Diving Deep in Your Art Journaling Practice

Dear Wonderful, Creative You:

One of the well-nigh beautiful gifts in my fine art journaling practice is the ability to transform my feelings on the folio, especially by working in stages and layers.

Working over time and in layers creates a conversation between me and the art slice. I take to be open to what the art wants, and non try to force things. I stand up dorsum frequently, looking from a altitude, and waiting. This process is deep, sacred, and cleansing for me. I'm excited to share information technology with you.

Mindful Fine art Journaling in Stages

First, I made an ink and string drawing (a technique I teach in Art Journaling 101.) That version of the folio sabbatum untouched for many months. Next, on separate days months apart, I doodled the triangles on the bottom left, and and then added a light launder in blue and light-green high flow acrylic paint.

I liked what was appearing, and then I added some other layer of launder to deepen the values.

I could take stopped hither, simplyI needed to think through my feelings and find equilibrium. I felt relieved and more clear by the terminate.

Next, I added another wash of pigment over my words in order to hide them a bit, that's the photo you see below.

It seemed to me that the words should be fifty-fifty more hidden, and so once the paint was dry, I began rubbing white gesso onto the page with my fingers. Using my hands gives me an intimate and direct relationship with my art. The black shape on the left page reminded me of a blossom, and I imagined that the dots I drew were bloom seeds floating away.

Afterward stepping back to take a look, I added more layers of gesso, over again with my fingers. To become that smoky wait, I use a pulling and dragging movement with the gesso.

Next, I added some white dots around the edge of the gesso with my new favorite Posca pen.

Soon the white started to feel overpowering, so I used the brush to do another wash with my loftier flow acrylic in bluish.

Then I added a piddling wash of sap green.

And then suddenly it seemed to me the piece needed to drop downwards once again into deeper tones.I used my new plexiglass palette to mix the colors right next to my folio. Information technology'due south so convenient to mix the high flows on my table and so wipe them off when I'm done. I wonder if you would like it too?

After that, it seemed that the dots wanted to multiply, so I let them. And then I stood away from information technology for a long while gazing at information technology from a distance.

And then something magical happened…the paper cutouts! I loved the contrast of the translucent tracing paper and the opaque white pen confronting the depth of the green-blue shades on the page.

I added more interest past layering the flowers. I glued the flowers down in the center, so that the blossom petals could flutter and make little sounds with the smallest provocation.

I've ever been fascinated by the many properties of newspaper, including the sound and texture,  and lately I've been experimenting with how I tin can use paper as a sculptural chemical element in journals. This is an exciting step in that journey. It's fifty-fifty more exciting knowing the the page started as a fashion to vent my frustrations, and turned into a piece that is full of life and whimsy. It makes me think about how changing my perspective and behavior can modify my experience.

I'd love to hear how yous swoop deep in your fine art journaling practice. Share about it in the comments and please share this postal service with a friend!

Art Materials I Used for This Folio:

Moleskine Periodical, Classic Colored Notebook, Big, 5 x viii.25

Golden High Flow Acrylic, Sap Dark-green

Golden Loftier Period Acrylic, Phthalo Blue Dark-green Shade, Transparent Line

Liquitex Gesso

White Posca Pen

Gel Pen in peach from Sakura Gelly Curl Souflee

Tracing Paper

Scissors

Classes I Referenced with This Page:

Art Journaling 101

Fluid Art

Helpful Art Journaling Tutorials and Posts:

Emptying Out, Filling Up

The Simple Art Technique I Just Can't Stop Doing

The Guide to Creative Self-Care – My powerful, free course!

Instagram:

Y'all can notice more than of my art and daily inspiration on Instagram: @amymaricle

Have fun with all these resource!

Creatively Yours,

Amy

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