When all you can do is art journal and laundry...

Inspired by Danielle Donaldson classes and books

I love watercolor

Acrylic paint clean off page, with stenciling, Tombow markers

Same as above with handmade paper collage flowers

Acrylic paint, Arteza markers to the left, Tombow to the right

Inspired by Gulfsprite

Inspired by Gulfsprite

Page has been cut out with an Exacto knife

Acrylic paint and collage

I went to Michaels, found new tissue paper, bought all 3 and sent a pic to Cathy

I did NOT do all of the above yesterday. I am now in a mode of working where I start the base of several pages at once, and set that to the side to dry, while I grab another journal and repeat. Yesterday was a day where I finished up a lot of pages. I have several pages now in incomplete stages, but basically the 2 Canson Mixed Media journals I started July 4th of this year are complete.

Michael's has some unique tissue paper packs for $3.99. If you use smaller piece to adhere with a mat medium or Mod Podge, they work well. I tried to cover a file folder yesterday with one large piece and it bubbled like crazy. However, that is another project I let dry overnight after ripping some of the tissue off and covering the blank areas with acrylic paint.

Not sure what project ruined one of my black pens, but it ate the fine point. First time that has happened with these Pilot pens. I bought a box of 12 of each point well over 2 years ago, so it could be they are getting old.

Arteza watercolor brush markers vs. Tombow dual brush markers. I am retracting my previous statement that I wouldn't order Arteza again. I just did, Wednesday night. The girl on the pink background was an experiment. The Apple Barrel pink paint was over a week old on the paper, so completely dry. I drew the girl with graphite, then added some white paint and shading with Tombow. Noticed that the markers ink was sinking into the paint after it dried. Huh. So I pulled out the 12 Arteza markers I have, and went to the left side of the girl, and the colors stayed. They also did not move as much on top of the acrylic paint. I enjoy grabbing markers to use in the final steps, so yeah, I ordered the big set. I am hopeless. Art supplies is my addiction. Hi, Tracie!!!
Linda