Sometimes you just need to get your hands a little messy, play with your favorite colors, and enjoy creating without a plan! I gathered some leaves and ferns from my yard, pulled out my Distress Sprays in beautiful autumn colors, and started experimenting. Layer by...

Sometimes the best art journal pages happen when you start with an idea…and then completely change your mind along the way! For this mixed media flower, I started by drawing simple circles and thinking about creating a “flower within a flower.” From there, I just kept...

This bold mixed-media flower started without much of a plan and turned into a vibrant floral filled with loose brushstrokes, unexpected color, and lots of personality. The black background really makes the reds, yellows, greens, and turquoise pop!  This is also a...

Using Titan Buff, white, Cobalt Blue Hue, black, and touches of metallic gold, we’ll build a soft neutral background and oversized flower, then add expressive linework and splattered details. The goal isn’t a perfectly drawn flower - it’s to keep everything loose,...

This art journal page is all about contrast, color, and keeping things simple. Instead of filling the whole page with one background, this project divides the composition into two colorful sides (cool greens and blues on one side, warm yellows, oranges, and reds on...

This colorful fall art journal page is all about leaning into the season, even if the weather has not gotten the memo yet. Using a warm, moody watercolor background, loose hand-drawn leaves, deep brown linework, and metallic gold accents, this project creates a rich...

This colorful floral art journal page is all about letting go of realism and leaning into something playful, bold, and a little unexpected. I describe this style as “Dr. Seuss meets Mother Nature,” and that is exactly the energy here. Instead of starting with a...

This floral art journal page is all about relaxing into the watercolor process and letting the painting tell you where it wants to go. Instead of sketching everything first, we begin with a loose wet-on-wet background, allow the colors to blend naturally, and then...

This colorful art journal page started with a simple idea: draw a flower, keep the supplies manageable, and let the details build from there. The result is a bold teal bloom with a graphic black center, bright yellow-green background, expressive ink work, subtle...