Join me in the studio as we work on an art journal page, the aim is to use up supplies that you have been sitting on and allowing to dry up and feel neglected.
It is time for you to dig them out and give them a new lease of life, create an art journal page with me, or create something else with what you have.
I am looking forward to see what you create and you join the journey.
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Come and join me in the Arts and Wellness Café where the Word for the Week has been Profound. Check out the video below to hear about some of the things that I am sharing:
One of the things that helped me through our first lock down as we dealt with the Global pandemic was to start stitching, and I completed many projects. I didn't realize how much I enjoyed slow stitching and creating projects.
Here are some projects that I am working my way through and I have been creating some smaller pieces as well.
This piece incorporates stitching with hand dyed wax resist fabrics
I like working on more than one piece at a time and here are some additional stitched pieces that are coming to a close. (I will share in another post.
Art Journal Page
You also get to see in this video how you can get rid of some of your neglected art supplies and create a lovely art journal page and here are some that I shared.
Applying the paint and using stencils to create a design enables you to make some really lovely background pages ready for when you next have time to work on them.
I had intended to use several stencils, but only used two for these pages. It was lovely working in the journals, I had one main one and used two others to use up the extra paint I had on the pallet. The paints are reasonably priced and over they years I have collected quite a few, so want to use some of them up before they dry out. I have put the links to some of the supplies I used.
Supplies:
Folk Art - https://amzn.to/2Rw6MT9
Martha Stuart Paints - https://amzn.to/3yrKqTr
Apple Barrel - https://amzn.to/3vdYhL0
Stencils (one of the stencils is a recycled lid) - https://amzn.to/3hL5bmY
It is great to share this weeks episode of my Realityarts Podcast. Every Monday we have a series called Creating in Faith - which looks at a weekly word and the need for us to create on a daily basis regardless to how we feel as being creative impacts on our health and wellbeing in a positive way. You just have to find the way that suits you best.
Listen in to this weeks episode. The Word for this week is Profound
If you missed the previous week you can catch it below
When I am sewing I save all of the fabric scraps. No smaller than say an inch in size. There are so many things that you can do especially if you have amassed a large amount. Usually what I will do is stitch them into some small wall hangings or art pieces and they can often go to make quite larger pieces of art.
When I don't want to sew I will take them and add to an art journal - you create a fabric journal page that you can paint on in your art journal. I am sharing in this video one of the pages I sometimes create when I want to use up some of my scraps. - check out the video above.
They are a mixture of jeans material and lighter Africa fabric material. They have been glued to the page using pva glue and then covered with gesso so that it will absorb the paint better.
Adding paint of choice becomes easier once you have added the gesso and you also create lovely texture as you can see from the different fabrics.
Sometimes you need to step away from the piece and as I am applying paint I can see a figure coming through but need to give it time to establish itself. Check out the video to see more. I will be doing some more work
I hope you enjoy playing around with a fabric art journal page and see where it takes you.
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