Art journaling is a beautiful way to express your thoughts, emotions, and creativity on the page. In this category, you’ll find beginner-friendly tutorials, mixed-media techniques, collage ideas, color inspiration, and seasonal prompts to help you build a joyful and consistent journaling practice. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to deepen your creativity, these guides will show you how to layer colors, textures, patterns, and personal stories into meaningful pages you’ll love. Let your art journal become your creative sanctuary.
So, you’ve got your art journal ready, a pile of fun supplies at your fingertips, and maybe even a Pinterest board full of inspiration… but that first page? Still totally blank. In this post, I’m going to walk you through simple steps to finally get past that blank-page block and begin your first art journal page.
You’ll get a gazillion exciting ideas and layouts to help you make the most of your art journal. From playful collages to serene watercolor washes, you’ll find plenty of inspiration to spark your imagination (and finally start making art!)
Texture isn’t hard to achieve but there are some things you should learn in order to practice texture in art and create interesting work, whether on a canvas or in your art journal.
That’s why, in this article, I’ll walk you through the importance of texture, what it really is, how to achieve it, what tools to use, and how texture can evoke emotions.
If you’ve been “arting” for a while, or just starting out, you definitely came across many tutorials or texts that were using art terms you didn’t quite understand. Well, for those wondering what some of the painting terms are, you’ll find plenty of information in this article.
Is one of your most annoying struggles to actually start that page in your art journal? Does the blank page stare at you mocking? However, there are ways to break the blank page and overcome that fear.
Do your art journal pages sometimes look unfinished, like there must be something more to them, but you just can’t figure out what you need to add or fix? What your art journal pages might be lacking is the interesting and appealing composition or organisation of the elements on the page. That’s why I wanted to share a solution to these problems by introducing composition in art.
If you want to start an art journal, this is the right beginner’s guide for you. Here, you’ll learn what an art journal is, how to start one, what journals to choose, what art supplies you need. Also, get ideas on what to journal about with illustrated examples.