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Does your art journal begin with a background? Do those colors and mood spark your creativity? Ooh, take a look at what others are doing…
For many of us, background colors and textures inform everything else we do with the page.
These artists videos are short and fun and… wow!
The first is by Purdy Creative Things. I love the variety she achieves, so quickly and with such simple techniques.
Next, this 8-minute video by Mercurial Milk presents some juicy colors and varied ideas, with useful tips for five different art journaling backgrounds.
The next video is by Maremi’s Small Art, and she shows how to create a textured, magical art background. This video is nearly 10 minutes long, but worth watching, even if you skip ahead as you understand each step.
The next video is by that same artist. It includes several one-minute background techniques. All of them are simple and use just a few colors and tools.
The video is about 7 1/2 minutes long, if you watch it all the way through. The techniques are repetitive, but each background is unique. I think the variety will inspire you to try some of her ideas, yourself.
And, in Mark Montano‘s video – about 4 1/2 minutes long – he assembles completed artist’s journals pages.
I’m including this video because many of his techniques are fast and easy ways to create vivid, unique journal page background, too.
After watching these, I’m ready to work on my journal. I hope you’re excited about these materials and techniques, too.
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