Art Journal Page #1: Painted Collage & Doodles

A simple page where the flight of the butterflies turn into swirls that hold a self-made 'quote'. Following the path leads to an open door and more journaling.
Blogged at http://rhomany.org.uk
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[Baaaphomette]

What weight is the paper in your journal ? Did you have to gesso it ahead of time, or did you paint straight on it ?

[RhomanysRealm]

@Baaaphomette Hi thanks for commenting. The paper in this journal is very thin because it's a plain paper Moleskine. I find they take quite a bit as long as you don't get the paper too wet or overwork it. Watercolour tends to be too wet, but watercolour crayon or acrylic works well. If you want to over work your paper I recommend the Moleskine sketchbook.

For my handbound journals I generally use 120lb cartridge (heavy drawing) or 140lb watercolour paper. I never use gesso except for effect

[RhomanysRealm]

Thanks :) I loved your crayon making vid. Going to get some more videos up once I get the inital prep for my journal course finished.

[RhomanysRealm]

Hi there! Glad you found my vids.

I saved up and bought the 40 tin. I drooled over the 60 but I'm happy with the 40. There are places that sell individual ones online if you want to expand your collection in bits ;)

[bloknotedotnl]

I adore those crayons! I'va recently got myself a box with 40 colors. What a treat, yummie!

[RhomanysRealm]

Yes, mine's box of 40 I bought about 6 months ago. So much brighter and more depth of colour than w/c pencils and so nice to use.

[RhomanysRealm]

@rayneleigh I've never found it necessary. But then I don't over work my pages.

[mkm051607]

that was amazing! and so inspiring! i truly love it! and am quite jealous :)

[Matto9Pammi]

Such an interesting video...love how you described indetail what you were using....just so many tech to tell your story ..bravo!

[LusciousApril]

I LOVE THIS.... YOUR GOOD AT WHAT U DO

[Cybelemoon]

I like it! :D I'm gonna have to watch some of your others now too! Glad I found you here.

[granitta64]

Hi, so glad I found you on here by chance. I hve been peeping from the sidelines at Tams ning site and loved your comments and pieces since I did the first workshop. yay for 'chance' p.s. 40/60 colours of crayon? I only hve 10 **sniff** lol