Mixed Media & Art Journaling with Love
First Mixed Media blog in Romania
The other day I was surprised to find that Auchan has extended its crafts and DIY shelves with more popular items and art supplies that serve the purpose of art journaling and mixed media. I found these cute acrylic…
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Here is a little bit of what I call “gorgeous call of creativity”, when you leave out your perfectionist self and welcome your truest self: the one that makes mistakes and is not perfect. The one you probably hide from…
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It was great to #painting again. I even created a short #video while doing it, and I’m pretty sure you’re gonna love #watching it. The page in the right: #Derwent #inktensepencils with a bit of white #gesso. The result? Fast…
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YOU have to silence your mind in order to listen to your intuition. As I told you before, I love the freedom a junk journal offers: you don’t have to worry about ruining the paper or the journal, because…
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It’s said that November it’s a sad, depressive month, but it doesn’t have to be like so if you don’t want it too. If you’ve been an outside person during the summer and autumn, then chances are to enjoy this…
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I remember when I started with art journaling..! So many pages, so many artists! I felt overwhelmed by the variety of styles and mediums I had discovered in such a short time just by searching old Google. There are many…
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Don’t know what to journal about? You know that’s just a pathetic excuse for not doing nothing, right? 15 minutes of art journaling won’t take too much of your time. No matter how busy you are, you need to make room…
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Well, what’s with all these imaginary characters (whimsical faces)? They are a free and unhampered expression, with no expectations regarding the final result and certainly a practice very relaxing to me. And you probably wonder why I like to…
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Been doing lots of pages and haven’t post in ages about my journal creations. But today I wanna share with you some page I’ve completed a while ago and a short video with bits of the drawing and painting process.
The last few weeks have been like crazy for me and more important stuff needed my attention, but it feels so good to be back to mixed media. Creating art is what gives me joy and makes me happy, so…
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You have seen me using oil pastels here and here. They are a fabulous medium to use and now I can say I love them. It wasn’t love at first sight, because at first I wasn’t really drawn to use…
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Where do I start? Life is really full of little special moments every day, even if we refuse to see them. The message for this page didn’t come up until I had to cover the second face arising in the…
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So playing with oil pastels is that simple! Especially when you don’t expect perfection! I named this “primitive” because is raw, with a kind of unfinished, rough feeling look. And yes, I am still working on that handmade art journal…
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Without even realizing, for this spread I’ve used the primary colors: red, yellow and blue, also the colors of the Romanian flag! I’ve started with a stamped page where I used my own handmade stamp pattern, and added yellow acrylic…
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With POSCA markers you can draw in your art journals on top of almost any media (except oils/oil pastels). They are great for adding details to your art journal pages, lettering with them is pretty easy, the white one looks…
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