Art Journal Page – “Cates Park”
Last summer, my husband and I spent a beautiful afternoon at Cates Park in North Vancouver, BC. I journaled about what I saw, heard, smelled, and felt while we were […]
Category Archives: Art Journal Pages
Art Journal Cover
So far, all of the Art Journal Pages I’ve shown have been from my first art journal. After completing all the pages, I decorated the cover (shown here). I saved […]
Art Journal Page – “Creativity Potential”
The words “Creativity Potential” and “Always Unlimited” (cut from magazines) were the inspiration for this page. The background was made using Distress inks applied through several stencils using a blending […]
Art Journal Page – “Message in a Bottle”
I’ve always thought it would be fun to find a message in a bottle while walking on the beach. Although it’s never happened to me, I made up a pretend […]
Art Journal Page – “On the Inside”
This page is a little creepy — but also very cool! The body image was cut from a magazine, but because the gray tones were so uninteresting, I knew I […]
Art Journal Page – “Divine Indulgence”
This was actually my first journal page ever! I made this in one of Debbie’s class at Country Lane (a crafting store in Surrey, BC). The background is acrylic paint […]
Art Journal Page – “Letters from Home”
This page has special meaning to me. On both the left and right sides, I incorporated excerpts from my great-grandmother’s journals in her actual handwriting. I ironed her journal pages […]
Art Journal Page – “Let Them Eat Cake”
This page is unlike any other in my art journal because of all the hand-drawn doodles that create waves of interest flowing across each side of the page. The background […]
Art Journal Page – “Hot Spell”
Turn up the heat! This page was inspired by FIRE . . . so I used yellow, orange and red (warm colours). The background was made using acrylic paint applied […]
Art Journal Page – “Delight in Life”
I used some creative techniques to give this page a an outdoorsy, natural look. The background was made with acrylic paint applied with a baby wipe. Then I stenciled some crackled patterns […]
Janni Kretlow 