A Floral Journal and a Painted Flamingo

Hello creative friends.  Hope everyone is having a good week.  My week has been going well.  This week I have a Floral Journal that I created for my Etsy shop and a painted Flamingo art journal page.  The Floral Journal I made using pattern paper, drawing paper, beads and charms.  Here are pics of the journal.

And if interested, you can see a video I created of a flip through this journal on my YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/XjvpX1lG_tY   

I also created another art journal page of a Flamingo.  I drew the Flamingo, then painted around it with watercolor paints, then painted the Flamingo with acrylic paints.  Here is a pic of this journal page:

And if interested, here is the video showing how I painted this Flamingo.



If interested in purchasing any of the journals I make you can visit my Etsy shop at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JoysArt360   Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a good week.  Until next time, Happy Creating.



Trash To Treasure Video Hop - Easy Breezy Summer Art Journal Page

Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is having a good week.  My week has been going well.  As mentioned earlier this week there is a video hop on YouTube with the Creative Arts Collaboration group.  The theme this month is Trash To Treasure.  The hop started Wednesday April 19th and runs until Sunday 23rd and videos will be posted on various days of the hop by other participants.


I decided to do an art journal page for this hop using tags along with pictures and quotes from magazines I've been collecting.  I adhered the tags to the journal page and then covered everything with gesso.  I used watercolor and Golden high flow paint to color the page. I then added my pictures and quotes, traced around everything with a Posca paint pen and then used Ultramarine blue Staz-on ink pad to edge the entire page.  Here are pictures of the art journal page I created:

 
And here is the video showing how I created this page:

If you are interested in seeing all the videos for this hop, you can search on YouTube for #tracktotreasure2017.  Check back throughout the week and weekend as other artists will continue to post videos.  Hope you enjoy the video and the video hop.  Thank you for stopping by and until next time, happy creating.

A Video Hop, A Tea Journal and A Painted Egret

Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is having a good week.  My week has been going well.  A lot is going on this week.  This week there is going to be a video hop with the Creative Arts Collaboration group.  The theme this month is Trash To Treasure.  The hop starts Wednesday April 19th and runs until Sunday 23rd.  I will be posting a video for this hop on Thursday night April 20th.  So if you are interested in seeing the videos for this hop you can search on YouTube for #tracktotreasure2017 to see all the videos that are posted for the event.

This week I also have another journal that I created for my Etsy shop and a video showing a flip through this journal.  Here are pics of the journal I made.

If interested in seeing a flip through this journal, you can view it on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/WlCs0G9YNZ0  And if interested in purchasing any of the journals that I've created please visit my Etsy shop at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JoysArt360 



I also have an art journal page of an Egret that I painted.  I drew the bird on the page, painted the background with black gesso and then painted the bird with acrylic paints.  Here are some pics of the Egret I painted.

And if interested here is the video showing how I painted this Egret.

I hope you join the video hop this weekend and enjoy all the videos posted for this event.  Thank you for stopping by.  Until next time, happy creating.

Life Art Journal Page and a Weathered Wood Journal

Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is having a good week.  Mine is going well.  This week I have an art journal page that I created and a weathered wood journal that I made for my Etsy shop.  The art journal page I created using scrap papers, tissue paper, Dylusions spray ink, tape transfers, watercolor paints, acrylic paints and ephemera from my stash.  Here are pics of the journal page I created.

 

I had a lot of fun creating this art journal page and liked the way it turned out. If interested, here is a video showing how I created this page.



 
I also have another journal that I created for my Etsy shop.  I used pattern paper, drawing paper, beads, a key charm, brads and a decorative silver plate to create the cover, pages, pockets, tags and a bookmark.  Here are pics of the journal that I made.

And if interested you can see a flip through this journal on my YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/Ctv1r8WWMcI  and visit my Etsy shop to purchase any of the journals I've created at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JoysArt360  Thank you for stopping by.  Until next time, happy creating.

An Altered Book Journal and a Painted Jaguar

Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is having a great week.  My week is going well.  This week I have a new journal that I made for my Etsy shop and a Jaguar that I painted in my art journal.  The journal is made by altering a book and adding pages using plane and pattern paper.  I added some pockets and tags, and a ribbon book mark.  Here are pictures of the journal I created.

 

I really like the way this journal turned out.  If interested in purchasing any of the journals I made you can visit my Etsy shop at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JoysArt360  and you can see a flip through this journal on my YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/ZJmw8Bt2fxg    

 

I also have a painting of a Jaguar, I painted in my art journal, to continue practicing painting animals.  I drew the Jaguar and then used watercolor paints to quickly color the background.  I then used acrylic paint to paint the Jaguar.  Here is a picture of the Jaguar I painted in my art journal.

 

 

And here is a video showing how I painted this Jaguar.

 



 

I really like the way this Jaguar turned out.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great week. Until next time, Happy Creating.

 



Keepsake Journals and a Painted Tiger

Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is having a great week.  My week is going well.  This week I have a set of Keepsake journals that I made for my Etsy shop and a tiger that I pained in my art journal.  The Keepsake journals are made out of packaging that I received and thought they would make great journals.  So I used the packaging for the journal covers and added pages using plane and pattern paper.  I added some pockets and tags, beads and charms and then stickers from my stash.  After creating the books I covered a box in pattern paper and added a ribbon to keep them all together.  Here are pictures of the Keepsake journals I created.

 

I really like the way this set turned out and think they are really cute.  If interested in purchasing any of the journals I made you can visit my Etsy shop at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JoysArt360 and you can see a video showing a flip through these journals on my YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/7WM7CoH_fZQ

 

I have always like to draw animals, but have also wanted to learn to paint animals.  So I decided to paint a tiger in my art journal for practice.  I drew the tiger and then used watercolor paints to quickly color the background.  I then used acrylic paint to paint the tiger.  Here is a picture of the tiger I painted in my art journal.

 

 

And if interested here is the video showing how I painted the tiger.

 



 

I really like the way it turned out and had fun painting it, but need more practice painting animals.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great week. Until next time, Happy Creating.



Believe in Yourself Mini Journal

Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is having a good week.  My week has been going well.  This week I have another mini journal that I created using cardboard panels, Gesso, Dylusions and Adirondack spray inks, copy write free images, markers, Tim Holtz chit chat, a china marker, a black ink pad, ribbon and ephemera from my stash.  I distressed the cardboard panels, then scraped white gesso across the panels.  I sprayed the panels with spray inks to add color to the panels, printed copy write free images and colored them with markers.  I added the images I colored and ephemera from my stash to the panels.  I used a black ink pad around the edge of the panels, traced around the pictures with the china marker and added quotes from Tim Holtz chit chat.  I then finished the journal by painting the back of the panels with black gesso and used ribbon to bind it all together.  Here are a couple of the panels in this journal.

And here is a video showing how I created this mini journal.

I have really been having a lot of fun making these mini journals.  And this is a good way to use up all of the boxes from the Amazon deliveries LOL.  I cut them down to the size panels that I want to use for making mini journals and I have a stack of them in different sizes.  I hope you try this and have fun making your own mini journals.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment or send me an email.  Until next time, happy creating.