Find Joy in the Ordinary – by Robyn Wood

Hello, it’s Robyn joining you today to share a mixed media art journal page.  Are you following along with the Documented Life prompts shared by the Art to the 5^th Academy artists? I played along sporadically last year and decided that this year I’d do it properly and try to complete each of the prompts – so far so good.  This year the idea is to use one of the large Dylusions journals for each prompt and I’m finding it a great journal to create in! I love the flexible, catch all cover so I know that I’m not going to break the bindings if my journal gets a little large.

A recent challenge was to create a page using under papers and the journaling prompt was ‘what lies beneath?’. My under papers tend to get really muddy so I decided to use some baby wipes instead. Baby wipes make perfect additions to your art journals, they are thin and can be cut with scissors or dies to create all types of shapes and they take colour beautifully!  I don’t tend to keep them on a regular basis but for this project they were perfect.

Check out my YouTube video to learn how I created this page:

Supplies:

• Dylusions Journal
• Liquitex – Gesso
• Liquitex – Matte Gel
• Prima Texture Paste – Clear Crackle
• Golden Acrylic Glazing Liquid, Satin
• Liquitex – Modelling Paste
• Liquitex – Clear Gesso
• Ranger Distress Paint – Spiced Marmalade, Festive Berries, Black Soot, Squeezed lemonade, Picked Raspberry, Picket Fence, Peacock Feathers
• Gelatos – yellow, orange, red
• Dina Wakley acrylic paint – Ruby, Night
• Ranger texture tool
• 7 Gypsies stamps – Lille
• Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap – Postale
• Dictionary paper
• Prima stencil – Lace
• Ranger Archival Ink – Jet Black, Forget-Me-Not, Red Geranium, Monarch Orange
• Non-Stick Craft Mat
• Daler Rowney FW ink – Marine Blue, White
• Mister Huey spray ink – Sherbet, Pretty Pink, Opaque White
• Posca pen – white, black
• Sharpie pen – white
• Charcoal pencil & blending stump
• Baby wipes, spatula, various lids

I hope you enjoyed learning how this project comes together. As always, don’t forget to pop by Lulu Art & Friends Facebook page to say hi or share your project or leave a comment on my blog, www.purplesalt.net

Robyn