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My Latest Journaling Obsession

July 11, 2017 By Kimberlee 2 Comments

Have I mentioned that I get a wee bit obsessed at times with re-creating the same technique or pattern in my art journal?

Like over

and over

and over.

 

Previous obsessions have included doodle-y gear-like patterns and black paint smudges with white stripes and polka dots, as you can witness here:

 

My latest crush is using acrylic paints in pastel colors to create a background, then layering on large flower outlines. We’ll just call it my “Floral Phase”.

 

I got the idea from watching Rae Missigman’s 15 Minutes of Mixed Media videos on You Tube (search 15 MMM) and I just can’t stop myself.

I started by adding dollops of acrylic paint onto the pages then using an old credit card to scrape the paint across the page. I next collaged some previously painted watercolor flowers onto the page as the center of the flowers, then I doodled the flower petals around them with a black Sharpie pen. Finally I added other marks and doodles as well as some texture with paint spread through a stencil.

 

I liked the look of it so much that I created more watercolor centers and made this spread.

 

 

Then I “branched out” and doodled the flower centers.

 

If you’re not great at free-hand drawing you could use a stamp or stencil to add flowers to your pages, but I encourage you to practice drawing these flowers if you like them. Simply start from the center out and draw ever-increasing sized arches for the petals. Overlap the next level over the “gap” between the petals on the level inside it.

 

So tell me, am I the only one? Do you go through “phases” in your journaling too? Leave a comment and let me know.

 

Journal On!

 

 

 

 

 

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Comments

  1. Joan Sommerfield says

    November 6, 2017 at 12:42 pm

    These are beautiful, Kimberlee. So inspiring.

    Reply
    • Kimberlee says

      November 8, 2017 at 5:41 am

      Thanks so much Joan!

      Reply

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