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This article is written by M. Carmen Sánchez – Cuchy from La almohada

One of the things I love about Art Journaling is that it is absolutely mine and absolutely me.

It’s where I express my joy and sadness, my ups and downs my success and my mistakes.

And it is the perfect place to experiment with new techniques or products, and where I leave my creativity fly.

And where to find the inspiration?

Look around you and find something you like. A book, your brushes, your room’s colours…

Look through the window or review your last pictures of the woods, the city or the beach.

What did you do yesterday? Is there something or someone special in your life lately? Any special event in a near future? What did you laugh at last time?

Search the web. Flickr or any other online gallery. Write your favourite colour in the search field and hit enter. You’ll be surprised with the results. Do the same with your own pictures.

I’m sure you have a huge list of blogs. Open a new folder on your computer and save your favourite works with a proper link to the author. Do not forget to credit when credit is due

Search pages of sketches and learn from other’s interpretation. Try to make your own version.

Let the music sounds…

So, while listening to my favourite music, with a cup of coffee beside me I left myself be inspired by the colours of one of the canvas hanging on my wall and our anniversary next month.

I love textures and colours, so my tutorial today is a colourful Art Journal Page… in Valentine’s mood 🙂

Start covering a piece of tulle with gesso on your page. Let it dry and then pull the tulle apart. It will give a beautiful texture to your page.

Pour some paint and spread it with a wet baby wipe. One colour at a time.

 

 

Once the art journal page is dry, stamp around the edges. I used one of my hand carved stamp

On a book page, draw a heart, stamp over it and colour it with watercolour. Cut it out

Glue your heart to the page and add a shadow with a charcoal pencil

 

That’s it! This gorgeous art journal page is complete! Hope you like it.

 

 

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M. Carmen Sánchez – Cuchy

A mainly self-taught mixed media artist who loves to play with textures and layers

Member of the Kuretake’s Design Team -manufacturer of writing supplies- Design Team Instructor of Stampers Best -american manufacturer of rubber stamps and cling cushion mounting foam- and contributor and guest designer in various Spanish and international blogs, she taught several workshops in Madrid and Barcelona and loves to teach from her own experiences, and encourage the students to think outside the box and put their inner self in everything they create, to achieve a personal and unique result.

You can find more on her blog Hecho a mano.

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