X#gmseasonofXWhy do you art journal? I have always been a creative person, from as long as I can remember, and I discovered art journaling right back in the early...


Tanyalee Kahler
Tanyalee is a mum to three grown up kids, a wife to her childhood sweetheart, a full time graphic designer and a part time crafter/art journaler. She loves growing veggies to feed her family, she loves raising her fur babies (cats, rabbits and guinea pigs) and she loves spending her spare time just pottering around her house. Tanyalee LOVES being at home more than anything else – as long as her family is nearby.
Re-start: Six practical ways to get back into journaling when you’ve taken a break
Starting Tanyalee Kahler Tanyalee Kahler is an Australian mum turned artist. She loves creating mixed media art journals, dabbling with watercolours, publishing magazines...
Welcome to Messy Pages
Messy Pages > Lesson x Messy Pages is a class that will take you through the processes and techniques that I use, as an almost four year veteran art journaler, to...
Bonus Section
Messy Pages > Lesson 6 Art Journaling Formulae for Busy PeopleThis section will include 10 step-by-step formulae for making art journal spreads to take the overwhelm...
Lesson 5 – Prompts
Messy Pages > Lesson 5 This section will be a demonstration of how I interpret prompts and how I utilise the techniques I have demonstrated so far to make my pages....
Lesson 4 – Journaling and Scripting
Messy Pages > Lesson 4 In this lesson we will cover different ways you can use journaling in your art journal spreads. We will be thinking a bit outside of the box...
Lesson 3c – Collage
Messy Pages > Lesson 3c We are now getting into some techniques where we can start using the pages and papers we have made in earlier lessons. Collage is the best...
Lesson 3b – Watercolour
Messy Pages > Lesson 3b WATERCOLOUR DRIPSThis would have to be one of the quickest, easiest watercolour techniques I know. I am going to show you how to make an...
Lesson 3a – Acrylic
Messy Pages > Lesson 3a BLENDED ACRYLICSBlending acrylics together is one my favourite things to do. I love getting my hands dirty and making abstract backgrounds by...
Lesson 3 – Abstract Backgrounds
Messy Pages > Lesson 3 This lesson is broken up into three parts: acrylic backgrounds, watercolour backgrounds and collaged backgrounds. I will very quickly take you...
Lesson 2 – To Gesso or Not to Gesso
Messy Pages > Lesson 2 Gesso: A white paint mixture consisting of a binder mixed with chalk, gypsum, pigment, or any combination of these. It is used in artwork as a...
Lesson 1 – Mixed Media Basics
Messy Pages > Lesson 1 To kick things off, I am going to run through a list of items that I use in my mixed media art journaling. You don’t need to race out and buy...
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2.4 Tanyalee Kahler – Watercolour Backgrounds
The Minimalist Art Journal > Lesson 2.4Watercolour BackgroundsToday, one of my favourite artists, Tanyalee Kahler, is going to be teaching...
Texture Two Ways
This tutorial will show you two different ways of creating texture in your art journal using minimal supplies, making it the perfect beginners technique.
How to blend acrylics on the page
Hello everyone, Im Tanyalee, teacher of the newest Get Messy ecourse Messy Pages. Thank you for joining me for this guest post for the Get Messy Season of Contrast. It is so great to be back on the Get Messy blog. I am going to share with you a little snippet of my...
Make an upcycled journal from gift wrapping supplies
Gifts Hi there everyone, it's Tanyalee here with my final tutorial post for the 2016 Get Messy Creative Team, I have loved every minute of my CT duties and look forward to what...
How to make a prompt-producing DIY chatterbox game
Dreams Hi there everyone, Tanyalee here with a bit of a fun tutorial post. Today I am going to teach you to make an origami fortune teller/chatterbox that I have designed with art...
Painting Water Colour Portraits
Music Hi Everyone, it's Tanyalee back with another tutorial for the Season of Music. This season I decided to show you all how I make water colour portraits. They aren't your...
10 Minute Art Journal Pages
Introspection Hi there everyone, Tanyalee back with another tutorial. As it is the Season of Introspection, I thought it would be a fun idea to do a tutorial on making...
Textured Backgrounds for Journal Pages
Lists Hello again Get Messians, Tanyalee here with another tutorial post. This week I am going to show you how to use household items to create texture on your pages. I wouldn't...
Creating and filling an accordion album
Happy Hi everyone, Tanyalee here from the Creative Team. I'm going to give you an insight into my process for a journal page. Not just any journal page though, an...
How art journaling gives Tanyalee Kahler the confidence to create without judgment
Artist Spotlight[wpseo_breadcrumb]Tanyalee is a mum to three grown up kids, a wife to her childhood sweetheart, a full time graphic designer and a part time crafter/art journaler. She loves growing veggies to feed her family, she loves raising her fur...