Art Journal Creative Hobbies 11

When you do a step by step for a tutorial, you take a lot of photos!

Here are a few more photographs of the Art Journal that I made for the magazine.

Here are most of the supplies that I used.

For all the pages of the Journal I used a 200 gsm

mixed media pad. This paper can take the punch!

You ink, stencil stamp and emboss.

The ink process is wet and you do both sides of the paper,
so you need a good quality paper.

Anything can also be added to your Journal.

Envelopes, craft paper dividers and scrap pieces of papers,

Have a look at Issue 11 for more info on this project.

Small Mixed Media Canvasses

Using different mediums on a canvas can be challenging.

Will the tissue paper tear? Where do I put my embellishments?

What colours am I going to use?

For this class we:

Covered the canvas with gesso.

Painted it with two colours of distresss paint.

Blended the colours by wiping it with a baby wipe.

Used gel medium to adhere the tissue paper and the 

doilies to the canvas. 

Then we used stamps and ink to create some depth.

We created shadows by using distress markers and a water pen.

To create the butterfly and the heart, we glued a piece of 

watercolour paper to a piece of canvas paper.

We then used die cuts and a die cutting machine to

cut out the two shapes.

Then we embossed the two pieces before they became to dry.

Let them dry completely before you apply the colour with 

your distress ink and applicator tool.

Each of the students brought their own individual touch to the canvasses.

It is amazing how different the end results can be.

Here is a list of the supplies that we used:

6 x 6 inch canvasses

Gesso

Distress paint

Distress markers

Distress stains

Baby wipes

Gel medium

Tissue paper

Doilies

Stamps

Archival ink

Die cuts

Die cutting machine

Chipboard words

Metal embellishments

Experiment with these techniques in your art journal.

Play around and enjoy the process. 

Small Art Journal

For this small art journal, these are the products I used.

Not on the photograph is a small water mister and the Glimmer Mists.

The paper I chose to work on was 200gsm Water Colour Paper.

Add some scrapbook paper and card stock and you are all set.

These two pages was coloured by using the distress inks.

Here I used the Distress paint to colour the paper. Then a mask

and some glimmer mist to create the pattern.

 

Colour the paper with Distress stains.

For the next layer use stencils and Distress inks.

Apply the Distress inks with an applicator tool. 

Colour the paper with Distress stains and use 

some stickles on the heart.

Colour the stamped image with the Distress markers and the water pen.

I used the inked up stencil, sprayed it with a little water 

and placed it face down on the paper to get this effect.

Doodle around the edges and create your own patterns

by working with the paint splatters that you have on the paper.

Here again I "go with the flow" with my Doodling.

On the last page, I created a few simple Doodling patterns. 

Stick the piece of paper down and use it as a reference.

Mixed media canvas

This was the last class we did and as usual

I post the tutorial after the class.

Materials:

box canvas

gesso

paint brush

baby wipes

Distress paint

Distress stains

Distress Markers

Distress ink pads

Applicator tool

heart doily

gel medium

tissue paper

canvas paper 

water colour paper

heart die

heart embossing folder

chipboard word

Mono multi glue

water pen

Archival ink pad

stamp

Paint the canvas with a layer of gesso and let it dry

Decide on colours for your project and paint the canvas.

While the paint is still a bit wet, wipe off some of the paint 

with your baby wipe. Let it dry.

Tear the tissue paper after you have decided which section to 

use. Place all the elements on the canvas and do your layout.

Use gel medium and glue down your tissue paper and let it dry.

Glue the doily into the canvas with gel medium.

Make your heart element. 

Use gel medium and glue the canvas paper and the 

water colour paper together. While it is still damp, put it through 

the die cutting machine and the embossing folder.

Leave to dry.

I made two hearts and then decided on the pink and white one.

Use your applicator tool to deepen your colours on the canvas

and to colour the heart.

Place washi tape strips on the canvas to fill some of the empty spaces.

Paint the word with distress paint and let it dry.

Turn the word over and apply little dots of Mono Multi Glue.

Let the glue dry before you place the word on the canvas.

Take the Distress markers and draw shadows in and around the doily.

Use a water pen to soften the effect.

Stamp around the edges with a stamp and Archival ink.

Sew a little charm to the heart.

Place the heart on 3D foam squares and adhere to the canvas.

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial.

Keep well!

Art Journal Cover

Fly!

This is the cover of the art journal.

I found the letters for the cover in my stash. 

I made them years ago for another project 

and never used them. The colours and the theme matched, 

so.... I  used the word!

For the cover I used:

chip board

gesso

paint

tissue paper

gel medium

stamps

distress markers

grunge board elements

rub ons

 I finished the journal by binding it with my Zutter.

The colours of the cover are happy colours.

That was what my intention was with this journal.

A bit of colour therapy.

It is like a pair of new shoes, you need to look at them.

This is half the pleasure!

So I displayed the journal in my studio so I can look at it.

Have a good weekend.

Colour Therapy III. Art journal

Through the whole process of creating this journal

I learned a lot and I enjoyed it a lot.

I handled the papers a million times and thought

maybe I should do it differently.

But then I stuck to my rule of: No RULES.

   

The next step is to journal in your own handwriting.

That needs a bit of practice, but I will definitely get there.

Between the other projects on my table and the ones in my head,

I am working on the cover of the journal. 

It is tissue paper, gesso, texture paste,

paint and more.

For the next class in August, 

we will be using mixed media on a canvas.

Hope you can join us.

Ring Box

Hi Everyone

The new Creative Hobbies magazine is on the shelves.  

You will find the tutorial for this ring box inside, together with the Tote bag 

Benice made and the Domino book made by Lizette.

The magazine is filled with lots of colourful and

fun projects to make.

The magazine is a real treat and my ring box looks verrry 

pretty, because Lisa can take a gooood picture!

xx

Keep well