art Journal black and come over to the dark side with me! Gee, my black paint was starting to dry in the tube, it was about time I got around to using some black. But what to do with the page now, it’s so… dark… You dig through your stash […]
How to use Text Elements as backdrops for collage
This is part II of III on how to use text in different ways in your art journal. In post I (of III) I was looking at how you can add hand written journaling to a visual page, emphasizing how important text is in your Art Journal. You are working in book form after all, […]
Brayer Adventures with Acrylic Paint
I’m on roll right now, every since I bought myself a brayer! Have you ever visited Tammy’s blog Daisy Yellow? It’s about Art Journaling and if you’re into that stuff you’ll not leave in a haste from her blog. It’s one of my favorites to visit. Tammy is a very generous person. I’ve been discussing […]
Sea monsters, dronts and altered oceans
This is the newly thrifted book that I am working in as my Art Journal; I love these old books with thick sturdy pages, but I’m having a hard time finding new ones at the thrift shop. Where are they all hiding when I need them? I think the thrift shops might discard them because […]