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Get Messy is an online art journaling school that teaches you to cultivate your creativity. Without perfection.
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How to make a travel watercolour set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoY16ouEtKU
Let’s Get Fancy: Taking collage further with your Gelli Plate
Artist Julia Bethmann shows you use your gelli plate to get more out of your collage work.
Getting Started with Collage: Tips & Journal Spread Process
Amanda gives you some tips for getting started with collage and creating a fun, uplifting journal spread.
Loose Watercolor Flowers
Sasha Zeen shows you how to paint loose watercolor flowers.
Make Your Own Collage Papers using a Gelli Plate
Helpful tips for beginning gelli plate users to feel comfortable.
How to use a Brush Pen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1s_WANejog
Procreate App Tutorial for Beginners
Using the iPad app Procreate to create in new ways.
Fun ways to create in an altered vintage book
Seven tips for making an altered book art journal.
Create texture in your art journal using minimal supplies
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 draw faces
Divyam shows you how to draw a face so you can add unique characters to your art journal.
Level up your art by drawing into wet paint
Artist Cait Sherwood shows you a really simple technique for leveling up your art. Draw into wet paint and create a deeper art journal page.
How to make an easy journal
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Create 5 easy grunge backgrounds in your art journal
In this post I’ll be sharing 5 easy ways to create grungy, gritty and textured backgrounds in your art journals. A lot of my own art journal pages start out with these techniques, because I love that raw, messy texture they can create. These backgrounds techniques can...
How to use oil and chalk pastels
This post is concentrating on both oil and chalk pastels, as well as other medias. Pastels are a great way to add texture, depth and variety into your art. The colour pay off and resistance you get from oils is fun and powerful whilst chalks can be soft, beautifully...
How do I add foil to my art?
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9 ways to add text to your art journal
For many of us, images come most easily when we’re art journaling, and for others working with text feels more natural. Being a wordy, languagey, writer-type, I am definitely one of the latter. That being the case, I want to show you some of the different techniques I...