Art Journaling in Self Isolation – Take THAT, Coronavirus!
Skip to art journal page about coronavirus The idea of self isolation has been a difficult one for many people. Older people in particular struggle with isolation regularly. I think…
Starting with pretty colours and moving to more sombre ones
Art Journaling as a Creative Process
To me, art journaling is a creative process in a few different ways. Art Journaling as a Self-Creative Process. In one way it is a journey of self creation that…
Signs of Spring
Difference Between Mixed Media Art and Collage – Is Collage Mixed Media?
Is Collage Mixed Media? In one way the difference is very simple: collage is a specific technique that can be used on its own or within a mixed media piece.…
The biggest bow ...
Mother’s Day Card Design Ideas to Brighten Up Her Day
A couple of years ago I wrote this post about Mother's Day in the U.K. and U.S. This year I've painted some Mother's Day card designs in my expressive, colourful…
Romantic, dreamy colour mood
The Effects of Colour on Mood
Psychotherapists are, according to this article about colour, sceptical about using it to influence mood. And there is little scientific research to encourage them. However, colour has been very important to many cultures and, importantly, colours have different significance across cultures. So how is colour useful to us …? In my opinion, colour choice is very personal – from a very young age children will have their ‘favourite’ colour. For some children it will change regularly but for others, like me, it stays the same. I was very drawn to red as a child and I can’t remember there being any red in our decor at home. Maybe it was this scarcity that made me think ‘Wow!’ when I saw it …? I
A dream - Acrylic, collage and hessian and muslin fabric
Happy Process – What is Layering in Art?
In art layering means letting one application of paint dry before adding another. In some painting the layers are translucent, typically with watercolours but oils and acrylics can both be translucent, and so the layers beneath affect the colour of the outcome. In other painting opaque layers are used to obscure parts of the previous layers, for example when painting animal fur a dark layer may go down first followed by gradually lighter areas. In my painting I use translucent and opaque paints in my layering. In contrast some art is created in a single layer such as when working graphically. Think of colouring pages where areas of the painting are filled in, in one go.
Close up of foxy
My Mixed Media Art Journal Love
I love playing with mixed media in my art journal and this week I thought I would combine the theme of of love with some mixed media art journaling. But…
Haring after the plane art journal spread
Challenges of Daily Art Journaling: Challenge Yourself
You might ask yourself How can I art journal every day or even every week? And I agree, there are many challenges in daily life that make it hard to…
What's more joyful than a ball game?
Joyful Art Journaling
Quite a few of my blogs about art journaling in January were a little on the gloomy side so I wanted to talk about the joy of art journaling.You can…
A land of snow
Art Journaling – Gelli Printing
I love patterned papers - all those delightful, colourful designs. That is where I started with collage before including book pages/newsprint/music sheets/serviettes. And then I discovered something new to collage…