The first thing I did for this week’s art journaling page was to spray some mists into a baby wipe and then rub it along my page to color it.
See the baby wipe? I spray right into it and then just rub it on the page. I used several shades of blue and green.
Then I took my tree from the Mistables stickers by Pink Paislee and colored it with distress ink. And lay some pink and white heart-shaped beads on it. For three of them I used buttons or cabachons just for some fun texture and variety. I also added some Donna Downey Prima canvas letters and wings.
Then I removed the wings, added some stamping, some stitching, letter stickers, and a bunch of birds. The stickers read “Always be You.”
here’s a close-up.
I didn’t like the page, decided to add a bunch more birds.
I like it better now. Still not my favorite but something different. And that’s the point.
And for your viewing pleasure, here’s a little movie, too:
I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for July and August (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post.
here’s the next journal page I made in the Strathmore book.
I took my watercolor paper and made rectangles using yellow, orange, pink and red.
Then, I drew different types or shapes of birds in almost all of them with a pencil:
Then I colored each bird and wrote some words in a few of them. And I outlined each with black pen and used some white pen, too. Finally, I stitched around each of the rectangles with black thread.
And here we are again:
And for your viewing pleasure, here’s a little movie, too:
I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for July and August (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post.
Ok, now that my Moleskine is finished, I wanted to change things up a bit so I decided to use a Strathmore Visual Journal in 9×14. Instead of using the pages in the book, though, I ripped them and used them individually so I could stitch and do other things that the spirals wouldn’t let me.
I’d originally told myself I can take my time and do a page a week but I’ve been making a lot of them and I don’t want to post just one page a week because I will then be posting these pages I did in August all the way into November. Instead I decided to make four posts a week which will keep things a bit more current. I apologize in advance if this gets annoying.
For the first page, I wanted to make a watercolor drawing of this photo I took in Pacific Beach, California
I am not so great with watercolors but I went slowly and did my best. I didn’t do the person cause I really just wanted it to be a scene. (and I wasn’t sure i could do it!)
Here’s what I ended up with:
After I colored, I did add a bunch of stitching around the border and in the waves and then I journaled all around the edges as well.
This is a simple one just cause I didn’t want to draw after the last few. It’s using pan pastels and says “spread your wings.”
And back to drawing. Watercolor pencils, rubons, stamps. Says “Never fear. Everyone wants more friends. Reach out.”
I decided to go pretty simple for this one. Just a floating balloon. Used watercolor pencils. Says “do not let your dreams float away.”
And for the last page, I visualized a door but it didn’t quite turn out the way I’d hoped. It’s watercolor pencils as well. says “You get to choose the doors you open and close.”
And with that my little journal is finished. I will post a video and all the pages together next week. Thank you for letting me share.
This one didn’t turn out as I had hoped. It’s using watercolor pencils, crafters workshop templates, and inks. It says “there’s love and beauty in nature.” I wanted to use my own handwriting more. The tree trunk is too tall in my opinion.
The next one uses the paintstiks, Crafter’s workshop templates and stamps. It says “We accept the love we think we deserve.” It’s from The Perks of Being a Wallflower. A wonderful book.
The next one uses Pink Paislee tissue paper and templates and pan pastels. Very similar to the previous day but it was unintentional. It says “You can choose Joy.” I cannot read or write this one enough.
Then I started trying to draw a bit so the next few use watercolor pencils. This one says “It’s ok. You can rest awhile.”
And this one took forever and still didn’t turn out the way I wanted. It says “show your colors to the world.”
And that’s the five for this week. More coming next week. Thank you for letting me share.
I wanted this one to be super dark to symbolize dark/night etc. It’s actually much darker in person and it’s hard to show all the various texture it has. It mostly uses the shiva paintstiks and then some acrylics and stamps on top. It says “look for the light.”
Here’s a little closeup:
The next one uses the Pink Paislee tissue paper and Crafter’s Workshop templates and pan pastels. Says “If you want to receive you must first give.”
This one has all my happy colors. It uses pan pastels, chalk ink, and butterflies I cut off from a Little Yellow Bicycle paper. It says “It’s ok to fly away from the flock.”
This might be my all-time favorite page. I love the color and the sentiment and it all came to me while I was lying in bed and I am glad I remembered it in the morning. It says “We are all connected through love.” It uses the watercolor pencils.
And finally the last page went through multiple iterations. It uses Shiva paintstiks and some templates. It says “fill your home with joy, peace and laughter.” It was first like this:
Then I added a lot of stamps and rubons for some extra layering:
And finally it bothered me that the circles were even numbers so I made the left page 7 and the right one 5.
And that’s the five for this week. More coming next week. Thank you for letting me share.
A relatively simple page but the colors are a bit too dark for me. Uses mostly pan pastels and Shiva paintstiks. It says “Choose to Love without Conditions.”
This one is really simple but I wanted to learn how to draw tulips so I just followed a tutorial I found online. It uses the watercolor pencils and some watersoluble oil pastels. Says “Stop to smell the flowers.”
This one uses several Crafter’s Workshop templates, pan pastels, and rubons. Says “Do not wait or hesitate to reach out.”
Another one that just uses pan pastels and Crafter’s Workshop templates. The line is from a Jewel song and it says “You already are what you hope to be.”
And finally the last page for this week uses some 7gypsies tissue paper, acrylic inks, stamps, the deer is from Sassafrass Lass I think and the corrugated pieces are from Jillibean Soup I think. It says “Life is Absolutely Magnificent. Enjoy it.”
That’s the five for this week. More coming next week. Thank you for letting me share.
This next page uses Tim Holtz masks, Prima stamps and pan pastels mostly with some oil pastels. It says “Time is your most valuable asset, what will you do with your one precious life?”
Feels a little distressed and the colors are less happy than my usual style.
Right after that one, I decided to try my new Shiva Paintstiks so I made this relatively simple page.
says “dream big.”
And again, after I finish the simple one, I have to go all insane. So I made this one next:
This has book text and map as a background. And then lots of color and layers. It says “Write your own story. Map your own path.”
The next one came super easily. It’s really simple but I love it. It says “I want to choose and exude joy.”
And finally the last page for this week was a response to Soul Restoration II’s second week assignment. I drew the scale and made a mask of myself on one side and put hearts on the other.
On my mask it says “I will remember in all things I do that I want to guide my life and decisions with these qualities that I value the most:” and the hearts say “integrity, joy, peace, love, kindness, help and gratitude.” This is to show me that I want to measure my worth by these values which is why they are on the other side of the scale from me. Mostly used inktense for these too and then added some oil pastels to blend, if I remember correctly.
That’s the five for this week. More coming next week. Thank you for letting me share.
This next page uses the Pink Paislee tissue paper and then I used Pan Pastels to add some butterflies in the background and then I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. I thought and thought and then finally ended up with this.
I love that Pink Paislee stamp on the right. I added some Tim Holtz tissue tape and a little more stamping and this simple page is done. Different but I like it.
This next one is super simple. Just stars. It says “Always be the best version of you.”
A little too simple maybe. I still like it.
As if to compensate, the next one is crazy busy. Mostly uses acrylics. Says “you are writing the music of your life. Write the song you want to listen to.”
I like all the colors in this one.
The next one didn’t really work out as I’d hoped but I still like it. The quote says “If you look, you can see that you are not as alone as you think. Look harder.”
My intention was to make a mask of one person on the right page and a crowd of people on the left one. Make the left side more obscured to imply that the other people might be hard to see but they are there. Rub ons, Pink Paislee stamps, Cat’s Life Press stamps, pan pastels and acrylics on this one.
And now for something completely different. This one says “You must walk down the path to see where it leads.”
This page was gesso’ed and then I used the Inktense Watercolor pencils to draw the path and trees and color the background. Then I used heavy bodied acrylics to do the tree tops and added some on the trunks, too.
I like how it turned out. Mostly I like that the pages are different from each other and I am trying different mediums, ideas, and layouts.
That’s the five I’ll share this week. More coming next week. Thank you for letting me share.
This next page uses the Liquitex Ink! for a background and fabric on the foreground. I then added a little Watersoluble Oil Pastels on the edges and around the heart.
For this next one, I wanted to do something totally different so I colored my background with pan pastels then tore out a page from a magazine and adhered it down. Then I just had fun.
to go with the magazine theme, I also picked a bunch of words that spoke to me and adhered them to the edge of the other page.
I must say, I don’t love this but I do like the yellow and it was fun and different to make.
Later that day, I finally received my Inktense Pencils and wanted to give them a try so I created this page by drawing a tree and then using a circle template to create it. It’s all made with using the pencils plus two shades of green acrylics. I also added some chalk stamp on top with sequin waste and finally a little of the oil pastels mentioned above.
I love the way that one turned out.
This next one was an adventure. I first painted the page with pink pan pastels but then it didn’t work out the way I wanted and I added some blue paint which I liked even less. Then I painted all over that with yellow which made the background this mustardy color and green in bits. Which ended up being the perfect background for my page. This page was inspired by Melody Ross even though it doesn’t come near her amazing art. I wanted to use my chip art and this was my first time ever. I need a bunch more practice but I do love how it turned out.
mostly because I took a chance and kept at it until I found a happier place.
That same night I ended up working on a different page with a completely different look:
This one uses green paint mixed in with white for the background and then some pan pastels (which don’t like the paint) and oil pastels on the rest of the page. Pretty simple but I still love it. I know the “h” is sideways but I just left it, i like its quirkiness.
That’s the five I’ll share this week. More coming next week. Thank you for letting me share.
