Art And Art Journaling Tutorials

Ideal for art journaling and mixed media...

Creative techniques for using in your art journaling and mixed media projects - you can also find more videos on how I create art journal pages in my Journaling Videos secion.

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Instant Scrunch Background Texture Techniques This tutorial will show you a few quick & easy ways for creating a lovely, instant texture which feels a lot like fabric - all you need is paint & paper...

Mini Flesh Tone Mixing Tutorial This a mixed media art journal page process video incorporating a ueseful mini skin tone mixing tutorial.

How to Seal Your Art Journal Pages Prevent sticky pages in your journals - discover my secret weapon for super-fab sealed pages in this faq/fyi/show-n-tell tutorial.

Organic Art Journal Tutorial This is a page process tutorial in which I practice what I preach. Go on, allow your inner creative self room to play and blossom...

A Bunch of Backgrounds: Techniques & Tips For a while now I've been asked if I'll do a video on backgrounds. So I thought I would take up the challenge to show a few techniques for cleaner looking backgrounds - there's also lots of scrummy info on how I develop a page too...

Journal Exercise - Let's Make This Year Awesome Although, this video tutorial was posted for the New Year - the journal excercise is good for any time! It's quick and easy AND perfect for putting yourself in a happy mindset...

Faux Gel Printing with a Craft Mat An alternative way of getting the effect of printing from a Gel Plate by using craft supplies that are already to hand. Produces some cool effects!

Rope Portrait Tutorial This tutorial is a technique to get some texture into your art & art journals with rope. (You don't actually need rope - it's just a concept, in the tutorial I used crochet wool)

Easy Texture Technique - Gesso Bubbles Super easy & quick technique for adding lots of texture to an art journal page or project shown in a lovely short video =)

Art Journal Page Process - Texture I normally put all page process videos on the Journaling Videos page (even though nearly all my process videos have a tutorial feel/tips to them) this one feels most like a tutorial. The whole process is about keeping the texture MAXIMIZED, from the materials right the way through to how you apply them, I give tips for keeping a fully textured page.

Oil and Ink - Art Journal Tutorial Art journaling tutorial using an ink wash with an oil resist technique. Messy and fun.

Paint Easy Abstract Faces with Ink Pads Learn how to make really easy faces with ink pads. The ink pads I use are Tsukineko Brillance but you can you any angled ones. This is a great technique for super fast art journaling that still has some funky style.

Doodle Scrapbooking In this tutorial I show you that you don't always need an array of brought scrapbooking supplies to make an awesome layout! This page is created with some plain paper & pens.

Drawing Girls Faces Tutorial This video is actually a three in one tutorial. It shows the process of creating three different girls faces, under three different time frames and using three different sets of materials. Hope you enjoy.

Smashbooking Tutorial This video is a tutorial of two different ways that I Smashbook - one very quick page just using items to hand in my Smash Kit (see 'journaling videos' page to see a video of what that kit contains) and another more elaborate page for when you have time to spend on a page. Fun, fun, fun :)

Gesso Scratch Tutorial A quick and easy background technique where you can use any found items to hand and get super messy if you'd like :)

Zine-Style Writing Tutorial Retro Writing that looks fab for journaling or zines. Really fun 'comic-y' looking style tutorial.

Art Journal Technique for Loosening Up This tutorial is a faux Chinese Brush style painting technique I use to loosen up my mojo and shake off my inner critic. It's a fab technique to use as a warm up for a 'serious' session of art.

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