Art journal pages – Mixed media
These two are recent made art journal pages. Here I have used mixed media. Nowadays , I am making more and more art journal pages. Though I like to write journals too, expressing some of my thoughts and feelings through art is so satisfying. The major difference while writing a journal and making an art journal is, while writing I need to put pressure on my brain when I am stuck. But in case of art journaling I don’t have to strain myself. Just play with colors, stickers, embellishments etc. My thoughts just flow.
I know sometimes it goes wrong, some colors and pictures are put in a wrong place, but still it looks beautiful for me. This is a continuous process of playing and learning.
I have a collection of journals, some are text journals and some I am intending to make art journals.
This is the first art journal page, where the major theme is honey bee.
Art journal page – honey bee theme
In making this art journal page, I have used honey bee theme. Some design papers, some handmade flowers are used in making this page. I have used a fabric, which has the honey bee comb designs, and bee comb design stamps too. The colors used are splash colors majorly, distress inks too.
Another art journal page is forest and flowers theme.
Flowers and forest theme
In this page, I have used handmade flowers, floral stamps and design papers. The centre contains floral and leafy designs. It is surrounded by greenery. For the outer designs I have used stencils and gesso. Here too I have used water colors and some color pencils.
Normally , I design art journal pages using fresh , plain pages, using distress ink and other techniques. But the ones shown in this post are used books. 🙂 Recycling the used book. I have many ideas to make some more pages, after that, I will be designing the art journal front page too. I am fond of making lace journals too. One lace journal I have already made and gifted to my niece. Excited to start another one. 🙂
Love, Laugh and Live the life to the fullest,
-Ranjana
