Collage

Concentric Doodles in my Art Journal

I love combining collage and doodles with fun colors in my art journal.

I cut one of my printed patterns into curving shapes.

I then cut those curving shapes into strips and glued them into my art journal.

Then, I chose some coordinating and constrasing colors to add doodled details.

Next, I started drawing doodles and concentric lines in the shapes created by the paper strips.

I added color with my Pitt Artist Pens.

More color!

To complete the design, I added patterns of connected circles. I left some white space in the design to give your eye a place to rest.

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Art is. . .

“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has know.” ~Oscar Wilde

Positive & Negative Circles in my Art Journal

I love to use the color tests of my pattern s I print as collage material in my art journal.

This is my Waves & Triangles print and the coordinating color markers I chose for this spread.

First, I cut circles out of the collage paper. Then, I glued the circles and their negative space into my journal. Next, I drew squiggly lines emanating from the circles. Then, I colored in the negative circles.

I drew tiny circles on the ends of the squiggly lines and wide lines between them. Then, I drew more lines coming out of the circles and across the spread.

I drew concentric shapes in some of the areas created by the lines, and started coloring them in.

To finish the design, I colored in the rest of the shapes and added dots to the inside if the large circles.

Full Circle in my Art Journal

I used an art journal spread to inspire my Bohemian Patchwork pattern. While creating that pattern, I printed out many color variations before I decided on the final one.

I took one of those color tests and cut it up and glued it in my art journal, coming full circle.

Then I got out my Pitt Artist Pens and went to town with doodles.

Sometimes when I work in my art journal, I create each “layer” separately, and sometimes I work back and forth between them. For this spread, I did the latter.

And here is the finished spread, going from art journal to pattern, and back to art journal again.

This is another spread I made with the color tests from my Bohemian Patchwork pattern.

Bird Series in my Art Journal: Part 3

In part 1 of this series, I glued photos of birds in my art journal. In part 2, I added doodles. Now in part 3, I add color to the doodles. I tried to choose colors that coordinated with the colors of the birds. I had a lot of fun with this series and hope to do another one soon.

Chickadee with doodles in my art journal

Heron & waxwing with doodles in my art journal