Mixed media mark making

What is mark making and why it's important? Discover the significance of mark-making in art journaling and artistic expression. Learn why mark-making is crucial for conveying individuality, narratives, and emotions in your artwork. Explore techniques, tools, and the importance of study in developing

Discover the magic of transparent layers and mark making in art journals. Our tutorial guides you through using collage papers, acrylic inks, stamps, and paint pens to add depth to abstract art.

Messy colorful mark making with acrylic gouache and neocolors - my favourite art to make

Doodles and scratches, squiggles and stirpes - great patterns start with making marks using different mark making tools. #markmakingtools #makingmarks

The best things about mixed media mastersheets is that when you cut them down smaller, suddenly all of the crazy busy elements make sense 😍 We are taking a deep dive into papers this week for the BB Beta Journals Class, and I have to say that mastersheets are one of my favorite ways of paper making and just creating in general! It’s truly an anything goes mentality and I love it 🫶🏼 Create collage papers with Brooke Henry from BB Henry Art

A Step-by-Step Mixed Media Guide

I collected up a selection of drawing instruments, felt tips, pens, biro, fine liner, permeant marker, highlighter, a range of drawing pencils, colouring pencils, water soluble colouring pencils, pastel pencils, different charcoals, different graphite sticks, a putty rubber and a hard rubber. I drew up some 6x6cm squares in an A4 sketch pad and set…

I hope this finds you doing well and finding some time to create. Let’s talk art journals. Do you have a favorite type? I’m not super picky about mine. The only thing it has to have is sturdiness so I can be messy and throw on all types of media. But if I had to pick 3 favorite types of journals here’s my picks…

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