Blessings for you and yours this Sunday, and welcome to the 31 Art Journal Series backgrounds bonus.
If you didn't catch the background bonus from last week you can see it HERE and HERE
Here is a reminder of yesterdays tips, see which ones you already incorporate into your journal practice and which ones you can start if you need to.
Check out today's background video to see how you can create those backgrounds using a few simple materials. In this video I am using pastels and gesso. I do like the effects you can get with pastels but don't like using them in the traditional way, so I use them to create backgrounds and blend with the gesso.
I also show you how you can change your mind when working on a page, to suit, don't be afraid, now therwill be no excuse not to start!
The Video
Stay blessed and be a blessing, now go and create something!
Welcome to the 4th recap for the month. We are coming to the final countdown of Art Journals in the Series, and I hope that you have been inspired and managed to make the most of your time and to incorporate some art journaling for yourself. Remember to check out the Sunday Background videos to give you some really quick ideas for creating a background that you can build on. Today we will recap on the videos for the week, think about what might have been your favorite style of journal. If you haven't had time to check them out during the week and catch up below. Lets look at some Art Journal Tips that you can put into practice, I hope that you can find something that will encourage you.
Art Journal Tips
1. Gesso is your best friend, and has many uses in your
journal, become familiar with it.
2. If something isn’t working the way that you want it to do
some research and find out what you need to, there is so much information and
examples, teaching, tutorials online you are spoilt for choice. Use your journal to help you grow and work
through these times.
3. Do not be afraid to try something new
4. Push your boundaries in your journal, this is the perfect
place to experiment.
5. Select materials and tools you’re not familiar with and experiment,
get out of your comfort zone, you might actually like them.
6. Think about why you want to cover something up, is it part
of your process or are you running away from a truth that needs to be expressed
on your page
Now for the Video Recap... Check out these videos if you missed them during the week.
No 21
No 20
No 19
No 18
No 17
I would love to hear from you. I have one space in the 'Hacking the color Wheel course' that I am teaching on to give away. Leave a comment here on the blog or on my Youtube channel on your favorite Journal.
I will also be giving away a series of bonuses
31 Art Journal tips - printable
5 art journal background for you to keep
How to make 4 Art Journals as part of the 31 Art Journal series pdf
4 Background videos for extra journaling ideas
when you sign up for the Hacking the Color Wheel course HERE.
Here is another Art journal that has been created from a phone directory
For some reason our local council had a large amount delivered and they were just piled up so I thought it would be great to make something that would be useful.
I had always wanted to make a book with an insert that you could store things in without it being obvious on the outside.
After sticking the pages together I cut out a section that would serve to hold the letters - a series of encouraging notes to self.
There was quite a bit of journaling done in the figures, and the journaling can be done in ways that you prefer. I didn't create a lot of pages in this journal for this point that I would be using areas in the figures drawn to journal in. You would be able to get a better view from the video below.
Realityarts - Creativity Book Shop - Some really great titles for you to dive in
Creative Resources
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