{"id":13356,"date":"2025-04-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/?p=13356"},"modified":"2025-04-28T07:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T05:21:38","slug":"art-journal-280425","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/art-journal-inspiration\/art-journal-280425\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Journal Tutorial with Mix it up 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hello everyone.
It\u2019s Sixela on the blog today with a step by step art journaling tutorial. To make this page I used the Rubber Dance Mix It Up 7<\/a> and Mix A Sentiment<\/a> stamps with the Dotted 1<\/a> stencils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The pages of my notebook being very thin, I started by applying white gesso with an old loyalty card to waterproof the paper. I then dried it with a Heat gun, insisting in a few places to “bubble” the gesso and give relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I created my own papers with pads from plate Mix It Up 7<\/a><\/a> with either black Versafine ink or Distress ink “weathered wood”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I tore pieces of these papers and glued them to the bottom of my page.
I applied Winsor and Newton black ink using a collapen (tool made from the metal of a coke can).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I then applied acrylic paint with my finger:
“Light blue Permanent ” (Liquitex) lightened with white, then “turquoise green” (Amsterdam), “lime green” (Liquitex) and white.
Using the <\/a>Dotted 1<\/a> <\/a> stencil, I applied “Fluorescent Pink” acrylic paint (Liquitex) with a make-up sponge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I then made stains with “Titanium White” acrylic ink (Liquitex)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I made stains by heavily diluting acrylic paint “Prussian Blue Hue” (Liquitex) with water and a Junior Brush, series 303 Da Vinci, size 6.
Then I stamped the facial features of plate Mix It Up 7<\/a> on white bristol with black versafine. Then I drew hair using a Murano glass nib (bought from a craftsman during my trip to Venice) and Winsor and Newton black ink. I then tore up this portrait and pasted it on my page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To finish I stamped the text “Find the beauty in every day” from plate Mix A Sentiment 2023<\/a>, I glued it on my page and I added a few strokes of a black pen around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are some close-ups of the page<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wish you a very nice day.
Sixela
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