I’ve been working on my creative YouTube channel, attempting, seemingly in vain to remonetize it. One of the thing that was asked of me repeatedly and often before I stopped making videos, was, “How do I get started with art journaling without spending a lot?” I always answered this with the idea of buying one or two of a material instead of a giant set of them.
But I considered that there might be another option.
I thought about what I need to work in my art journal and I came up with these items:
- A journal of some sort, a composition book works a sketchbook works
- a black ink pen. I need black ink for sketching.
- Something to add color- doesn’t matter what, this can vary
- An adhesive for adding in ephemera and other collage elements.
I then decided to visit a few shops to see what I could get for $10, $20, and $25. Not big budgets but enough where you can get the basics if you shop carefully.
I visited Dollar Tree, Walmart, Target and 5 Below. The videos document what I chose to get with my money and then there are follow up videos using the materials in an art journal so you can see that I’m not just blowing smoke.
Here are the videos of the shops:
The 5Below video is upcoming and in the rendering queue.