Cover

I wanted to have a journal that was solely an art journal, instead of combining one in my sketch books. I found this scrapbook in my closet that had blank white pages and a blue plastic cover, which worked out perfect. I had researched many art journals and loved this sort of style but never really knew how to go about getting the look I wanted. I basically just started doing my own thing until I was satisfied. I began by gluing down a scrapbook paper with a paisly design and then painted over it with acrylic paint. Since acrylic dries fast, I was able to just paint randomly with different colors until I was satisfied. I wanted to add to it so it would have somewhat of a collage look, so I added a piece of newspaper and a lace thing that I found around my house, and some buttons. I had fun with it and realized that I would never be able to get it to look like others that I had seen, so I just had to go for it and make it my own style, which makes it even better!