Here's a little tutorial if you are wondering what to do today in your journal. (We all need a kickstarted some times.) Start off painting or drawing a little picture. I did a couple of watercolors of birds.
Scan the paintings, and print a bunch, you can put them on different backgrounds if you want, and print them in a few different sizes. This will give you a bunch of images for collaging.
Cut and tear the images in several shapes and sizes. Get out your spray mount!
Here I have cut and torn some of the birds, and arranged them in my journal. I like mixing square images and torn images. I used some scrap from the tearing outs to make a bit of a border.
Now spread out an old magazine, and spray the back of the larger images first. Attach them to your page, then turn the magazine pages so you have a clean background to spray on for the next set of papers. Spray the smaller images and attach them to your layout.
These are my inktense watercolor pencils, I LOVE them. See the spray bottle? Once I get some color on the paper, spritzing with water really makes the pencil work pop. This is why I journal on heavy watercolor paper, it can take lots of punishment.
I drew around this bird with red pencil, then activated the ink with water. It holds the images on the page nicely. I also tend to dray parts coming off the torn paper onto the background, and stamp over the edges. All these help blend the images so they sit on the journal page nicely.
Next will be some penwork, words and doodles and detailing. Maybe some stamping. I'll post a photo when the whole page is done.
Happy journaling!
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