Messy Art Journal Page

Hi everyone!

Those who have followed me on my art journey for a while know that I simply love mixed media and creating "messy" art in my art journal. There is nothing more satisfying than playing with paint, stamps, stencils and collage to get unique results. 

I enjoy applying acrylic paint with a brayer. This way you can quickly cover the blank surface. Create interesting texture by overlapping the paint.

Continue adding layers. Try using different tools, such as a palette knife, stencils and in the above example, a rough textured piece of string dipped in black ink! If you are curious to find out how I made this effect, you are welcome to watch the whole process in the video below:

Enjoy and have fun! And if you are watching on YouTube - a thumbs up, comment or a subscription to my channel would be massively appreciated :) 

Autumn Girl Mixed Media Art Journal Spread

Hello friends!

Autumn is upon us, with the leaves gradually changing their colors to lovely warm yellows and reds. The days are getting shorter and there is a chill in the air in the mornings. I appreciate the last golden rays of sunlight that we get!

This fall season has inspired me to create this leaf-themed art journal spread 🍂

I am sharing a free tutorial over on You Tube:

In this video I am having fun with various types of mixed media techniques: dry brushing, stencilling, stamping, collage and drawing/illustrating. While it's not difficult to create this spread, some drawing experience would be helpful. I used graphite pencils in HB/4B/6B, as I find this tool is accessible to most. All of the supplies are listed in the video description.

I chose one of my favorite Autumn quotes by Albert Camus and stamped this onto paper scraps with my silcone alphabet stamp set. Be warned - It takes quite a while to stamp, cut and glue onto the page :)

For her "hair" a simple leaf-shaped stamp works best. Just make sure it's a single leaf without any branches etc.

I hope you enjoy this tutorial. Happy Autumn 🍁🎃