I have eventually completed my first art journal page. I made the mistake of mixing my acrylic and oil paints in a box and thought they were all acrylic . I’m no artist so couldnt tell the difference when I was painting with them – and I used some oil paints which have taken ages to dry! I wanted to use equipment I already have at hand so I havent bought any special paint. The background was firstly painted using brillance ink pads for a metallic effect. The pointy frame at the top of page was a plain piece of paper which I stamped with a text stamp and framed it further with faux stitching. I drew the edge frame and bubbles with a sharpie marker and coloured them with acrylic / oil paint! All of the writing and outlining is done using sharpie marker and OHP marker pens. For the shading on the bubbles I used a black water colour pencil and blended it in to the background.
My first art journal page
I’m pleased with my first page and hope to keep up the journal with various happenings. The book I have used for the basis of the journal was just a cheap watercolour pad from ‘The Works’ bookshop. I liked it because it had the spiral top so the pages stay closed and flat when your working on them.
This week, I have ordered some wooden bodacious bangles and the associated paints to decorate them and cant wait until they come. I hope to have them early next week so I can play. I’m really enjoying trying a variety of new crafts lately including sewing, art and even baking.
Back to good old card making, I made this card earlier in the week for my friends little girl who was one year old on the 6th October.
The background paper is from crafters companion summer stories CD. The girl picture is a rubber stamped image from Jolly Nation. The alphabets is from Crafters companion volume one CD.
1st birthday card
