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20 minutes art journaling – blue sky
I kinda like working in this little sketchbook turned into an art journal with the use of collage paper, inserts and most of all, gesso! When you gesso thin pages you instantly create a new waterproof layer ready for new art work. Some might prefer to draw directly on paper, but I'm a fan of gessoed paper. I'm halfway through this gorgeous journal and I can't wait to add more drawings to it!
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Adding flowers and texture
After drawing and painting this face over here, I’ve realized that the other page of the spread was looking incomplete and needed an urgent change. Although the previous page was looking pretty good, wait to see how the spread came together … I wasn’t a fan of the spread so I decided to add some flowers to complete the whole spread. The page has some bright pink background and a few circles on the bottom of it, so it wasn’t so pleasant visually. The idea with the flowers came only after I drew a few oval shapes that were nothing close to flowers of any kind, but after I let…
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Drawing with wax crayons
It can be hard to find time and space to draw and paint with a little one, but not when he’s also into it! So in those moments I draw along with him. This time I thought it would be nice to see if I can draw a face using his Bic wax crayons, and the result was pretty surprising. I kinda like the way it looks and thw marks it leaves on the paper. I continued applying layer afer layer until I find that she’s looking pretty good for a wax crayon drawing. Of course, I’m inclined to add some acrylic paints over the wax marks, but I’m not…
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Beautiful girl with honey hair
Today is the Romanian National Day, La mulți ani, Romania! 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴 Im drawing and painting again in my Mixed Media CANSON journal and as I’m drawing this face, I rediscovered my junk journal sitting in my stash. It’s time to bring this journal to life again, but that’s another blog post – I just wanted to remind you that junk journals can be such a great fun, and I still have mine to play with. I know people visiting my blog are vwey much in love with the junk journal process, so I’ll keep on posting about it 🙂 Now back to this girl you already saw a little preview…
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How to turn a sketch into a painting
Starting your own mixed media journal can be scary or intimidating, but remember once you get started it will get easier and funnier to draw, paint or collage. And even painting a face over an abstract background will seem easy enough to just give it a try. So, why not start today? If my last blog caught your interest and you want to know the process from a sketch to a painted face, keep on reading. In this post I’ll show you how beautiful and easy it is to paint with acrylic paints, still my most favorite medium ever! This sketch started with a black marker I bought from Ikea,…
