Description
Looking for mixed media ideas for your art journal pages? In this tutorial, Devid will show you how to create your own custom tissue paper and seamlessly 'melt' it into colorful mixed media backgrounds for your art journal pages. He'll share tips for combining stamps, stencils, paints and crayons to create beautiful backgrounds and finished pages that you'll love to use in your own journals.
If you love art journaling, making cards or mixed media this tutorial will inspire you to experiment with custom collage elements and bold color!
🎨 In This Video You’ll Learn:
✨ How to stamp and paint custom tissue paper for art journal collages without smudging.
✨ A 'melting' technique to make tissue paper edges disappear into painted backgrounds.
✨ How to layer translucent acrylic paints, texture pastes, and crayons without muddying the colors.
For more inspiration, check out the videos below:
✨ How to Make Grungy Paper Flowers with Pigment Powders | Paper Flowers Tutorial
👉 https://youtu.be/6VCjD1lQwsA
✨ Easy Ways to Use WOW! Embossing Powders and Foils in Your Art Journal Pages
👉 https://youtube.com/live/nDHS-CaUjQs
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🛍️ PRODUCTS USED IN THIS VIDEO
Elizabeth Craft Designs - Scribble Flowers Stamp Set & Coordinating Dies
Elizabeth Craft Designs - Journal Stencils 11 (S061)
Elizabeth Craft Designs - Journal Ephemera 2 (PS02)
Ranger / Dina Wakeley Plain Stamping Tissue Paper & Matte Medium
Paper Artsy Matte Tints & Acrylic Paints (Tangerine Twist, Ochre, Heavy Cream)
Tim Holtz Distress Waterproof Archival Ink (Black, Ground Espresso) & Mica Crayons
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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Welcome & Announcements
2:47 - Background Painting: Translucent Acrylic Paints & Pallet Knife Application
8:35 - Stamping Custom Tissue Paper with Scribble Flowers & Masking Hacks
18:02 - Stenciling Texture Paste onto the Base Spread
20:49 - Reverse-Painting Tissue Paper with Matte Tints
32:32 - Inking Background Edges & Tearing Feathery Tissue Borders
38:17 - "Melting" Stamped Tissue Paper with Matte Gel Medium
44:30 - Sanding Page Edges & Adding Journal Ephemera 2 Elements
50:22 - Adding Watercolor Pencil Shadows, Mica Crayon Highlights & Final Spread Walkthrough
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