Easy Art Journal Page with Neocolor Background and Collage Fodder

Hi there, Susanne here with an art journaling video tutorial, perfect for beginners, using Neocolor II crayons to create a background and Collage Fodder made with our Sketchy Leaves stencils from gel prints.

I started the background by adhering a few collage paper bits with a glue stick. I then primed the page with a thin layer of clear gesso. After this was dry I layed down Neocolor II crayons in warm pastel shades and blended the colours with my finger dipped into water. When the Neocolors get wet they are similar to gouache paint. I let this dry again and added a second layer with scribbles and marks using the Neocolors and a pencil. I wanted to push back the collage papers a bit more and also bring in more white space, so I used a white Art Graf Tailor shape crayon to apply some white. You could also use white acrylic paint or ink to do that. I also made some white splatters. For more interesst and texture on the background I stamped the text stamp from Mix It Up 4.

My focal images are made from gelli prints and our Sketchy Leaves 1 and Sketchy Leaves 3 stencils. I adhered them on top of the stamped leaf from Pencil Marks 7. I stamped this directly to the spread with black StazOn ink.
Unfortunately the Sketchy Leaves 3 stencil is already sold out, but we have a follow up set already, which is the Sketchy Leaves 4 stencil. I will link up the video on how to make the collage fodder at the end of this post!
I finished the page by stamping a sentiment to the right and also to a separate piece of paper, which I adhered to the bottom left.

Enjoy watching the full video tutorial here: