5 Easy to Make Art Journals - Use what you have

 5 Easy to make Art Journals

In today's video we look at a selection of 5 mixed media and recycled art journals, and I show you how I have worked in them and some of the supplies that I have used.  With the number of items that we have in our supplies or just around the house, you will probably find most of the things you already have without going out to buy anything else.  If you don't have that particular item, then substitute it for something else (that is where the fun really begins!

Materials - remember to substitute if you don't have:

• Cardboard
• Tetra-pak (milk cartons)
• Old greetings cards or packaging
• Fabric Scraps
• background papers
• Paper ephemera that you have made or source images from an old magazine
• Brown paper/wrapping paper
• Glue
• Embroidery thread to stitch the books or use yarn

What You will learn

I hope to take out the hesitation for creating an art journal, waiting for the right supplies, the right weather or whatever the excuse may be and get you putting something together by the end of the video just for you.  You don't have to put it all together in one sitting, savor it and come back to it.

Reflection Prompt 

What supplies or recycling materials have you been sitting on that you can use in a creative project today?

More Art Journal Designs 

In my art journal playlist I have a large amount of art journals that I have made and share.  Some of the videos show you how to make your own journal from start to finish, some show me working on a page using my supplies and some are flip throughs to give you some inspiration.  

You can check out my art journal playlist on my YouTube Channel HERE  

Digital Downloads 

I mention when making some of the small art journals the digital papers that I have used.  Each month on my I create a set of digital download papers across different tiers that can be used in the art journals or creative projects.  I also create a set each month that are FREE until the end of the month for you to download and start creating.  Each month you will be given a different digital downloads to use in your creative projects.  You can get yours HERE

FREE COURSE RESOURCES

I also have a number of free classes on my Course Platform - Realityarts.  There you will find my Art Tags Course which shows you how to alter and create your own art tags, there are 6 in the design to download and resource videos.   Recycled mark making - do you want ideas for making your own stamps and stencils, then this mini course takes you through a range of the everyday materials that you can use in your art projects.  Check out the Course platform HERE

Wax Resist Projects - Material Musings

 

Mark Making on Fabric

Working with natural fibers

Come and join us in Material Musings today!

Art Journal Play - Working with Patreon Papers

 

Join us as we work in our Brown Paper art journal.  We are working with papers that I create each month on Patreon.  On the page I will be creating a figure and also a small pocket on the opposite side of the page to hold any additional papers.

Creating Faces

Art Journal Pocket

The Papers are available in my Patreon Shop Here

This is the June Papers in the Atelier Edition

Material Musings - Beads and Wearable Art

Welcome to today's Material Musings, where check out several different projects - including fabric jewelry, beads and art journal bags.

Here is an example of the crochet necklace and the beaded wrist cuff - I think more accessories might be to come.