Art journal backgrounds

Create mixed media backgrounds in your art journal with easy step-by-step tutorials with photos for each step. Plus: a background challenge.

Whether you’re new to art journaling or not, you’re always going to need ideas for art journal page backgrounds. Here are eight quick ideas.

If you’re into art journaling (I love it!) or mixed media art then I recommend taking a couple of minutes to read through this post by Carmen Whitehead! Carmen is continuing her Art Jour…

Super easy way to make collage paper backgrounds which are great for art journals, junk journals or mixed media art pieces!

Gesso is a supply that I think is often overlooked or only thought of as a basic prepping supply. But that is really doing this amazing medium a big disservice. I love to use gesso in lots of different ways in my art journals and I am sharing a really great background idea with you here in this vide

Today, I am going to show you a fun image transfer technique AS WELL as an awesome new way to make an art journal (or other mixed media) background.Some of you may be keen on image transfer methods, while others might find them intimidating. So, let's ask this first:What is an image transfer?An image transfer is any method where you would transfer a printed image to anything else. There are a ton of different ways you can do this, but I am only going to show you one.I will be showing you a…

Dive into the world of mixed media art with our latest blog post tutorial! Learn how to create a whimsical art journal page using stamps, collage fodder and stencil backgrounds.

Hi, friends! Today I'm here with a new Art Journal Spread using Lindy's products. It's very easy to do but vibrant in colors, shiny and effective. I love

I thought I would share my process on making master boards. If you don’t know what a master board is, it’s a decorated/patterned paper/background an artists creates to use as the base of other art projects like ATCs o…