VIDEO: Drawing With Ink – Art Journal Doodles With A Fountain Pen

Do you use a fountain pen in your art journaling and if you do what ink do you use? Recently I have been doing more fountain pen art. I really love the feel and flow of using a fountain pen. It is great for doodles and also for sketching too but I wanted to find out if I could use it in…

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VIDEO: From Art Journal Fail To New Art

    I warn you this video starts with a rather nasty art journal fail! I mean it is ugly. A catastrophe! A mistake! A mess! Don't say that I didn't warn you! But don't worry because I save the page and make some new art from the mess and I hope that it puts you in the mood to revisit some…

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VIDEO: Art Journal Process – Easy Flowers And My Thought Processes Behind This Page

  You know when you have half an idea in your head but you aren't really sure where it will take you? Well this easy flowers art journal page is definitely one of those! I thought I would take you through my full thought process for how this easy flowers painting art journal page came into being and I really hope that…

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VIDEO: Art Journal – Easy Stenciling With A Kitchen Sponge

  You guys know that I love a bit of easy stenciling don't you? I mean give me a piece of paper and a pair of scissors and I'll give you a stencil and mask to play with! It's so lo-tech but I've gone even lower tech today because I have re-purposed a kitchen sponge - don't worry it won't be going…

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VIDEO: Art Journal – Acrylic paint and Gouache Paint

  It's art journal time! I thought I would change pace today, well it is Sunday after all, and share an art journal page process video. This page started with some paint left over from another project that I wanted to use up, so I had no real plans for it. I've built it up with gouache and acrylic paint and also…

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VIDEO: Where Do You Get Your Ideas? Tips For Artists and Crafters

  Where do you get your ideas? How do you keep inspired and do you have any tricks for when you aren't feeling inspired? I'm sharing some of my go-to habits and ways that I generate ideas and keep inspired but I also want to hear yours too, so do share, either here or over on my YouTube channel. I'm also practising…

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VIDEO: Simple Mask And Heat Embossing Technique – Art Journal Page

I've got a fun heat embossing technique for you today. It is so simple that you will wonder why you don't use it with your heat embossing all of the time! It is a really great way to stretch your stash and make more out of your stamps, particularly your background stamps, texture stamps or pattern stamps. With this really simple technique…

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VIDEO: Art Journal Page Process – Simple Acrylic Paint Layers

Ok, I'll own up! I have been on a spending spree! I have some Amsterdam acrylic paints to try out this week and following on from last Sunday, when I was putting the Pebeo Irridescent paints through their paces, it is starting to look like I might have gone a bit acrylic paint-crazeeee! Mmm? Perhaps I have?! But I wanted to branch…

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VIDEO: How To Make A Winter Texture Art Journal Page

  Is it snowing where you are? Well, it is definitely snowing in my art journal today! I have a little Winter texture art journal page inspiration for you and a technique for making a nice DIY snowy scene that you can use as a backdrop for something else or as it is to make lovely abstract Winter art. I've used a…

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