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Learn by Doing: Transform a Planner into an Art Journal

This art journal lesson needs time to dry, so you’ll find only steps one and two! You can go ahead and get started if you wish, and I will add next steps organically as I am able. Subscribe for site updates and new video announcements.

Supplies I used:

Ink and Volt planner from years past – you can use any old planner or other book, or a journal for watercolor or mixed media art.
Medium-size pallette knife and assorted paintbrushes
White gesso (I use super heavy, but you can use any weight from medium to heavy and beyond)
Acrylic gel medium (for gluing and reinforcing pages)
Watercolor paints and acrylic inks in your favorite colors
Pretty papers in colors that you like – can be envelopes, paper torn from magazines, origami paper, craft paper, etc.
Household items for texturizing gesso — paper towel, bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard, etc.
My go-to supplies for every art journal page include
- Mechanical pencil, or any sharp pencil with eraser
- White gel pen (my favorite is Uniball Signo)
- Black Stabilo-All water soluble pencil
- Golden Fluid Acrylics in Titan Buff and Titanium White

Part 1: preparing your journal (10 minutes)

Part 2: Adding Color, Finding Form (13 minutes)

Part 3 coming soon!

Learn by Doing: Very Zen Art Journaling in the Garden

Your Supplies:

Any art journal with paper thick enough to withstand wet paint
Any set of watercolors and/or inks
A white gel pen, or a black pen, or really any pen that fits what you are trying to capture or remember.

Specific Supplies that I used here:

Arteza watercolor journal/sketchbook
Lots of watercolors, but some of the special colors were Daniel Smith Serpentine Genuine, Daniel Smith French Ultramarine, Holbein Quinacridone Opera, Windsor Newton Alizarin Crimson, and my ink was Daler Rowney Process Magenta
A Uniball Signo White Gel Pen

Part 1: Setup and Getting Started (10 minutes)

Part 2: keeping going and final touches (10 minutes)

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