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30 Things You Can Add to Your Art Journal

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Art journals can be decorated, simple, planned out, spontaneous, and a great outlet for stress. Here are some ideas for you to add to your own art journal.

1. Collage. Using magazines, newspapers, old books, posters, prints off the internet, you can make fabulously artistic pages.

2. Sew-on Decor. Instead of using glue, Mod Podge, or tape, try using thread to sew pictures onto the pages. It will give it a vintage, textured look.

3. Tea Stain. If you take a tea bag and steep it in hot water for a little, you can stain the pages to make the pages look old. Different teas make different colors, so experiment!

4. Paint. Water-color painting, acrylic painting, finger painting, or whatever the medium of paint is that you choose. Get in there and paint the pages however you want!

5. Sketch. Not all pages have to be pops of colors and textures. You can have pages of beautiful simple sketches.

6. Stamp. If you don’t have stamps, it’s easy to make your own. Search for some DIY stamps.

7. Nature. Tape or glue pieces of nature into your pages. Flowers, grass, leaves, or twigs.

8. Masking Tape. Make a pattern on the page with masking tape and color, paint, or doodle over the pattern. Take the tape off when you’re done to see the amazing pattern underneath.

9. Doodle. Draw anything and everything. Try using pens or markers instead of pencil. Make mistakes and live with them because mistakes are beautiful.

10. Outline Objects. Take a roll of tape, a phone case, pictures, or anything around you and outline them with pens, markers, or Sharpies. Overlap the shapes for an interesting effect.

11. Washi Tape. Decorate the pages with borders, wrap it around the edges, or create shapes.

12. Trace. If you have thin enough pages, you can trace shapes, images, and scenes. Just don’t claim that the tracing was your own art because that’s not cool.

13. Blow Paint. Glob some paint with some water and use a straw to blow the paint around the page.

14. Pastels. Experiment with pastels. Mix them with water, rubbing alcohol, or just smudge and mix them together.

15. Stencils. Use stencils to design pages with shapes and images. You can experiment by using paints or by overlapping.

16. Stickers. Plaster an entire page with stickers if you want or use them sparingly. It’s your call.

17. Divide the Page. Use a ruler or a flat edge to divide the page into various sizes of shapes. Color each shape in differently.

18. Etch. Etching is a technique in which you place an object under the page and shade over it. The final outcome is really amazing.

19. Sharpies. Scribble, sketch, doodle or experiment by mixing the Sharpies with rubbing alcohol.

20. Glitter. Throw some glitter (make it rain) on some wet paint, glue, or water-brushed pages.

21. Scribble. Exactly what it says.

22. Burn the Page. This one you need to be careful with because you could ruin the whole book. Take a lighter or a match and just gently burn the edges of the page to make it look old.

23. Outline Your Hands. By outlining your hands, you are making a page that no one else can…unless they have the same size hand as you.

24. Sponge. Dip a sponge in paint and press it on the page all over.

25. Make A Comic. Who says you have to draw out a comic? Collage it or paint it! Or just draw it because that’s pretty too.

26. Zentangles. If you aren’t sure what these are, just look them up. They are fun and are said to help people calm down.

27. Your Own Pictures. Add your own personal images of friends, family, yourself into your artwork.

28. Quotes. You can write them yourself, print them out, cut them from magazines, or cut them from books.

29. Maps. This might be difficult for those who don’t have maps or atlases. Mod Podge pieces of maps to the pages.

30. Mixed Media. Combine any of the previous suggestions for a fantastic piece that you’ll be proud of.

Source: artjournaling101

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<p> 1. do you have any recurring dreams? what are they?
2. what is your favourite kind of fruit?
3. sweet or savoury?
4. what is your smallest/pettiest fear?
5. what is your least favourite vegetable?
6. what is your favourite art movement?
7. do you drink milk?
8. what was the last line of the last book you read?
9. do you like bitter food?
10. what is the most significant event in your life so far?
11. what is one thing ( a book, movie, etc ) that has greatly affected you?
12. what is your favourite breed of dog or cat?
13. list your top 5 favourite turtle names.
14. what job would you have if you could have it without going through all of the school or experience that is required?
15. are there any names that you dislike so much that you would dislike the person with the name? what are those names?
16. what is your favourite letter?
17. are there any instruments you wished you played?
18. list your best friends.
19. would you rather be a skeleton or a ghost?
20. do you prefer fish or lizards/snakes? (as pets)
21. art or music?
22. what is your favourite type of flower?
23. soup or salad?
24. are you good at keeping plants alive?
25. do animals tend to like you?
26. what is the worst book you've ever read?
27. do you collect anything?
28. how many pillows do you sleep with?
29. whats the latest you've ever woken up?
30. how many pictures are on your walls?
31. what age did you stop keeping stuffed animals on your bed?
32. what is your favourite candy?
33. what is your favourite baked good?
34. do you have a camera? if so, what kind?
35. do you wear jewelry?
36. sunrise or sunset?
37. do you like to listen to music with headphones or no headphones?
38. what was your favourite show as a child?
39. describe your favourite spot in your house.
40. do you like to be warm or cold?
41. the best joke you have.
42. whats the weirdest thing that you've seen happen in a public place?
43. CD or digital?
44. who do you miss right now?
45. if you could combine two places in the world, which two places would you choose?
46. describe the worst substitute teacher you've ever had.
47. do you believe horoscopes?
48. are you spiritual?
49. describe your pets ( or family if you dont have pets )
50. are you good at getting over mistakes?</p>