Glass bead gel, gold metallic and masking tape for texture Crash the stash 11-14-19

by Shawn | November 14, 2019 | abstract, art journal, crash the stash

I LOVE this background! The texture is delicious! I grabbed some papers from the stash including some gold metallic paper that I’ve had for years. I also grabbed the some glass bead gel… also haven’t used in a while… That’s the whole...

What I do in the last page of my journal- crash the stash

by Shawn | August 22, 2019 | art journal, crash the stash

This is the last page in my journal and I always use my last page to document the time that I spent creating there. It always looks different in each journal but there is always a space to write how I felt, the season I was in or new art and personal discoveries. The...

Modeling paste and gesso w/ art journal crash the stash 8-1-19

by Shawn | August 1, 2019 | art journal, crash the stash

This journal page was simple but I love how it turned out. I love the papers that I put down for the background and wanted to make sure that they showed up. I used only a few colors and used modeling paste and gesso for the highlighted stenciled areas. The butterfly...

mixed media journal page with new Lukas paints. Crash the stash

by Shawn | July 18, 2019 | art journal, crash the stash

I started with the worst papers I could find, because I knew I was going to throw a lot of paint down. But I also chose paint that would compliment the orange. I just got some Lukas paint and had not played with it yet so I thought this was a perfect time. I REALLY...

mixed media art journal page in real time “Crash the Stash 7-7-19”

by Shawn | July 4, 2019 | art journal, crash the stash

This was literally a 10 minute journal page. That’s why I love using my nothing journal. It has my cast off paint and all kinds of goodness in it just waiting for me to create on. I have a full workshop that shows you step by step how I create my journal, the...