Journal Page - Fall Art Journal Page Renew Yourself

Hello creative Friends.  This weekend I created a fall art journal page for the YouTube Creative Art Collaborators event.  This months theme is fall.  You can see all of the videos posted for this event by other artists by searching #LoveFallArt on YouTube and you can add #ArtJournal to see art journal pages specifically to narrow the search down.  On this page I used leaves, that me and my granddaughter collected last fall for another project and stamped the leaves on the page and then attached the painted leaves to the page at the end.  I also painted a tire and then added it to the page with a string and on the back of the tire I added my quote along with the title "Renew Yourself", since this page is all about renewal.  Here is a picture of the completed art journal page I created.

And here is the video I made showing how I created this page.

I hope you like the video and thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope you also join the event this weekend and view all the videos posted by other creative artists.  Until next time, happy creating.

Journal Pages - Weekend Journal 2

Hello creative friends, hope everyone is having a good week.  My week is going well.  I completed several more pages in my weekend journal.  This time I decided to use some Liquitex Basics modeling paste through several different stencils;  Then I played around with my Adirondack and Dylusions ink sprays.  For a couple of the pages I already had some pictures selected ahead of time, so I created the background to go with them, but with other pages I was not sure what I was going to put on the page until after I finished the background.  So after I was happy with the backgrounds, I went through my stash of words, quotes and pictures to find the right ephemera that I felt worked best on each of the other journal pages to finish them. I completing 7 pages this time over the weekend.  Two of the pages I completed was already started from the last play in my weekend journal where I used up the paint that was left over and then I decided to put modeling paste on the next 5 pages.  I am planning to work on 5 pages the next time and see how that goes.  I would like to add more of my own drawings and art to the pages.  Here are a couple of pictures of my favorite journal pages from the 7 I created this weekend.

 And here is the video I made showing how I created these pages.  I show all 7 completed pages at the end of the video.

I hope you like the video and I hope have a great week.  Until next time happy creating.

Journal Pages - Weekend Journal 1

Hello creative friends, hope everyone is having a good week.  My week is going well.  I have been thinking a lot about working on and complete more than one journal page at a time, as I only have the weekends to work on my art journal.  And doing one journal page each weekend, if I have the time, is going to take me forever to complete an art journal. So I decided to work on 10 art journal pages at the same time this weekend.  I worked in my Strathmore 9"x12" Mixed Media art journal and I scraped paint on each of the pages with a credit card;  Then I added some papers to some of the pages and stencils and stamps to others.  After I was happy with the backgrounds, I went through my stash of words, quotes and pictures to find the right ephemera that I felt worked best on each of the journal pages to finish them.  Completing 10 pages over a weekend proved to take quite a bit of time so I plan next time to work on maybe 5 pages at the same time and see how that goes.  This is somewhat similar to the 5s Journal that Shannon Green introduced, and I completed one myself some time ago, except that the 5s Journal is timed and you only have 15 minutes to complete each stage.  What I am trying to accomplish is completing more than one journal page over a weekend and allowing myself as much time as it takes and as much time as I have available to complete them.  Here are a couple of pictures of my favorite journal pages from the 10 I created this weekend.

The heart with the rose is a tape transfer I created for this page.

These are birds that I drew in my sketch book.  I printed them out, stamped them with a script stamp, cut them out and used clear Gesso to fix them to the journal page.  I then painted them with acrylic paint.

I really liked how all of the journal pages turned out and it was difficult to select just a couple as my favorites.  I also created the following video showing how I created these pages and show all 10 journal pages at the end.

How do you like to work in your art journal - one page at a time or several pages at once?  I would love to hear how you like to art journal.  Hope you have a good week.  Until next time, happy creating.

Journal Page - Your Search is Over

Hello creative friends.  Here is another art journal page I created called the Your Search is Over.  I had a journal page that I glued a napkin to with gesso some time ago, but did not know what to do with it after that.  I decided to search through my stash of pictures, quotes and words to find items I could put on this journal page.  Here is the journal page I created:

Here are some closeup pictures of this page:

This page has a lot of meaning for me.  I really like the way it turned out.  Here is the video I recorded showing how I created this page:

Thank you for stopping by.  Until next time, happy creating.

Art Journal Page - Birds of a Feather

Hello creative friends.  Hope everyone is having a good weekend.  Mine is going well.  This weekend the Creative Arts Collaboration group is having another YouTube event and I've posted a video for this event.  On this art journal page I used junk mail, paint, Tim Holtz tissue paper and ephemera.  I like the way this journal page turned out for the most part, but feel I could have done a better job on the birds.  Oh well.  Here is a picture of the front of my journal page:

And here is a picture of the inside of my journal page.

I could not decide on what to put on the inside of this page, so as I was going through my quotes to find one to add, I decided to do a group of quotes.  I really like the way the inside of this art journal page turned out.  I also made a mistake on this page, did you spot the mistake.  As I was writing my quote on the front and on the inside with indian ink and a quill pin, I was thinking how feather and together rimed, but only after writing it did I realize I also spelled them the same and they are not spelled the same LOL.  Oh well, it is what it is and my journal is a reflection of me and since I am not perfect, nor is my art journal and I am ok with that.  I could have gessoed over it and fixed it, but decided not to.  Here is the video I made showing how I created this art journal page:

If you want to see more videos posted for this event this weekend you can search YouTube for #pawgustart.  Additionally if you would like to see specific videos, for example videos on art journaling like this one, you can add #artjournal in your search to see all videos on art journaling.  If you liked my video please like, subscribe to my channel or comment on YouTube, I would love to hear from you.  Or you can leave a comment here on my blog.   Thank you for visiting my blog, watching my video and joining us for this weekends event.  We will be holding other events each month with different themes so stayed tuned.  Until next time, happy creating.

Art Journal Page - Uncharted Territory

Hello creative friends. I hope everyone is having a good week.  My week is going well.  This week I have another art journal page that I created some time ago and finally got around to editing the video so I could get it posted.  This journal page started with a page that had leftover paint on it.   I then added a piece of junk mail that was a tri-fold and put gesso on the whole thing.  I covered the whole page and the tri-fold with brown Staz On ink.  I covered the tri-fold with Tim Holtz tissue paper and then decorated the page with a tape transfer, some ephemera from a couple of Tim Holtz ephemera packs and a quote.  I finished the page using a Stabilo pencil.  Here is a picture of the journal page.

Here are some detailed pictures of the inside of the tri-fold.

And here is a video showing how I created this page.

Hope you like the video.  I really like the way this page turned out.  Until next time, happy creating.

Art Journal Page - Believe and Have Faith

Hello creative friends.  How is your week going?  Mine is going ok.  I have not been doing much art journaling lately due to several health related issues recently for me, my daughter and my sister.  Thankfully mine was nothing serious.  My daughter and sister are still recovering from surgeries as well as can be expected.  Here is a quick art journal page that I created a while ago and finally got around to editing the video and getting it posted.  It is an journal page I created using stencils, paints, sprays and a tape transfer.  I finished it off with a quote that I found in my stash.  Here is a picture of the art journal page I completed:

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

I hope you like this journal page and the video.  Hope everyone has a great week. Until next time, happy creating.