Video Tutorial for Art Journal Spread "Beautiful and Gorgeous"

Hello you precious, pretty people. 

The FOCUS of today's video tutorial for an art journal spread is that there are creative ways to fix what you might consider... well... ugly. It is mostly about a THOUGHT PROCESS - not as much as a "how to".

After I added a peach color to my background, I actually showed my mom how bad it looked. She told me the colors reminded her of some art deco colors from a house remodeling show. Then she suggested adding a vintage picture of Loretta Young that my grandfather received while serving in the war along with an "art deco" pattern somewhere...

So a shout-out to mom! I was able to transform my "ugly" idea into something beautiful! The journal spread might have been easier to complete on a canvas board, but that's okay. It worked.

You can see the video tutorial and a complete list of products I used at the bottom of my blog entry.

Loretta Young was both beautiful and gorgeous so the title from the 13arts foil "A Letter to You" was appropriate.

Here is the left side of the spread...

And the right side of the spread...

And now the close-up of the center!

Products Used:

13arts

Ayeeda Mist - "Pastel Cobalt"

Foil - "A Letter to You"

Stencil - "Always the Music"

Stencil - "Damask"

Art Anthology

Stencil - "Cracked"

Blue Fern Studios

Glitter - "Black Ice"

Embossing Powder - "Black and Gold"

The Crafter's Workshop

Stencil - "Specimens"

Lindy's Gang

Starburst Spray - "Midnight Rendervous Raven"

Little Birdie Crafts

Stencil - "Threadbare Net"

Prima

Comfort Craft - Distressing Tool

Finnabair Stamp - "Clear Crackle"

Finnabair Art Basics - Modeling Paste

Finnabair Art Basics - "Heavy Gesso"

Ranger

Distress Texture Paste - "Crackle"

Embossing Powder - Super Fine Detail - "White"

Distress Spray Stain - "Dried Marigold"

Liquitex

Gesso - "Black"

Gesso - "White"

Matte Gel

Fluid Matte Gel

Golden

Glass Bead Gel

Versamark

Watermark Stamp Pad

Colorbox

Pigment Ink Pad - "Black"

Finally, here is the video tutorial proving that something "ugly" can turn out great!

Thanks for stopping by! Until next time...

~Jessica Fischer~