Using Watercolors in Art Journaling

Art Journaling with Roben-Marie Smith

Hello!

I enjoy using watercolors mixed in with other mediums.  For this page I took a wrinkled up piece of packaging paper (it was stuffed in the box of an order I had recently received) and worked on it outside of my journal.

This method works great if you want stitching on your page.  It is hard to get the journal into the sewing machine.  Once I finished my page, I used an adhesive to attach it to the page in my journal.  I use the left side as a workbook style page to track my supplies.  Have fun with watercolors!

Cheers,

Roben-Marie


The documented life project the journal

April Theme
Color Safari (Exploring Inks and Paints!

April 4

Art Challenge:  Watercolors
Journal Prompt:  It's water under the bridge

Watercolor art journaling example by artist Roben-Marie Smith

Black and White watercolor example by artist Roben-Marie Smith

1. For the first layer, I added water to black acrylic paint so that it would be permanent.

Colorful watercolor example by artist Roben-Marie Smith

2. Next, I added a variety of watercolors across the page.

Colorful watercolor example by artist Roben-Marie Smith

3. I cut random circles from a variety of papers and stitched them to the background.

Colorful watercolor example by artist Roben-Marie Smith

4. I added some white paint through a stencil and then glued the page into my journal.



Supplies Used

Ranger Dylusions Dyan Reaveley's Creative Journal
India Ink Pad
BIC White-Out Shake-n-Squeeze Pen
Stabilo Marking Pencil
Watercolors
Watercolor Well
Stencils
Rubber stamps
Black Gel Pen
Sewing Machine
Acrylic Paints, assorted colors, and black
Paint Brushes, assorted sizes


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