 Hey guys, how are you? I have to do some backgrounds that I'm gonna scan and then use Some of the title pages on some of my videos. Maybe this one And also they might go in the back of some digital downloads in my Etsy shop But I thought I would film it. So I have some Bristol paper here. This is Bristol Valum This is a hundred pound Canson XL paper As I've said before when I've done things that I'm gonna Scan that I like to use a smooth surface paper hot pressed watercolor paper or Bristol Valum Both of which have a very smooth Certain non-textured surface So that the texture of the paper doesn't interfere with the artwork when I scan it So that being said I have some of the Liquitex muted inks and washi tape The muted Daniel Smith watercolor palette. I've got a pen out here I've got some collage paper behind me. So we're just gonna play and see what happens I have no idea what's gonna happen and we'll give it a shot and I'll be right back. I'm gonna speed through the process I'll be right back. Hey guys. Alrighty, so we have all three of our Initial stages of our backgrounds done here now one thing I forgot to do was trim down the paper a little bit before I Got started these sheets are actually I think they're 9 by 12 They're actually a little too big for my scanner. So we're gonna trim them down a little bit So that they'll fit Okay, so I'm gonna do that to all of them and the other thing I'm going to do is I'm gonna scan them as they are right now now Usually when I do these kind of things before I go farther with any more paint collage doodles or anything I'd like to scan these patterns of paint and colors so that I have Even a larger variety of backgrounds to use on my computer and I happen to really love how like this one came out I think it's just gorgeous. So I'm gonna do all that and then we'll continue and I'll be right back Okay, so I'm gonna zoom out here Now I've got three new fun mixed media backgrounds I can scan into my computer and turn into something digital I can use them as the image behind the text frame in my videos. I can use them behind planner Sets in Etsy I can use them for a lot of things. I am going to show you In another video how I take these and the doodle image I did in a previous video this one and how I change them and turn them into a digital Something that you can work with on your computer kind of this is kind of the old-fashioned way You know, the new modern way is to do all of this work straight into the computer That's not how I learned how to do this so I'm gonna show you how to use Photoshop to change these into a JPEG image with Just the artwork and take away the white paper and how to do that in another video So look for that video. It'll be sort of a part three And Yeah, don't forget the most important thing Besides look down in my description below and see how you can support my channel and the art Buying my book on Amazon Shopping at my Etsy shop any of those things. There is one more important thing Go out and have a great day. Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later. Bye guys