I recently discovered artist, teacher and art journaler Kasia Avery on YouTube. She has a delightfully enthusiastic teaching style that makes creating easy & fun.
If you haven't seen Care December, her free art journaling class yet, you can check it out here:
In preparation for participating in Care December, I followed two of Kasia's YouTube videos on making papers of your own design and colors for art journaling. These are the videos I followed to create all of these painted papers.
Kasia uses a lot of different supplies, but a person can just use what they have on hand and have success.
I used office papers and forms from The Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse, my favorite thrift store in Pittsburgh. They sell everything from fine art materials to vintage items, photography equipment, fabric, jewelry & scrapbooking supplies and lots more.
I spent a lovely afternoon splashing acrylic & watercolor paint on a variety of book pages, magazine pages, pieces of graph paper, used gift wrap tissue paper, music sheeting, old maps, etc., and turning them into colorful papers for art journaling.
I worked on a big piece of kraft paper on the floor to give myself lots of room to paint. I turned on some inspiring music, brewed up a hot tea, and experimented with lots of different techniques and materials.
The beauty of this approach is that I didn't have to drive to a store and purchase anything new. I used what I had, and the items I had found secondhand at PCCR.
Each piece of brightly-painted paper was made in my own intuitive style, so it will match my art journal. And, I got to spend an afternoon playing with paint, listening to music, lost in the hum of creativity and joy.
I hope you'll join me in doing some creative self care this December!
Copyright 2023 Betsy Bangley.
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