Mark making and paint smushing is sometimes all you need to fill an art journal page! Honest! It doesn’t have to be complicated and it is a lot of fun! To show you how, and get you started with it, I am in my junk journal having a play and you can watch the whole process.
I’ve gone very mixed media with this one using acrylic paint, washi tape, pencils and pens for my mark making and paint smushing but really all you need is paint and a brush all the rest is extras!
And you know what else would work well on a page like this? A bit of doodling like we did last week!
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VIDEO: Ideas For Your Art Journal: Mark Making And Paint Smushing
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Acrylic Paint (Quinacridone Rose Light, Turquoise Green, Brilliant Blue, Nickel Titanium Yellow)
Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
Amsterdam Expert Acrylic Paint (Indigo)
Titanium White (Any. I used Pebeo)
Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 and 3/4 flat, size 8 round brush)
Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Signal White 1.0mm)
Derwent Inktense Pencils
Whatever you do with your page this week, mark making and paint smushing or maybe a bit of doodling too, I hope you have fun with it!
If you are looking for some help to stop you overthinking your page then I do have a growing number of to play with and keep you on course!
Keep on looking after yourself and having art fun!
Kim
