Great Things | Art Journal

I made an art journal spread recently with all the shiny things to buoy my mood. I used my gel plate for some parts of the spread, but not for monoprinting –

I started by gesso-ing the page, and added some texture with modeling paste and a stencil. I dabbed acrylics around the textures, and metallic wax over them. I then used more acrylics through stencils, outlining the results with a fineliner in the end since they didn’t turn out as vivid as I’d hoped.

I hand-tore some paper rectangles, and used a gel plate with metallic acrylics to paint them. I crudely ran a Copic marker along their edges to roughly form some framing, and adhered them in an overlapping manner on the spread.

I then added marks, a quote, and some scribble-journaling on the paper tags using a fineliner, Posca markers, and a water-based marker. I added fine acrylics splatters to various spots on the spread, both directly and from a gel plate. I also added more marks to the background with an oil-based marker – I love the glossy shine from these.

Finally, I used some watercolors on the edges of the page. That completed the spread, ta da!

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With this spread, I’m joining these challenges –

613 Avenue Create Sep Challenge: Anything Goes w/Optional: Use a Charm	Arty Divas – Challenge 29 – Anything Goes
ABMTTC Extra Challenge for September – Anything Goes	Creative Fingers Challenge #192 – Anything Goes
More Mixed Media Challenge – Anything Goes w/ Optional Brown	Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Frame It
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – No Stamps Allowed	STAMPlorations Summer Challenge