Art Journal Technique: Dirty Pages

[wlscsms]

This is great. I can see this working so awesomely to age a map. Instant pirate map!

[comfortableshoesstud]

@wlscsms Great idea! I never thought to age a map with one of these techniques. I've always used strong tea or coffee for maps or single pages of paper... Ideas.

[faeriechild4ever]

I love love love your techniques..learning so much from you..I take private art lessons so my teacher is not always available...she's pretty damn impressed with what I've brought forth so far...all owed to you THANKS MUCH MUCH for inspiring me :)

[comfortableshoesstud]

@faeriechild4ever Aww that's awesome thanks!

[MsHappyjellybean]

my favoirite is the ink pad. thanks alot!!!:)

[comfortableshoesstud]

@MsHappyjellybean :)

[mysticmagic4760]

Love your ideas! Your pages are really beautiful! (:

[comfortableshoesstud]

@mysticmagic4760 :)

[colormechrista]

this was uploaded on my birthday (:

and i loveee it!

[comfortableshoesstud]

@colormechrista :) Yay!

[crosseyedNtonguetied]

Hi! I'vejust started getting into art journaling. Your technique vids are fantastic, and your music taste is tops. Thanks for puttong these together.

[comfortableshoesstud]

@crosseyedNtonguetied Glad you like it! Good music makes everything better! Check out my site on art journaling at artjournaling(dot)ning(dot)com

[brooknrich]

Ohhh I love love this!!! I have been wondering how to layer in the "grunge" look. Thanks for sharing this. SOOOOOO cute.

Brook

[comfortableshoesstud]

@brooknrich :) Glad you like it!

[riechanster]

never knew there was watercolour crayon! thanks for the tuts! also very smart using a spraybottle to water you page!

[comfortableshoesstud]

@riechanster Lopve my spray bottle!

[julzabro]

I agree....dirty pages...;) Great examples!

[comfortableshoesstud]

@julzabro Thanks!

[vmtee]

you totally rawked those pages. I really love those. Gotta get back into art journaling. Love your music, btw. Taffy

[comfortableshoesstud]

@vmtee Kristen Hersh is awesome!

[MsJoyceG]

I've not been watching your videos .... but I will now. You are soooo far ahead of me it makes me laugh. Thanks for freeing me up!!!!

[comfortableshoesstud]

@MsJoyceG you'll get there

[ImaginePN9]

very awesome. thanks for showing how to do this. much appreciated. have a great day.

~Aaron~

[comfortableshoesstud]

@ImaginePN9 Glad you like it

[hazelhands1]

Thanks for sharing your videos, I really like your technique

[comfortableshoesstud]

@hazelhands1 I'm glad you like it!

[GinebrasinLancelot]

Great! thanks for your advice, you're very kind, I'm going to try it, greetings from Spain

[comfortableshoesstud]

@GinebrasinLancelot Post a response video when your done!

[Annaishmint]

i wish i was you

im doing my gcse art sketchbook and your helping me a lot!

thankyou

[comfortableshoesstud]

@Annaishmint glad to be of help

[WhatYouMakeIt1]

love seeing the comparison side by side of these techniques! Thanks for sharing.

[comfortableshoesstud]

@WhatYouMakeIt1 glad you enjoy it

[princesspanda01]

realy useful~! thank you i need to prepare pages in my sketchbook for art

[comfortableshoesstud]

@princesspanda01 glad you like it

[stuff1975]

Hey L, I hope you don't mind but I've added this video to my left sidebar of my blog under "Inspiring videos by inspiring people" with a link to your blog. If this does not jive well with you, please let me know and I'll take it down immediately.

[comfortableshoesstud]

@stuff1975 That rocks! I love it when people post my videos to their blogs! It gets info out to more people! Thank YOU! :)

[Garneteve]

I love my tim holtz distress pads. Love the other techniques too...I've had derwent watercolours sitting around for ages...I'll have to get them out lol

[comfortableshoesstud]

@Garneteve they are great and full of ink perfect for all sorts of techniques

[Cybelemoon]

I LOVE THOSE ideas... I can't wait to get a chance to journal some. I've been so caught up in other stuff and I'm starting to have withdrawals. LOL

[comfortableshoesstud]

@Cybelemoon I can't wait to see what you do with them!

[bellaware]

I'm french so...sorry for my poor english..

I like your videos! I especially like the music in this one.I'm glad for you to see that you seem more comfortable in front of a camera.

Don't give up your doing a great (and beautiful) job.

[Netty083]

I love working with Tim Holtz / Ranger products.

Thanks for showing the difference techniques - I love working with the grittier, darker colors too.

[comfortableshoesstud]

ranger makes a great line of products, a great value for your money. even my stuff with bright colors tends to be left of center and slightly dark. I'm not known for whimsy or cute. :)

[daligoddess2006]

Nice techniques! I like the ink pad the best. Have you tried changing the font size so that your movie maker won't cut off the "M"? I've had to do that with mine before.

[comfortableshoesstud]

thanks! I'm a fan of the acrylic. But the nest technique is to mix the 4 media!

I've resized the stupid font it just always cuts it off. Oh Well!

[Luciebcreativity]

Just went to your website - it's awesome !! another great vid - your one of my art journaling gurus lol :+) Im gonna have a whole day of watching your videos and having a go at those great techniques

[comfortableshoesstud]

Put up a video I'd love to see what you do with these techniques!

[granitta64]

Love your videos..please keep them coming...mucho appreciated :)) plse explain the use of the spray bottle.. i am sooo stuupid i know..does it make using H2O pencils easier to blend..doh! cringe even asking this.. ('',)

[comfortableshoesstud]

I'll keep the videos coming for as long as I'm able. I use the spray bottle to wet the page rather than dip my brush into dirty water. by letting it sit on the water color crayons and pencils it does soften them a lot. And remember there are no stupid questions.

[arieloflight]

Like your colors...soft and warms

[comfortableshoesstud]

@arieloflight thanks!

[TheArtisticBiker]

AWESOME! Then hit those with some spatter or spray inks! Gorgeous and fun!

[comfortableshoesstud]

@TheArtisticBiker YES! These pages are justa astart, inks, more paint etc... will make them finished!

[zolawinnie]

Wow! your videos have so much valuable information and are also enjoyable to watch. Thanks.

[comfortableshoesstud]

@zolawinnie Thanks! I'll be making more!

[EvelineUK]

Yup, love it. Think the acrylics and ink work the best.

[comfortableshoesstud]

@EvelineUK I agree. The great thing about the watercolor crayons is that they stain white paint really well. AND if you want to you can brush on some matter medium and get a really great effect. I like the stamp pad a lot though. I picked up the idea to use a brush with the stamp pads from Rice Freeman-Zachery's YT video, which I can't find right now...

[SHEWHOWANDERS]

cool techniques hun. Thanks for sharing.Hugs~

[comfortableshoesstud]

@SHEWHOWANDERS I'll be keeping them coming for as long as I can