Techniques. Travel journals - Supplies. Let's say that you'd like to create a travel journal or other illustrated diary to remember your holiday or vacation.
The obvious first question is this: How do you illustrate them? With your own drawings & sketches? With postcards and/or collected ephemera? With photos that you place on pages facing your handwritten text, later? We'll talk about the other journalling techniques later, but today, let's focus on drawing and painting. A journal, preferably one with white pages made of acid-free paper.
Pencils, for writing and/or sketching. That softness refers to the lead (actually, graphite) and how easily it leaves a mark on paper. If you like a very soft pencil, such as a 4B, you'll probably want to buy a few before you leave for your travels. Mechanical pencils can be fine, but I prefer a traditional wooden pencil. You'll also need an eraser for your pencil sketches. For this reason, I like a kneaded rubber eraser.
But, some people are happy with very soft drafting erasers, too. Supplies for Journaling. There's oodles of creative fun to be had painting an art journal, which is art-making, diary-keeping, and journaling all in one.
The starting point is having a stash of supplies organized and easily available so you never have to interrupt your creative flow because of a lack of something. Then some appealing paper or journal to work in, and a nice pen. 1. Gather Your Usual Painting Supplies Image: © 2008 Marion Boddy-Evans. All your existing art supplies -- paints and brushes, crayons, pencils, paper, canvas, etc. -- can be used for art journaling or creating altered pages. 2.
Photo © Marion Boddy-Evans. If you're concerned about the longevity of what you're creating, use archival glue and tape, which will last and not "eat" the paper over time. If you're using with acrylic paint, this also works as a glue, as does many acrylic mediums (especially those that dry clear rather than white). 3. Marker pens make it easy to add lettering. Journal Cover. I was fortunate to visit Michael’s Arts and Crafts home office in Dallas recently.
It was an amazing experience. They did an unbelievable job of putting a face behind their company. We learned about how they work to be trendsetters and it could easily be seen that they are diligent on providing safe and quality products. I got to see where creativity happens! Michael’s is working hard to provide a quality experience! It was a complete honor to meet Jo Pearson and Kathy Kromer! Michael’s provided us an afternoon of crafting with this amazing team! How to embellish a journal It is a simple project that would make a lovely and thoughtful handmade gift. Download Kathy’s artwork and print in color on good quality copy paper. Kathy Kromer Art 1 Kathy Kromer Art 2 Tear the paper around the picture to leave an interesting border and to size it for the journal.
Paint Liquitex gloss gel on the back of the artwork. Smooth the paper and remove any bubbles. Allow gel to dry and you are finished!