How it all started:
After watching a lot of art journaling videos from you-tubers like Aaron, Jennibellie, Franc Papillon and other, I got the itch to also make my own art journal. As I didn't know where to start or what to do I kept on watching more and more videos, until I came across Aaron’s ABC's of Art Journaling Series. That was when I thought “AHA, There is a good idea.” I decided to start my own ABC Art Journal Series but focus on motivational words that would help motivate me to free up some of my creativity. And that was when ABC Motivation Art Journal Series was born.
What did I have to start this project?
In most of the videos that I saw on YouTube, the artists had so much fancy art supplies, like sprays, stamps, stencils...etc As I didn't have all that, I decided to start with the little bit that I did have, which included:
- A Drawing/painting pad (A5)
- Gesso
- Soft pastels
- Coloring pens (water soluble)
- Permanent markers
- Acrylic craft paint that I got from a local store
- Painting brushes, that I got years ago with an oil painting set that I never used and had to chuck out.
- A Camcorder (JVC)
The plan is:
- Do an art page for each letter of the alphabet (A to Z totaling 26 pages)
- Record the process
- Edit the video into a fast-forward mode (time lapse with music)
- Upload the video to YouTube.
