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Art Journal for Birgit's Art Crew August 2018 - free video!

another fun, easy & quick Art Journal video from me for Birgit's Art Crew, August 2018!!

I have found this cute, easy & stunning technique while using a stencil, modeling paste & watercolors! YES watercolors! when you use your stencil when the watercolors are still wet, it gives a stunning color effect to the modeling paste! Watch my video to see how easy it is :)

 

 

watch the free video here:

 

products used in this project:

Art Mask “Leafs”
Stamp “All you need is love”

other:
watercolor by Jane Davenport
white cardstock Bazzill Basicspencil
da vinci watercolor brush nr. 3 (to write the title)
da vinci watercolor brush nr. 12
tacky glue
black pen
white posca pen
Art Journal Revlie

make sure you check out all the other videos' from Birgit's Art Crew to get you inspired and motivated to create something.

thanks for watching!

Brand New online class "Easy Watercoloring in Your Art Journal" is LIVE

my brand new online class "Easy Watercoloring in Your Art Journal" at Big Picture Classes is LIVE NOW! 

watercolors can move and blend like they have a mind of their own - but that doesn't mean they have to be intimidating! in this class I share six quick and easy techniques that you can try today to add watercolors to your art journal. 

learn how to create a handwritten title using watercolors, how to blend different colors easily, and how to combine watercolors with fabric, doodles and other mixed media! 

at the end of this class, you'll have new skills you can apply to any project!

and the best part?! YOU & your bestie can win a free MONTH trial! how's that for cool huh? 

all you have to do, is comment under this post on my instagram feed with something nice & ofcourse tag your bestie in it. If one of you wins, you BOTH win that free MONTH trial!

you can find my Instagram post here

 

see you in class!!!

Fun Art Collaboration with my sweet friend Andrea!

oh, i had such fun doing this Art Collaboration with my sweet & very talented friend Andrea Gomoll from Cre8tive Cre8tions. make sure you check out her website, she has some crazy fun & lovely online classes and has the cutest stamps!

We both have created a mixed media background on a piece of watercolor paper and then send it to eachother to finish it.

 

BACKGROUND

In this video you can see me create my Mixed Media Artjournal Page background:

If you watch this video to the end, you can click the link to see how Andrea has finished my background! (SCROLL DOWN FOR ANOTHER VIDEO!!)

 

Andrea did make the most beautiful girl on my background. make sure you check out her video how she made it here: 

 

DRAWING THE GIRL

In my next video you can see me finish Andrea's background.

 

if you want to see how she made this beautiful background, go check out my video & I'll guide you to hers, or check out her video directly here.

thank you so much for watching & maybe you want to start a collaboration with your art friend too!

Art Journal Page for Birgit's Art Crew Guest Designer May 2018

another fun & easy project i made for Birgit's Art Crew as a Guest Designer. this time i choose to use one single stencil and lots of green & blue watercolors. this page is so very easy & quick to make! watch the fun little video i made and get your creativity going!

watch the video here

 

and a few pics to get a better idea:  

 

products used in this art journal page:

Art Mask “Leafs”
https://www.artstamp.fr/masque-a6-leafs-by-birgit-koopsen-carabelle-studio,fr,4,MA60059.cfm

 

 

other:

watercolor by Winsor & Newton
watercolor by Jane Davenport
white cardstock Bazzill Basics
pencil
da vinci watercolor brush nr. 0
da vinci watercolor brush nr. 3 (to write the title)
da vinci watercolor brush nr. 12 (for the drops)
4art artists watercolor brush nr. 1
green gelato (spearmint)
mixed media Art Journal A4 Strathmore
tacky glue

 

enjoy creating & show me your art journal if you made one!

52 promises to me #13 TAKE TIME

the 52 promises to me for week 13 is here! TAKE TIME. o boy, that's a biggie for me. because i'm impatient like ALWAYS i feel like i need to learn this lesson. take my time. journaling is in Dutch, but scroll down for the English version.

journaling:

TAKE TIME. you are allowed to take your time. this is such a common thread in my life. i can be very impatient and restless. i'm always thinking it had to be done yesterday. but also taking time for me, and giving myself time are hard. although i'm doing better than before, i still have to be reminded of this regularly. YES i am allowed to do the things in my own speed. no i don't need to get my creative business to the next level in the next year. NO i don't have to do anything. i am allowed to spend my days exactly the way i want and need to. i can take my time to learn new skills, to discover and to take time to make decisions. in that i can be very quick and impatient and feel regret afterwards. as if there's always somebody behind me pushing me. which is not the case at all, but it feels like that. rushed. so now i promise myself "take your freaking time girl". stop rushing, start enjoying the process <3.  

 

supplies i've used to make this art journal page:
of course my own art journal :)
jane davenport watercolors
winsor & newton watercolors
white signo uni-ball pen
black micron pen 1.0

happy creating everybody!
love

52promises to me #12 READ

a new promise a two weeks late :O. but i'm here again, back on track! journaling for this page is in Dutch, i'll translate it for you, scroll down a bit.

READ. oh, in 'the old day's i almost ate those books. and when Sanne was a newborn i would love to read when she was napping on my chest. i could barely hold my arms up, but that was the only time to read. at night i simply was toooo tired, my eyes closed by the thought of reading alone. when we went to the beach, i would bring my book with me. sometimes enthousiastically 2! but of course i didn't even read 1 line because i was watching Sanne as a hawk. so i mostly just browsed some magazines. and when Ruben joined our family party it was all done with reading all together :O. he was such a busy bee and everywhere so i needed to keep my eyes on those 2 at all times. but since recently and mostly a few years ago when they both had their swimming exams, i can read (and relax) more! on holidays, lying in a relaxing chair near the pool where they play. 

and nowadays at night, and during the day, i pick up a book more and more. i want to be LESS on social media (looking at what other people are doing with their lives :), and MORE doing my own things, enjoying my own life. i buy a lot of books and love to have a stack! so i'm not gonna make a promise to read X-amount of books this year. that only gives me stress. i just want to be less online, and more reading!

 

supplies i've used to make this art journal page:
of course my own art journal :)
jane davenport watercolors
winsor & newton watercolors
white molotow acrylic marker
black micron pen 1.0
white ecoline ink

happy creating everybody!
love

#52promisestome #11 ADVENTURE

the new promise for this week is ADVENTURE. what a beautiful word to make a promise on! my artjournaling is in Dutch, please read on below.

ADVENTURE. more. when it comes to adventure i'm really a chicken. i mostly want to stay with Arjan and the kids. going out of a day with a friend is perfectly fine, but away for a whole weekend? i get a tummy ache only thinking about it. kinda strange actually. Sanne and Ruben are almost 15 and 11. they can manage themselves perfectly. but it is just a feeling. "all sheep on dry land", and my favorite people all together gives me a sigh of relief. luckely that feeling get's less strong and i can really look forward to going out and about, for me!

start to make nice city trips, good food, with my bestie of course! in may i'm going away for 5 (!) days to Madrid! the Desire Map training of Nicole, my wonderful business coach. but i truly think it is a fabulous promise to make: going on a adventure at least twice a year! to a city, or to another country even. seeing things, learning things. get inspired. by car, bus, train or airplane. if i go, than might as well do it right!

 

supplies i've used to make this art journal page:
of course my own art journal :)
winsor & newton watercolors
jane davenport watercolors
white molotow acrylic marker

happy creating everybody!
love

i bet you were waiting for this!

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in this class i'm gonna teach 3 totally different art journal pages, but all with the theme "i am enough". to read more about it, visit my shop HERE, or my Etsyshop HERE.

will you join me, having fun creating together?!

#52promisestome #10 CELEBRATE. the little things.

another week, another promise! CELEBRATE. just celebrate the little things. why dont' we huh? why are we so stucked on the everyday life, that we can't even enjoy the birds chirping now spring is in the air. see flowers trying to come out of the ground. listen to beautiful music. being able to read! there are so many 'little things' that make life beautiful. i really have to tell myself to look around me and see what magic we live in.

(last few days we had ice on the water next to our garden, so we were iceskating in our own backyard! how freaking cool was that? talk about making memories!

journaling of my page is in Dutch and scroll down for the english version:

what i wrote down for this week:

CELEBRATE. the little things. such a beautiful promise to myself. CELEBRATE the F*CK out of life! look how many beautiful things there are to celebrate. and strangely enough, i can get carried away with reaching goals, to pursue converting, getting more followers on social media, having more orders... but stop and think how beautiful it is to live in this beautiful home, to wake up while the birds are chirping in the trees next to our bedroom? that Sanne has the time of her life because all the swans, ducks, coots and any other animal come cruising by and she can feed them, almost out of her hand! that Ruben (and Sanne!) can build their own treehouse in the biggest tree in our garden, a weeping willow. that we can live our lives the way we do now, and barely have to worry. that i can enjoy my kids intensely when i hear and see them play together and complete story lines pass by :). i truly promise myself to stop and watch & listen and realize that there is so much to celebrate in life right NOW. 

supplies i've used to make this art journal page:
of course my own art journal :)
neocolor II crayons
gelato's
white molotow acrylic marker
black poscapen PC 1.m, 0.7 mm

happy creating everybody!
love

 

#52promisestome #9 MOVE

this week promise is 'MOVE' and you can interpret that as you wish. you can read my page if you scroll a bit down.

and nope, if i make a mistake in writing, i don't freak out! i just cross it, or write over it. done is better than perfect people. don't overthing, it's just an art journal :)

journaling is in Dutch:

MOVE. as in make a move. the last couple of months i feel like i'm moving in circles. i want this, but do something different. and i just keep marching in my circle. because, i was there already. why am i punishing myself? why do i HAVE TO do all these things? i've read somewhere "and who said so?!". exactly! who said so! so actually i have to promise myself it's okay to MOVE. just move towards where i want to be. but where do i want to be?! that's a whole new level... but what's important for me for now: i have to realise when i'm somewhere (physically or in my mind) and i don't like it, i have always permission to MOVE. just decide "this isn't it" and move on. and ofcourse i mean in my creative business! because Artifex is totally on track and in our family we have it pretty much figured out and have a warm & loving family of our own. so, for my creative bizz i'm allowed to think "if you don't like where you are going, MOVE, you are not a tree!".

supplies i've used to make this art journal page:
of course my own art journal :)
gelato's
Jane Davenport watercolors
white liquitex paint
stamps
stazzon ink
scrap piece of fabric (dotted heart)
felt (white hearts)

happy creating lovelies!