Art Journal Page Backgrounds

Sometimes a detailed, involved, complicated background is just more than you want to deal with. Sometimes all you want is a little color and something to get you started, like this.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• art
• journal
• page
• backgrounds
• color

[MsArtisticbutterfly]

i resently tryed this techniue ( just useing the portfolio crayons) and then adding the damp paper towl..... but it didn't work.....! am i doing it wrong???!!! the effect was that you could still see the lines drawn on the page instead of it all blending in.... why??? it took me 4 days to find the crayons uesd!!!! plz help me ..... i am trying to use this for my school journal....

[ricefz]

@MsArtisticbutterfly I think you usually do still see the lines. Maybe try wetting the crayon tip and trying it that way--see if that helps.

[BonosSexKitten]

I use this technique all the time now since you've showed this! I love it! ;) Sometimes I just want to get to the journaling but still want a bit of color.

This ink technique is also neat looking over a thin background of acrylic paint! I do the credit card "slap it on there" technique" and then ink over it! Takes about 5 minutes!

[ricefz]

can you still write over the paint? what pens do you use?

and thanks--glad you're enjoying it!

[imaginecreate]

love the OBAMA 08 at 4:12!

yes, we DID!

nice vid, too, by the way!

:-)

[ricefz]

thanks!

[Nellyfair2]

Sorty bad

[Nellyfair2]

This looks basf

[xxMyamxx]

your awsome! thanks for the tut!

[megaralicious]

Thanks!  GREAT ideas!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[meekclan]

This is fabulous! Thank you so much... I've just started art journaling, and you seriously gave me great inspiration. :)

[TheMoonsDarkness]

What's you blog, i'm interested now Lol

[BonosSexKitten]

Sorry, meant to say THANK YOU, by the way! =cD You are just awesome.