Mixed Media Art Journal Page: 42 is just a number

I’ll be celebrating my birthday on Monday and I’ll be 42 years old. I don’t know why but it feels kind of old. I know in my head I’m young but I loo back at all the things I’ve done and it seems like it’s not enough… So I decided to create an art journal page to cheer myself up and remind myself that 42 is just a number!   I started with creating a numbered texture on white cardstock with Spellbinders M-bossabilities Letters and Numbers folder. I tore some pieces and glued them to the page with gel medium. Then I covered the page with gesso. I sprayed the page with spray paints and then enhanced the color with matching distress inks. I added more numbers with two sizes of numbers stamps. Finally I cut the number 42 from patterned paper and added color with the same distress inks I used for the background. I wrote the sentence on a …

Mixed Media Art Journal Page – Journey

I have a new art journal that I’m really excited to start! I decided that the pages in the new journal will have a theme. It seem to be more challenging and inspiring this way. The first page is all about the journey…a fitting subject for the first page of a new journal. I started with coloring the background with two shades of blue Gelatos. They mix very well together when you wet them a little and use a baby wipe. I added some texture to the background with dimensional paint and a stencil. I drew a few clouds with a white oil pastel. Then I created the mountain by adding layers of tissue paper. I also added a trail with a brown oil pastel. I cut my image from an old photo and glued it on top of the mountain. I stamped some houses on white cardstock and colored them with Gelatos. I cut them and glued them to …

Einat Kessler

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