Art Journal workshop

I love sharing my ideas and what I find in my creative investigations,

I believe it´s part of my soul calling or purpose!  Most of the time I play

with those ideas once or twice and then move to the next find, that is

why I should share them, for others to enjoy of them and play with them.

I am celebrating 1000 followers on my Instagram with this workshop,

I hope you enjoy it!

I once learned about the citrasolve and magazines to create beautiful new

backgrounds from Misty Mawn, one of my favorite artists, I couldn´t find 

the liquid in my country so I couldn´t try the lesson at that time but having 

a little free time for playing in the studio these days gave me the idea of using 

sandpaper to remove the background of a page and use it for my art journal.

I used soft sandpaper, a very fine grade so I wouldn´t break the paper.

I randomly looked for a page that would click with me, I haven´t buy any

magazines for a very long time so I used one that has been on my bookshelf 

for some time just waiting to be called.

This gave me the idea of using it to write about the books I am reading now

so I loved it!  I glued the page with gloss medium, you can use matte

medium or even some regular white glue! 

Here is my page glued after sanding the background out! I used the

roller to flatten the page, many air bubbles want to stay there! ^_^

  

A close up on the page, see the air bubbles?  

I am happy with some living there :D

Then I added transparent guesso for I wanted to draw and write on the page.

I added some paint after having some ideas on what I wanted, you can always

change your mind about the design, the colors or else!

This is my final result after playing with colors and my charcoal pencil, 

between sips of soft coffee and writing on some other journal, the idea of

what you plant in your mind through what you read and watch on tv or 

movies came to me, it is important to have a filter for it all goes into 

your subconscious!  

Learning to have fun with your artwork is important, what you learn 

from it becomes part of you and you take it to other kinds of work, it 

helps you evolve and playing time is nurturing and self love so I really 

encourage it!

I hope you try these ideas and have fun with them, it´s a great experience

to be able to share with you and thank you to all those who write to me and

share a bit about you, that is what the internet is for, connecting! 

Much love and gratitude!

Materials list:

 soft sandpaper with a very fine grade

Art journal for mixed media

gloss or matte medium

brushes

paints, choose three or four colors

I used:

 burnt umber

titanium white

cobalt blue

neutral grey

orange

quinacridone nickel azo gold

Charcoal pencil