Overwhelmed - An Art Journal Page

[leftatmars]

Well done. Very emotional piece. Hope you are feeling better soon!

[StephanieMorehead]

Your process is amazing. I hope it was therapeutic for you. I found it inspiring. I love art journalling as well and will definitely try laying out some gesso on my pages and experimenting with pastels after watching this. Thank you!

[shuttergirlUK]

Can anyone tell me what the white grid like thing is made of, and what its called (that you use as a stencil)??? :/

[playingwithclouds]

@shuttergirlUK It's a stiff grid base used for rug hooking. You can find it by the yard at any fabric store in the specialty fabrics area - or just ask someone who works there.

[Danisha42]

I enjoyed watching you create your page, but found the fade ins and the kaleidoscope effect somewhat bothersome, but really enjoyed how the page came together. I sure can understand the feeling of being overwhelmed!

[LusciousApril]

LOVE IT

[That70sHeidi]

are you seriously kidding with the transitions and effects?! A simple blur in/out would have sufficed, especially as many as there were. Jeez. I can't even tell what's going on because it keeps fracturing and rainbowing and fracturing again.

[SassyNpinkable]

@That70sHeidi Look how old this vid is you idiot, it's before it became google-tube and they screwed up the quality of all the old vid but you were probably still in diapers when that happened. Go watch Bambi and learn the lesson about if you can't say anything nice stfu!

[AJDilly]

I wish i had the patience to do an Art Journal like this lol

[hazelhands1]

Wow! great techniques enjoyed watching you and thanks for the inspiration

[ilovetobemom]

It's funny because I liked the pages at the beginning and was wondering why is she going on, but as you added the layers, I was inspired1

[hazelhands1]

Hi ,

This is wonderful! love all the techniques, pages came out great! you inspire me

[scrapaholicnewbie10]

Love this video. Thank you for sharing.

[sn0wgurl]

very cool but I couldn't finish watching... the special effects were killer on my eyes.

[DrawinVidProductions]

this is an amazing piece. I like this kind of art, itz super expressive. But could you tell me what kind of paper you used? and how do you get those faces? Do you buy them? make them???? and where can i buy gresso? thanks so much! and the textures you used, how can i get a hold of them XD???

[clbcreations]

Love the technique..however all the video editing made it hard to focus on what you were doing ...couldn't focus into the details.

[jaybird389]

I love dis!! i think im going to try it soon <3

[TheArabig]

great hands youve got,,,thanks for your creativity and enjoyable effort

[Rubyfreckles]

awesome job! i love the ink blowing ... that is something i havent seen, but its pretty cool!

[julzabro]

That was kewel!

[theartsychik]

Well done! I am feeling a little like this myself right now...

[Morgleberries]

this video is like going on an acid trip. =D

[elfguts]

what a beautiful and powerful piece. thanks for sharing it.

[artmother5]

This has been here a year, and I've missed it! After viewing so many BAD journaling videos, I enjoyed yours!

Love your manicure; you were prepared . You focused the camera on the work surface. You selected good music, instead of mispronouncing "gesso" like so many others.:-)

Your artwork was an actual journal page, expressing your thoughts- Not just a pretty pic glued down on top of a background.

Please give lessons to others on how to prepare for a video?

Off to search your other vids :-)

[DianaTro]

Great video. Really cool ideas and art. Thanks,

[kimiandmaya]

Wow! Really powerful...

Great Job!! Thanks for sharing!

[SchaferArtStudio]

Man, what a great video and I can totally relate to being overwhelmed...Great job and thanks for sharing. I love how you blew the ink all over your page.

Cheers

[fridayeudaemonism]

A fantastic page! I will have to try this paint blowing technique. :)

[craffte]

freeze frame on the final product so we can see it longer.. great stuff.

[Chasems97]

This is awsome!!! I am going for it!!!

[sugariecupcake]

It's a very interesting page when finished, but personally I would have stopped at 1:50. It's so pretty! I know "pretty" was not what you were going for, but I love the colors at that stage.

[Louellamarierose]

Thats almost scary looking! I guess thats the idea, to evoke emotion, and that's how it made me feel! BUT, I must say, I like it and I would love to try something like it! Louella

[BxFirebird]

beautiful!!!!

[dailydoodle101]

all of your videos are so inspiring , im 14 and i just love watching you build up these pages. Where do you get your inspiration for these or are they just spur of the moment type things? This one has to be one of my favourites :D x

[theartsychik]

Wow! so well done. Very powerful! Hope you are feeling better soon...

[scrapzzzz]

nice one!

[4evalucky13]

I LOVE the way you blew the ink into the pretty patterns - really creative and original - Your work is really inspiring - thankyou :+)

[jazznjava]

this is a good post. Good editing and perfect mood music. Wish more art posting were like this one.

[OoLaLaFrenchGirl]

This is an amazing page. Thank you for sharing it with us. I remember doing the ink technique back in school. I've just been inspired to do it again! I hope you will post many more videos like this 1!

[arttxcentrix]

I'm so sorry it has taken me so long to reply to this, between being sick and youtube *glare* not always tellling me there's a comment I'm just getting to this. Thank you so much for the compliments and hopefully now that I am on the mend I can get more vids up and do more art in general! I miss it! I hope you will share your work one day and have a wonderful and creative day!

[youtu33time]

@arttxcentrix checkout a book called "The artist's way" very encouraging.

[devinecj]

That was a great video. I learned so much just watching you. It gave me a lot of ideas. Hope you are not feeling as overwhelmed now. Thanks for posting this it makes me want to create something. thank you thank you

[arttxcentrix]

Oh thank you so much! I'm so happy to hear it sparked inspiration for you!!! Nope, not so overwhelmed now, well not for the same reasons lol!  I hope you have a beautifully inspired day!

[ArtistiChicana]

okay, What Did you First lay down on the paper? was it GessO?? Then What type of Pastels did yu Use? and Was that Water based Ink? Or In the bottle I did not see it Clearly. Very Nice, It makes me want to do that Too. ARtistichicana

[arttxcentrix]

Yay! So glad to hear it inspires you to want to do it! *happy dance* Ok, yes the first layer was gesso and I used my brush to create texture in it while still wet (it will show up through the other layers as you go). I used Portfolio water soluable oil pastels. It was a bottle of Dr. Martins Bombay india ink that lucky for messy me has a dropper in the lid! lol. Thank you so much for watching, I can't wait to see what you create! Feel free to give a shout anytime you have questions. =D

[artettina]

Very cool!

[arttxcentrix]

Thank you so much! =)

[EvelineUK]

Love all the layers! Very inspirational.

[arttxcentrix]

Yay! So happy to hear it inspired you!

[JennyBergvall]

Lovely work!! Love all your layering!

[arttxcentrix]

Thank you so much Jenny!

[sirensidyll]

This is the second time I've seen that straw and ink technique. I'm now going to have to try it! :D *HUGS*

[arttxcentrix]

I hope you do! I can't wait to see what you do with it. I just looked over and saw unused ink and thought...KINDERGARTEN! lol. *HUGS*!

[WitchDust]

Very moving to watch the emotions come forth on your pages. Heart stopping, hold your breath video when you realize the situation you went through dear sis.

Love to the family, :)

Witchy

[arttxcentrix]

Thank you Witchy. I hope you will get inspired and get back into your art too!

Love to yours too!

[debcoart]

Cool pages!  5*

[arttxcentrix]

Thank you so much deb! =D

[katespin99]

Oh this is cool, I love how you blew the ink around the page. I will have to try that.

kate

[arttxcentrix]

Thank you Kate!  I hope you will share your's when you finish. =)

[sirensidyll]

This is <3

[arttxcentrix]

Thank you sirens. =)

[FallenAngelNL]

Love your new page!!! Its great.

Question: that red en orange paper? what kind of paper is that? I like it that you can see through is.

Sorry if i dont say things the rightway but my english is really bad. :$

[arttxcentrix]

Thank you! It's just torn pieces of tissue paper, like you use for wrapping gifts. =) I thought your english was fine, I understood completely! ;) thanks for watching and commenting.

[BlackBatStrings]

I love how you did this page, the background looks so cool. blowing the ink around on the page gave it an awesome effect. Another awesome page =)

[arttxcentrix]

Thank you Bat! I like that effect too.  I think I'm going to have to use that one again. =D

[Dallis1200]

Wow!!!  That was great! I will try that with trick with the water!!!

[arttxcentrix]

Thank you so much Dallis! I hope you'll share what you create =D

[crsongbird]

OOOH! I LOVE the squiggly lines, those are cool! What are you doing when you brush something on the oil pastel and put papertowel on it? er...1:18? Really cool page. I know how you feel.

As always, lovin the vids! Thanks for a glimpse into your head :-)

[arttxcentrix]

Thanks! geez! What did youtube do to my vid to make it all pixelly?! -.- Oh I was just brushing on water (let is sit on there a sec) then patting it off and lifting some of the pastel off to let the texture in the gesso and the base show through a bit. lol you're welcome. =D Thank you for watching!

[crsongbird]

You're welcome, and thank you, that's a cool idea :)