 Hi everyone, it's Vicky here with a new art journal. Today I'm working on my Moleskine sketchbook and first of all I'm going to use this plastic plate just to draw a circle. I'm planning to create a submarine window, a round window, so I just need this to have a rough idea of where everything is going to go. I'm going to be using paper artsy chalk paint today and you can see the colors I'm using on the screen right now. So for my underwater scene I'm going to be mixing two different colors. I'm first starting with the lighter color and I'm applying everything with a baby wipe. I also made sure that the baby wipe is not too wet otherwise I'm going to peel off the paper. I'm working directly on the paper, I haven't applied any gesso or anything but just because I'm using paper artsy acrylic paints and just because they have that chalk finish you don't really need to prime your pages but depending on the acrylics that you are using you may want to apply gesso before you start. Now I'm using the darker color and I'm working only at the bottom of my page and I'm also adding a little bit and applying it with my fingers. This is going to make it even darker. Since this is an underwater scene, oh it's obviously darker at the bottom since the light is coming from the top. And remember that nothing has to be perfect, this is just an art journal. So now I'm going to add a little bit of white, I'm going to dilute it with water and with a thin brush I'm going to make some splashes. The splashes always add more to another water scene as if they are bubbles or something and to bring even more texture on my layout I'm going to do the exact same thing with the darker color that I have used previously. And I mainly add the splashes at the top. And now it's time to work a little bit on the background. So for that I will be using this stamp set. This comes from Stampendous and it is called Seashells. There is also matching dyes for that and the stamp set comes with this stencil which I am going to be using to create a background on my underwater scene. So to do so I am going to use my acrylic paints. And you can see the colors of the acrylic paints that I am going to be using on your screen right now. I am going to use a dark and a light green. And these are also dark paint finished acrylics by Paper Archie. So you can apply your acrylic paints with different tools such as the sponge dabber or a brass dabber. I am going to show you both ways. In any case whatever tool you use you just dab and pick up just a little bit of paint. Not too much otherwise it's going to zip under the stencil and you won't get a nice result. So I am just dabbing the paint there. And it's time I am loading my brass or my sponge dabber with just a little bit of acrylic. And I am going to switch to the other tool so you can see that you get the exact same results. And you see that first I am applying the lighter color and once everything is there I am then going to be using the darker color to create some shades. So here is the result. And now I am going to be mixing a little bit of the darker color. You can do it with a sponge or you can even use your fingers if you feel that you have more control with that. I am mainly adding a little bit at the bottom of the stencil. And I do that just to make sure that nothing is very flat on my page and this is going to add even more texture and make it look more realistic. So I am going to lift off the stencil so you can see the result. And if you have any places where things went really wrong you can always wipe it off with a baby wipe. You can see that the acrylic paint by Paper Archie really wipes off your fingers quickly and easily just by using a baby wipe. With a thin brush and a little bit of acrylic paint I am going to fill in the gaps that you get while using the stencil. And now I am going to work on my focal points. So first I am going to color a scrap piece of paper and I am using Cherry Red and Coral. I am going to apply both those colors on this page and blend them directly on the page. So I am starting with the lighter color and as I move down I am going to switch to the darker color. Now I am going to make sure that I can stamp two corals in this page and then I am going to use my dies, the matching dies and cut out both corals. So using the exact same process by mixing two different colors and stamping the image I have created all the seashells that you can see on page right now. I am going to stick everything down by using my matte gel medium. And as I am sticking them down I am trying to create clusters of interest on both pages and I am also trying to keep a balance of the different colors that I use throughout the page. So I am introducing red on both pages as well as orange and yellows. To create my ground I am going to tear off a piece of this scrap paper and I am going to use it upside down and I am going to use my VersaMark ink and smooth it underneath. So I am just going to secure this handmade stencil and with my VersaMark I am making sure that I cover up the bottom of my page. I have a set of embossing powders which is by Stampendou's and they have beautiful colors to create anything that has to do with sea. I have so many ideas on how to use this set but for today I will be using the jar that is called Golden Sand and you will see that it gives a beautiful finish and it is so realistic. I think it's the perfect sand. So now I am applying at the bottom I will use a soft brush to wipe off the excess and then I am going to melt the embossing powder with my heat gun. There are some gaps that I want to fill in with my sand. So I will be using this VersaMark pen to apply VersaMark ink where I want to and then again I am going to apply a little bit of the embossing powder. And here is a close up look of the final result and I hope you can see the golden sparkles from the sand. I really, really love this. So let's move on and create the window now. For that I am going to be using this scrapbook paper and with the wood grain at the background and again I am going to use the same plastic plate to draw my circle. I'm going to use my scissors to cut out the inside of that. And once I have the cutouts I'm going to again cut the whole paper in half. This way when I am going to stick it down on my pages I don't have too much bulk on the fold. I hope you can understand now what I'm trying to explain. So I am going to stick one side first and then stick the second one. Now I am again using my mat medium to stick everything down as a glue. So I have my window there. All that's left to do is to make it look more realistic as if it's a real boat around window. So I am going to color outside of the window in that area that I have already drawn with my black acrylic paints and then I am going to cover it up with gold. This is going to create a nice rusted look. And I am also using the inside of the cutout from that scrapbook paper just as a mask to make sure that I don't end up messing up the sea background. I am going to apply a thin layer of this gold as I don't want to cover up totally the black from the background. And as I'm doing that just to let you all know that as always you can find a full list of all the supplies that I'm using just below the video in the description area as well as on my blog. I have also used Distress Ink with my sponge dabber and that's Vintage Photo to darken up my good scrapbooking paper. And I think that blends in nicely with my main scene. And as always I am going to use my big brush markers to do some shading on my main image. And now it's time to bring in my white gel pen and add my highlights. And since you know how I love finishing touches I will be using these metal brads all around my window to make it look more realistic. To mark where each brad is going to go I have cut out this template with my plastic plate again fold it and now I am marking where the fold is. I am going to make sure that the brad will not end up on the fold. And now with a black marker I'm just making a note of where each brad is going to be. Now I am going to use this poke tool and this is why I don't like working back to back on my argenas. So now that I had this idea to poke holes through these I don't have a problem since I'm never working back to back on my pages. And when I finish my argena I can always use some matte medium or any type of glue to glue the pages together. I wanted to add a few little fish on my scene so I have used this tiny little die from an older die set by Simon Says Stamp but you can really draw and cut out the fish on your own if you don't happen to have this die. So I have cut them out from this scrap paper that I have used to cut out the corals and I have glued them down again by using my matte medium gel. So now I am using my black pen to go around them and draw some black lines. And again I am going to use my white gel pen to add a touch of highlight on top of them. So this is going to make everything come together. Now you can call this done so all that's left to do is to stamp the quote and for this one I am going with a saying that I had from an older Simon Says Stamp set that says I need vitamin C. And that was the art journal for today. I hope you had fun and got inspired. And if you did don't forget to leave me a comment as well as give me a thumbs up on my YouTube channel. Here are some close up photos of my art journal. And if you need more inspiration here are two more art journal videos that I have created a while back. Thank you all for watching.