Art Journaling – Video Gallery and List of Techniques

Oh how I love to art journal.  I hope one day my daughter and her kids and my great grand kids might enjoy my art journals.  I love to create in them and get my thoughts on paper in an artful way.  I have so many different journals and over the years I’ve recorded my thoughts using numerous techniques.  This video is around 15 minutes but goes quickly.  But I might encourage you to pull up a cup of coffee or cool lemonade, kick your feet up and rest.  I thought I’d share with you a video gallery of my journals as well as a list of just some of the techniques I’ve used.

• Sew or stitch it
• Use vintage images and create collage
• Stamp it
• Ink it – spray or ink drops from a bottle
• Doodle
• Stamp with watercolor crayons used as ink or just stamp
• Emboss it
• Rip it
• Add vintage wallpaper; their patterns beautiful and even if you have a little it goes a long way
• Gelli print on it
• Cut up bits of a placemat and add
• Paint or draw simple geometrical shapes
• Personalize it or add pictures
• Cut out magazine words or images
• Texture it ; gesso, modeling paste, plaster, salt, you name it
• Stencil it using different mediums from paint to paste
• Make a mark by scraping paint away using tools of any nature
• Add lace and notions
• Use crackle paint or medium
• Paint or journal on canvas
• Use acrylics, watercolors and other types of paint all on one page
• Layer, layer, layer
• Paint over punches or raised letters
• Add a coat of wax, stamp into wax or melt and drizzle crayons on your page
• Use a charcoal pencil to draw
• Add glitter, beads or bling
• Use spray paint (make sure you use good ventilation)
• Draw with crayon and watercolor or use a acrylic wash over top for a resist page
• Paper peel – add glue, then paper and when tacky remove and rip some of the paper up
• Use tissue
• Add stamped leather bits or Chip Art pieces (don’t know what chip art is?  It’s chipboard that looks like leather – email me for more info and if you’re interested in supplies)
• Use cardboard for texture
• Sketch in it
• Heat some paint or tape using a heat gun (use caution)
• Try making your own stamps and your own mark in your journal
• Use duct or washi tape
• Draw and use colored pencils
• Finish with different Mod Podge choices (Shimmer, Matte, Gloss, etc.)
• Use gelatos or other creamy paints
• Add foil
• Cut letters or shapes out of fabric or canvas
• Add imagination and more!

Here’s a peek into my journals.  A little video gallery of techniques . . .

Name a technique you use in your art journals.  I’d love to know.

Warmest creative wishes,