Art Journaling & Mixed Media Art
by Aisling D'Art
You can sew embellishments onto your paper journal pages. You can use any page in a book like fabric (to sew on, for example) by using iron-on interfacing on the back side of the page. Yes, just iron it on, the same as you would iron interfacing onto fabric. It won’t always stick 100%, but…
Paintbrushes are important for many artists. I have lots of them for all purposes. I use bristle-style brushes for my oil and acrylic painting. Also, I’ll use soft, hair-type brushes when I’m painting with watercolors. However, for me, one-inch foam brushes are most useful for art journaling. How I use foam brushes When I’m creating…
The following two journal pages are glorious examples of work by Debbie O. of our Yahoo Group, ArtistsJournals. They’re wonderful mixed media journal pages with fabric elements, and they’re full of personal insights and juicy imagery. These continue the journey of Round Robin #2b (a larger blank journal) as it traveled across the U.S. and…
After arriving in Tennessee from Arkansas, it was time to continue Alley’s journey. During the final phase of Alley’s adventures, she reached Winchester, Tennessee. That part of her trip inspired the next two pages in this round robin artists’ journal. This transformed this journal into a true mixed-media artists’ journal, as Alley included actual cotton…
After Arkansas, Alley and her husband were on their way to Tennessee. The map in this collage shows the route that she and her husband took as they headed toward Memphis. Paper ephemera illustrates their journey. Here are her journal pages, larger: Click here to see the last two pages of Alley’s section in this…
From Texas, Alley’s adventures continued through Arkansas. That part of her journey was documented on the next two pages in the round robin journal from the Yahoo Group, Artists’ Journals. Here are those pages, larger: Click here to follow Alley’s next step of the journey, as she and her husband drove from Arkansas toward Memphis,…
After I finished a quick pair of collage pages, Alley Hauldren from Texas took this round robin journal on an adventure, driving from Dallas (TX) to Winchester (TN). Here’s her first two-page addition to this journal: Here they are, larger. Her next two pages cover the second segment of her vacation. Click here to see…
Last Spring, two round robin journals were launched through the ArtistsJournals group at Yahoo Groups. The first one — Round Robin #1 (aka RR #1) — returned to me first. It’s pages have been scanned and posted. Round Robin Journal #2 had a slightly rockier start. The first person I sent it to… she kept…
Are you a professional artist, or launching an art career? Whether you’re a gallery veteran or simply considering selling your art, it’s vital to remain current about the art field as well as business trends in general. So… who are you reading, to stay current? One of the most important recent books is Seth Godin’s…
These are the final scans from the American participants in the round robin (RR) journal #1 that began at ArtistsJournals in April 2010. The first are 10 pages by Linda Giese: The next journal pages are by Iris Gonyea: (The text on that collage says, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” — Albert Einstein.) Now,…