Art Journal Page 238

Hi everyone!

Again I'm working in my whimsy journal, this time it's more of a whimsical page than the previous!

Today is all about ladybugs!

You can watch the full process video on my YouTube channel by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Semco 'sky blue' acrylic paint
Americana 'serene' chalky finish acrylic paint
Anita's 'burnt umber' acrylic paint
J.Burrows 'expresso' acrylic paint
Mont Marte 'burnt siennna' acrylic paint
Mont Marte 'yellow ochre' acrylic paint
Americana 'soft jade' acrylic paint
Semco 'leaf green' acrylic paint
Semco 'bright green' acrylic paint
Plaid 'kelly green' acrylic paint
Semco 'grey' acrylic paint
CraftWorks 'lime' acrylic paint
Tim Holtz 'pine needles' distress marker
Semco 'flesh' acrylic paint
Semco 'tuscan red' acrylic paint
Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint
Black uni POSCA pen
White Sharpie paint pen
Black Stabilo pen
Green Stabilo pen
ZIG Clean Color 'light green' real brush
Aqua pen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

Art Journal Page 237

Hi everyone!

Today I am working in my whimsy journal, however you could question whether or not it is a whimsical page, but it's now in there so here it is!

You can watch the full process video on my YouTube channel by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Napkin from stash (gifted)
Liquitex Professional matte medium
Tim Holtz 'mermaid lagoon' distress paint
Tim Holtz 'salty ocean' distress paint
Tim Holtz 'tumbled glass' distress paint
Simon Says Stamp 'lots of dots' stamp set
Global Colours 'white' acrylic impasto
McGill dual-tipped stylus set
Scotch Quick Dry adhesive
Faber-Castell 'cobalt blue' PITT artist big brush
White Sharpie paint pen
Reynolds Freezer Paper
Mini Dry Iron

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

Art Journal Page 230

Hi everyone!

Working in my whimsy houses journal today I go back to my folk art roots!

I'm trying to find all sorts of whimsical houses to paint and came across this image during a google search and decided I would have to paint it!

First though I had to trace it and transfer it on the page as there was no way on this earth I was going to do it justice if I drew it!

Then it was just having so much fun adding colour and detail to it!

You can watch the full process video on my YouTube channel by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Americana Chalky Finish 'serene' acrylic paint
Americana Chalky Finish 'vintage' acrylic paint
X-Press It Transfer Paper
Stylus
Reeves tracing paper
Jo Sonja's 'yellow oxide' acrylic gouache
Jo Sonja's yellow light' acrylic flow paint
Derivan 'red oxide' acrylic paint
CreativePL 'cobalt blue' acrylic paint
Jo Sonja's 'paynes grey' acrylic gouache
Derivan 'Australian olive green' acrylic paint
Jo Sonja's 'teal green' fluid acrylic paint
Jo Sonja's 'moss green' acrylic gouache
Semco 'bright green' acrylic paint
Semco 'burgandy' acrylic paint
Americana 'flamingo' acrylic paint
Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint
Sharpie fine point black pen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

Art Journal Page 209

Hi everyone!

Well I tried! Watching Sara (MySerenityCrafts) over on YouTube who suggested we google castle images and draw it from there! I think I could get away with the castle drawing but the colouring and shading leaves a lot to be desired. Good thing my notebook journal can expand to add many pages because it's gonna take that long to get this thing right! LOL

You can watch the full painful process on YouTube by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Golden gesso
Tim Holtz | Stampers Anonymous 'bitty grunge' stamp set
Reeves 'violet' acrylic paint
White General's charcoal pencil
Americana | Deco Art 'pink cadillac' acrylic paint
Semco 'leaf green' acrylic paint
Semco 'sky blue' acrylic paint
Semco 'grey' acrylic paint
Semco 'burgandy' acrylic paint
Reeves 'paynes gray' acrylic paint
Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint
Creative PL 'hookers green dark' acrylic paint
Jacquard 'pearl white' Lumiere acrylic paint
Tim Holtz 'brushed corduroy' distress marker
Tim Holtz 'vintage photo' distress marker
Tim Holtz 'pumice stone' distress marker
Stampin' Up! 'cherry cobbler' Stampin' Write marker
ZIG Clean Color 'carmine red' Real Brush marker
Derwent 'crimson' Inktense pencil
Aqua Brush
McGill dual-tipped stylus tool

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

Art Journal Page 208

Hi everyone!

Today's page was inspired by Sara (my serenity crafts on YouTube). I have been binge watching Sara's videos for a couple of weeks now. I love her style! It takes me back to my folk art days and my patchwork quilting days. I used to love creating quilts with lots of applique - designs in this style. So when I found Sara I knew I just had to attempt one of her pages.

You can watch Sara's video on how she created this page by CLICKING HERE.

You can watch the full process video on my YouTube channel by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Golden gesso
Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint
Golden 'teal' acrylic paint
Semco 'leaf green' acrylic paint
Semco 'tutti fruitti' acrylic paint
Semco 'caramel' acrylic paint
Semco 'grey' acrylic paint
Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow medium hue' acrylic paint
Global Colours 'white' acrylic paint
Creative PL 'burnt umber' acrylic paint
Liquitex Professional glazing medium
Tim Holtz | Stampers Anonymous 'bitty grunge' stamp set
Derwent Inktense 'iron blue' pencil
Derwent Inktense 'iron green' pencil
White fine point Sharpie pen
White POSCA paint pen
Black Sharpie pen
Black Fude Ball pen
McGill dual-tipped stylus tool

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

Art Journal Page 204

Hi everyone!

I'm so so excited!!!! All my hard work trying to get the whites to actually appear white over the top of sprays has worked!!! So happy!

So I sprayed the page with yummy sprays, applied 5 coats of generic hair spray (fixative), applied a couple of coats of gel medium then clear gesso, sanded and applied another coat of clear gesso. Yes, it is a lot of work but if it actually does the trick, I'll do it! I can have multiple pages on the go and have them at the ready for later :)

So when the first page worked I was so excited I didn't even create a layout as such on the page, just a few white gesso sponged circles and some text written with a POSCA paint pen - just to see if it worked.

So then I started on a fresh page, applying the same process, then created a layout!

You can watch the full process on my YouTube channel by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Dylusions 'bubblegum pink' ink spray
Dylusions 'lemon zest' ink spray
Heidi Swapp 'peacock' Color Shine
Woolworths Home Brand Hair Spray
Chromacryl gel medium
White POSCA paint pen

Liquitex Gesso
Heidi Swapp 'patina' Color Shine
Dylusions 'fresh lime' ink spray
Heidi Swapp 'sweet mint' Color Shine
Dylusions 'polished jade' ink spray
Heidi Swapp 'butter' Color Shine
KaiserCraft 'quarters' stencil
Derwent Inktense 'antique white' pencil
Art Basicws | Finnabair heavy gesso
Faber-Castell Pitt Artist 'white' big brush
Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow medium hue' acrylic paint
Pebeo 'primary magenta' acrylic paint
Liquitex Basics 'light blue violet' acrylic paint
Reeves 'violet' acrylic paint
Semco 'tutti fruitti' acrylic paint
Derivan Matisse 'Australian olive green' acrylic paint
Liquitex Basics 'light green permanent' acrylic paint
Mont Marte 'scarlet' acrylic paint
Black uni POSCA 'free size' paint pen
Black Pitt Artist 'brush' pen
Portfolio 'red' water soluble oil pastel
Portfolio 'orange' water soluble oil pastel
White Gelly roll pen
White POSCA paint pen
Black POSCA paint pen
Ranger 'jet black' archival ink
Stipple brush

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen