Art Journal Techniques

(Make your own acrylic spray paint by filling half bottle with equal parts water + rubbing alcohol & other half with acrylic paint...!)

Tape Lift Stamping Technique by The Technique Zone. Ink stamp with StazOn ink. Lay tape on stamp & press gently to transfer image to tape. Lift tape & stick on cardstock. Image will transfer to cardstock but will be reversed.

Gorgeous art journal pages by Daisy Yellow - Art Journaling: Art Without Rules

A quick and easy way to transfer some print material to your art journaling pages, that I came across mostly by accident and have since us...

Paint this glazed color grid as a reference. This watercolor technique will help you mix more accurate colors from now on thanks to your new glazed grid

My Distress Ink Art Journal Tutorial shows how to use distress inks, stamps, and stencils in your art journal. Click for a free download, too!

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I am very excited because I have been playing around with homemade modeling paste. It is quite fun to use stencils and slather on some white paste on a collage page and lift off the stencil and se…

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Here is the deal...I LOVE kid's markers, specifically Crayola Washable Markers (and no I was not paid to say this). Even in my days before before Lucy, I would grab kid's markers instead of spending lots of money on all those fancy markers. Today I thought I would share some of my favorite tips and tricks when using kid's markers for adult mixed media projects! Any washable or water soluble markers will work with the things that I share but I really do have a special place in my heart for…

Crumpled Paper Process Art Activity for Kids: inspired by the children's book, Ish, by Peter Reynolds~ BuggyandBuddy.com

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This year, I decided not to set lofty, unattainable New Year’s Resolutions. I always vow to journal more, to record more of life’s little moments, and I expect to fill an entire journal by the end of the year. I’m good for the first week, and then my journal sits on the nightstand until the […]

I mentioned recently that I've been working with Jane Davies' DVD, Scribble Collage. I spent a few days last week painting papers, and earlier this week I made eight small collage studies using those papers. The collages are 7-1/2 x 11 inches, on 140# watercolor paper. The studies aren't finished pieces, they're just play. Seeing how papers work together, experimenting with collage structures. The only caveat to what I've learned from Jane about painting papers is that sumi ink is still ink…

What a lovely weekend I had as an honorary Moss sister attending an art retreat for 3 in Palm Springs. Isn't the place Mary Ann found fun? As soon as I got there, I had to add a little birthday...

Frugal Family Fun shows you how to recycle an empty packing tape tube into a stamp wheel!