Looking Back - Art Journal Page Process

 

Glad you could join me today on the blog.  In this video I share with you how I transform a page that will eventually end up in my art journal.  You see it go through the various stages as the painting progresses.

The story is of a young girl and she is looking back over her life, all the things that got her to where she is and the relationships and choices that she made.

Don't be afraid to make changes in your creative work and over time you will begin to see how things will unfold.

Supplies used in this piece

Recycled Paper - free

Brushes - https://amzn.to/3xoqkcd

Folk Art paints - https://amzn.to/2R6NRgP

Gesso - https://amzn.to/3u381as

Creating an Art Journal Page - Faces

Creating a face and journalling on top is a great way to work in your journal and you can not only create an image you can also journal on top.

In this video I show you from start to finish two art journal faces, do the journalling and then finish off with encouraging words on the page.

I love being able to come back to a page and add additional marks.  The words in the page serve as further encouragement in my art journal process.

Supplies used - click on the links for Amazon store

Neo Colors

Gesso

Posca Paint pens

Pass The Brush Video Experience

 

Here is the video of my creative journey to Mixed Media Art which I shared as part of Pass The Brush Art Experience..

Thank you for joining me, you can also connect with me on  Instagram and check out some of the other artists.

 

The aim of the event is to show solidarity within the art community and to amplify black artists so their voices can be heard and art can be seen in a broader audience.  Connect with each other as artists and see what our similarities and differences.

Let me know what you are getting on with.

Here are the artists that shared their spaces and their audiences. You can check out their instagram pages and see some of their amazing work.

 

Art Journalling Pages - Just Start

Art Journal Page - Just Start!!

In this first video I will share with you how to work on the background, you just have to put something down and it will take away the fear.  Practicing creating backgrounds for a while and don't worry about what you are going to put on it or how it would look in the end. 

You will be building up the layers and focus on enjoying the process.

Developing the Page

Art Journal Page - From Scratch

In this video I share with you a page that has had colour added to it but little else and how I build up the page to create the image.  You don't have to do everything all at once so come back and see how the two pages get moved on.

Enjoy!

The Art Journal Experience - Word for the Day Raw

Today's episode of Creating in Faith the Faith to be Creative has been posted today.  Alongside an art journal page video.

Listen to the podcast

I have been monitoring the whole process and have decided to scale back on the podcast and spend time focusing on creating The Art Journal Experience.

This means that you will be getting two episodes on the podcast each week - the Arts in Wellness Episode - talking about what is going on art wise, speaking to guests and looking at events in the arts and health field.  The inspirational shorts is where I look at a tool, book or supply and share how I use it and what I think about them, and you will get to hear about them on the podcast and see them in action on the YouTube channel.

The Art Journal Experience - allow it to sour!

The Creating in Faith episodes will continue slightly changed to the Art Journal Experience and an encouraging word on my YouTube channel on Mondays.  Essentially it is to encourage you to be more creative and find way to explore it.

Check out the video below

I look forward to having you on this part of the journey.  Stay blessed and be a blessing.

Creating in Faith - Compassionate

The word for today is Compassionate, think about what the word means to you in relation to you.  How would you express an example of it to someone else, and what does it look like when you show it to yourself, how does it make you feel?

Listen to the podcast episode below and check out the Art Journal page and examples of how you can work on your page.

Here is the video of my page creation, have a look

I hope it has given you ways in which you can work on your art journal page, but more importantly treat yourself with compassion.

Here are some of the other links that you can connect with on social media.

Creating In Faith Encouraging Recordings are to bless and inspire you to be the best of yourself. It can be really great to pull out your art journal/Journal and express what comes up for you either with images and colour, with words or with both. Check out the weekly and monthly videos to help you spend more time in your art journal.

If you would like to see some behind the scenes, images and additional tips HERE

You will find the  art journal videos available to consume at your leisure - the Making of the art journal for the month and an art journal page process - Check these out HERE

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• listening each week and leave a comment,
• Subscribe to any or all of my channels, visit the
• YouTube channel (remember to hit the notification bell)
• Let me know how the content impacted you and if you were inspired to make changes/additions to your work or life.

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Check out some encouraging boards on Pinterest 

Artwork available from the title image HERE

I also have an Arts and Health NHS Network for information on activities and organisations working in the field. You are welcome to join, it is a FREE resource and if you have any activities or want to talk about your work you are welcome to send me the information and I will see that it gets uploaded. You can create your own profile on the network and connect with others who are passionate about the arts in health too.

Creative Encourager - If you want to talk about creativity and the direction you are going and need a listening ear, sign up for a FREE 30 minute call http://bit.ly/Encoura

Stay blessed and be a blessing.

New Season - Creating in Faith - Podcast Episode on Realityarts

Weekly Podcasts

Creating in Faith

Well I have come to the end of Season One of Creating in Faith and I have decided to shift things up a bit for the next season which will begin tomorrow!!!

For Season Two I will be sharing more Art Journaling tips and techniques which will accompany each podcast episode 

on my YouTube Art Channel 

YouTube

My Patreon Blog will also have some behind the scenes video for those who want to take their art journey even further.

Realityarts Patreon

You will be getting a monthly video where I will be creating an art journal, and I want you to look at the supplies you have, any unfinished journals you started making and you will spend time completing these each and every month.

Weekly podcasts posts will be accompanied by an art journal page video as well with an encouraging word.  I am thankful for all those who have stopped by and connected.

I have selected some of the podcasts that you can take a look at, and spend time thinking about some of the points raised in each episode and what it means for your own creative journey.

Fruit

I am really looking forward to sharing the art journal videos with you along with the podcast episode

Mothers

Each episode is created to inspire and bless you, helping you be your true creative self, getting out of your own way as you inspire others

Space

It has been an amazing journey creating the content for the podcast and I have grown creatively as well.

Stepping Out of the Boat

Come and join me for Season Two and see how the episodes can inspire you - having the faith to know that you can be creative.

Change 

Time for changes and reflections as we go into the next series.  If you are an artist who is interested in the impact of the arts on our health and well-being and you would like to join me on the podcast I would love to hear from you!

Looking forward to growth and the journey, stay blessed and be a blessing.

Mixed Media Play Date - Winner Announced!

The Winner for the competition is:

Welcome to today's post, if you missed all the excitement we were talking about the Mixed Media Play Date course and I had a place on the course to giveaway. 
You can check it out HERE


Congratulations Tommy Jo for winning the place on the course, we look forward to having you join us.

Don't worry if you didn't win the place on the course, I got you covered!!!

Check back on Saturday 1st December when registration opens for details of all amazing things you will be getting from the course, Bonuses and details of the Early Bird Discount!!!   

For those of you who sign up for the course using my link I have several bonuses to give away as a Thank You so make sure you come back on Saturday as we 
GET This Party STARTED!!

I will also be sharing examples of my art videos on my YouTube channel  like the one below which show some of my art journal insights and practices all to get you warmed up and ready to go, lots of work on backgrounds and art journal pages and free for you to access regardless - I post 2 - 3 times each week, and I would love to have you join me.

Amanda Trought on YouTube - Subscribe HERE

Click HERE For More Info

See you back here on Saturday for the Opening of Registration for the Course.

Stay blessed and be a blessing

My 31 Art Studio Essentials - Graphite Tint and Soluble Graphite

The Video

A couple of my absolute favorite supplies has to be my water-soluble graphite pencil and my charcoal pencils

that I use whenever I work in my art journals or creating a painting.

I also use, but not often enough the Derwent Graphite Tint water colors which come in some great colors and make a great addition to your supplies.  

In the video I share with you ways in which I use the supplies, and if you want a kick start you can spend time playing around with the colors and create a background page.

I have also listed some of the supplies that I mention in the blog for you to check out.

Artist Resources to check out (click on the images below)

Graphite watersoluble

Prang - Charcoal Pencils

Graphite Tint Water color pencils

I am Teaching! in the BADASS Art Journal Course 2018

Well well well, here we are again, I am so excited to share with you that I am one of the teachers on the BadAss Art Journal 2018 course, and registration opens tomorrow!!!

You are in for a treat this time round, there is an amazing group of teachers who have some exciting lessons to share with you.  So many things have been happening I haven't been able to keep up with myself on the blog, but I am going to turn it around and start posting on a more regular basis, you will be blessed.

The course registration opens up tomorrow and you will be able to check it out HERE

There is currently 2 free giveaways and a bonus for signing up which you will have to hurry to enter to be a part of.

No 1 

You could be one of two lucky people to receive all these goodies!

For a chance to win click HERE

It is an amazing amount of supplies, and there are a few here that I could do with having in my stash!

No 2

I have ONE place on the course to giveaway, and to be in with a chance to win this place just check out my YouTube Channel and subscribe if you haven't already done so and leave a comment on a video of your choice.  I will be notified once you have commented and your name will go into the hat to have a chance to win closing date for my giveaway is Friday 29th December

If you just want to go ahead and sign up for the course using my Link you will receive Art Journal Series 1  as an additional bonus and which consists of resources to help you expand your art journaling:

• 30 Art Journal hints and tips to get you started on your Journal Journey
• 4 background videos showing you how to create some simple backgrounds in your art journals for you to download and keep FOREVER!
• 5 backgrounds that I have created full size for you to download and use in your journals
• How-To booklet of 4 Art Journals to make from different materials that I have shared in the 31 Art Journals Series

This is a great way to set yourself off on your Art Journal Journey, and also venture into 2018, and I will be sharing more information over the next few weeks and showing you exactly what you will be getting. 

For now stay blessed and remember to enter the giveaways, and share it with friends and family who might also like to play along!!

After 31 Art Journals What is next?

I really enjoyed sharing with you the 31 Art Journals Series, it took a lot out of me but I think that it was important for me to show up for myself and you on a regular consistent basis, are you showing up for yourself?  Your art journal page is a good reminder of your journey and how far you have come.

You were able to see a selection of the collection of art journals that I had created and worked in.  How many of the 31 Art Journals did you see?  Did you have a favorite, have you gone out and tried a few.  I had a lot of fun sharing the art Journals, there were even some that I hadn't seen in a while and it was great to revisit their pages.

So you may be asking what now, after all those journals it would be great to see how some of the pages are used.  As promised I will be taking a page from some of the journals and creating on them or finishing pages, so there will be lots to see.  The way that I use my journals varies.  Some to record ideas, work through a particular issue that I wanted to express on the page or just have fun and play.

Some of the art journals were part of a course that I had either taken or taught in, but in each art journal I have left a page or two or more for some so that I could create in it when the mood took me.  Your style might have changed over time but it is still a great idea to be able to see what you would do with a particular theme you may have in your journal.

I think one of my favorite journals over the 31 Journals was my Gratitude's and Celebrations art journal

It became a challenge creating the pages over a year and a half but it was a good reminder of the things that I was grateful for and it is a reminder of how far I have come as an artist as well.

I will be taking you through weekly art journal pages with a hope to spark your creativity further, and will be creating some 'how-to' videos so that you can learn how to make your own journals mainly from recycled and up-cycled materials.

I am so looking forward to taking you on the weekly art journal journey with me for creating pages.  The video will be out on Friday on my YouTube channel, would love to have you there.

Join me on Patreon

Check it out HERE

Art Journal Page - Background Bonus No 5

Blessings for you and yours, welcome to the 31 Art Journal Series backgrounds bonus.  This is the last day of the 31 Art Journals.  I hope that you have managed to see something that has pricked your interest in creating your own art journal..

Over the month you have been shown a series of art journals made from different materials, and 31 different tips to encourage you to work in your art journal.  On top of that you have also been shown a series of background videos to give you additional tips to creating backgrounds.

When you think about all the Art Journal tips, decide which ones you already incorporate into your journal practice and which ones you can start if you need to, you don't have to do them all at once it can be done over a period of time.

Check out today's background video to see how you can create those backgrounds using a few simple materials, and as you look back over the posts it will give you a great place to start.  If you need to check out the 31 Art Journals you can go HERE

The Video

Here is another easy way in which you can create your own background pages. Just add color and play with your supplies on the page and before you know it you have a great surface to work on further.  Enjoy!

31 Art Journals - No 30 & 31

Art Journal no 30

These are great little journals that you can focus on doing specific things in or use it as a normal journal.

Art Journal No 31

This is a lovely journal made from fabric with fabric pages, and can be painted or stitched.  In the videos I show you the pages and how I have used the journals.

Remember that Hacking the Color Wheel begins tomorrow!

Hope to see you there, remember to start thinking about the different types of journals that you can create.  Stay blessed and be a blessing.

31 Art Journals No: 26 & 27 - PLUS Hacking the Color Wheel Countdown

Oh my goodness, the Hacking the Color Wheel class starts in a couple of days, really excited to be teaching.  We are counting down and the lesson starts on 5th November, so remember to sign up.  I am giving away quite a number of bonuses when you use my link HERE

Looking forward to seeing you on the course.

The Art Journals Videos

Take a look at the videos to see how they were made and inspiration behind the pages.

No 26

This Art Journal was made from a course that I taught on called The Journey Within and this is where I put some of the work that I did.

No 27

This is another example of creating a journal out of some of the things you may have around you.  I had an old bank book and decided to make use of it.  The pages were quite thick but I stuck them together and it leaves you with quite a sturdy page.

What is the most unusual thing that you have made an art journal out of?