Journal Art

Art Journaling

The idea of art journaling is to relax your mind from the tension and stress you might be dealing with. Art journaling is a visual diary where you can keep your emotions, ideas and experiences through a mixture of writing, drawing, painting, and other art techniques. Art journaling is a self-expression and visually interesting work where a "story" or "theme" is not needed. But if you do want to have a "story" or "theme", that is your choice. What matters is the creative and the relaxation we get from doing this. Scrapbooking or Junk Journaling are also similar to art journaling with a couple tweaks.

Materials:

*The materials that are listed aren’t mandatory, they are just examples of what we can use in art journaling. Any type of materials can be used, it is completely your choice. It is not need for you to to buy everything, you can just use things you have at home.

Journal (any type should work)
Pencils
Pens (multiple colors preferred & anytype)
Paints (watercolor, acrylic or ayntype)
Paint Brushes
Colorful paper (plain or with patterns)
Glue (anytype works)
Tape (anytype)
Stickers (if you want)
Magazine cutout (if you want)
Scissors
Photos (if you want)

*For more ideas of materials please use this link, it shows different type of supplies you can use of art journeling -

Instructions:

Gather all materials.

Take a magazine and cut out things that interesting you or think are pretty. (if you don't have stickers don't worry, these magazine cut outs work just like stickers.)

Take the journal of you choice and open it to an empty page.

(If you don't think you want to do it in a journal you can also just do it on a paper and store it in a plastic sleeve.)

Create a background using any materials you want (you can use watercolors, acrylic, oil pastels, etc. or even use color or patterned paper).

(if you want you don't even have to create a background).

Add Stickers, Magazine cutout and Photos all over the page
Add some sort of writing that you think belongs on the page (you can write a paragraph or just a couple of words).

(if you don't want writing you can just add stickers, magazine cutout and photos and end it there)

Lastly write the date on the page and wrap it up (if you want).

* Art Journaling is an idea that can help you to relax and bring your creativity out. You can do art journaling in anyway, the instructions are more like guidelines for beginners.

Example of how to do art journaling:
Example of art journaling designs:

Citations:

Joyful Art Journaling. (2020, April 16). The ultimate list of art journal supplies. https://joyfulartjournaling.com/the-ultimate-list-of-art-journal-supplies/
Maricle, A. (2021, September 17). How to start an art journal. Mindful Art Studio®. https://mindfulartstudio.com/how-to-start-an-art-journal/
Stamprints, -. (2022, October 10). All about art journaling and its benefits. Stamprints. https://stamprints.com/blogs/scrapbook/all-about-art-journaling-and-its-benefits
Polet, S. (2023, January 30). The Art of Art Journaling: A guide to creating a Visual Diary. MELLOW DAYS. https://mymellowdays.com/en-us/blogs/mellow-daysblog-en/the-art-of-art-journaling-a-guide-to-creating-a-visual-diary
Kristen. (2024, August 12). 15 Inspirational Art Journal pages {Gorgeous ideas!}. dreamdashjournal.com. https://dreamdashjournal.com/15-inspirational-art-journal-pages/