Silhouette Art Journal

I love art journaling. It is super new to me, but I love the freedom. Sometimes I just paint, sometimes I write...sometimes I do both. It is my own little sacred space where I can let loose. I like to try new things, attempt something I have seen, or try out ideas I have floating around my head. Super fun, right?!

There are so many talented journal artists that I love to follow, read, or watch. I saw Julie Fei-Fan Balzer using a magazine cut out to create a silhouette that looked really fun, so I thought I would give it a try. 

All you have to do is find a picture from a magazine where the model is working a fabulous pose. I happened to have a Brides magazine laying around which is full of great pictures!

I am going to use this girl next! Work it! :)

So I found a girl I liked and cut her out. Julie said to find a pose that has spaces between the arms so it doesn't look like a big blob (that is my paraphrase...I am sure she sounded much more technical, lol).

Anyways, I laid her down and used my watercolor brush to spread some color all around her shape. I recently bought this  water brush. I had seen someone using it & thought I must have that. :) I love using it and it makes a great portable tool to use when you are on the go...or chasing little munchkins all over the house & can't move your whole studio.

After I added color, I lifted her up & had a very cool silhouette. I traced around her shape with my Micron to define her more. I really like the way it turned out. Inside that silhouette makes for a great writing space!

Do you like to work in an art journal? 

Do you have some favorite art journal artists?

Do share! :)

I love Roben-Marie Smith, Samantha Kira Harding, Pam Carriker, 

of course Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, and Pam Garrison.

Ohhh, and here is a link to Julie's video. Enjoy. She is fabulous!