Art Journal Page Step-by-Step Tutorial for Beginners 🎨

Watch me as I guide you through this mixed media art journal page, explaining the process and medium choices, composition and colour palette.

Find everything I used in this tutorial video below:

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Distress Inks and Oxides

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Large Blending Brushes

Distress Oxide Sprays

Resist Paste

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[janecameron]

Only just discovered you. This is a great page and an easy project to get me back into mixed media. Love that typewriter stamp.

[maplelassuk]

I just love this...I have never, in 25 years of stamping and cardmaking, scrapbooking, stamped on tissue paper and cut it out...a must try now!!! Thank you Lou, I would maybe make this a title page, but I would love to keep a journal with some writing, as my husband is terminally ill and I am trying to write about our days together. I wish I had the Reflections range, I really missed out there, it 's all lovely!

[meerkatmakesbyl-cardsbylaura]

Such a lovely layout! Some great techniques. Thank you!

[sharonward]

This is beautiful Lou and your explanation has inspired me to give this a go.

[seeking.harmony]

I purchased those floral stickers. They are quite nice to add some color to certain projects.

[AlysonGold]

Your page is so pretty! I loved your tip about using tissue paper for the stamps. I'm just beginning with art journaling and there have been times I've wanted to stamp something onto the background, but was afraid I might mess up the background. Tissue paper would be a perfect way around that! Thank you for this great tutorial!

[terrytulipane]

So many different techniques and mediums used. Resist paste...that's what I need!
I love negative backgrounds versus positive
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[paula-xmoonlitfaeryx]

Love this page. The tissue paper idea was clever x

[helenastanser]

Lovely art journal page! Thank you for the inspiration Lou!

[juliebrown]

Just watched this today Lou … loved it!

[Cyrilmc]

Thank you so much Lou, I really really love ❤️ watching you create this amazing and beautiful piece. I really really love ❤️ it. Everything about it screams mixed media too. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags

[BRebornArtHealing]

Fabulous. I am also a mixed media artist but I absolutely adore how you break things down so simplistic 💛

[jessw]

Hello I am enjoying your videos and the tips are great.

[lindaroberts]

Beautiful. So much fun to watch you create these

[Rivers-love]

This is all so beautiful.

Will your stamps be restocked? It seems I have found your channel a bit late, but I’d love to enjoy your stamp collection if it’s made available again.

[robinwlodarczyk]

This is gorgeous! I'm just starting to experiment with mixed media. I love your videos!

[CarolHildebrand-zukt]

Beautiful!! I am going to try this!! Thanks. 😊

[FttyhxJhghjgjhfdsreokkm]

Hi I’ve just started mixed media and I was wondering if you could use something like acrylic painting instead of textured paste

[LibbyRal]

it was exciting to learn these different techniques but I wish more of the typewriter were showing.

[deannapeters]

What about the book/paper? I’m not sure what to get. Someone told me anything then apply gesso over it. Did you put gesso on this first? Complete newbie here