This week I'm looking up videos about one of my favorite topics, mandalas. Mandalas are great tools for relaxation, mediations, and adding a touch of focus and calm to a journaling practice. You can get out a compass and make precise circles or make shapes that are loose. It's your choice.
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Watercolor pencils make me incredibly happy. A 12-pack will give an infinite range of colors allowing for bright jewel tones to dirty muddy earthy colors. Anything is possible with watercolor pencils.
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Color is often discussed but understanding the theory of it can helpful for mixing paint, layering markers, and color choices. Like composition we talk about it, some understand it intuitively, and other study color theory. Like anything some understanding of the theory is helpful.
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I love ink. It's a great thing to fiddle around within art journals. It also goes well with last weekk's topic, lettering.
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Lettering is one of those things that the more you practice it the better you get. Lettering can be fun and interesting.
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glue. It should be a simple topic but it's not. you've got glue stick, PVA, Elmers (same thing as PVA BTW), Aleene's, superglue, Matte Medium, Gloss medium, heavy medium, etc… And everyone has a glue that works best for them, and we've all got an opinion about it.I've picked out a few videos to give you some ideas about all the opinions on glue, and different ways you can use it.
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This week I chose a variety of videos featuring the use of stencils. I picked some videos showing usual techniques and some with unusual techniques.
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Washi tape is a neat thing. I've made some of my own and it's super simple. These videos all deal with how you can make your own.
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I do a lot of bookbinding. I've done a class or two about making them. There are a lot of godo tutorials out there and some really horrible tutorials as well. I've picked a selection that I like and feel have sound technique.
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I don't always write in my art journal. Often when I do I paint over it. Sometimes, writing in an art journal is an absolutely essential part of the process.
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