Looking for a gel plate alternative? Use a simple black plastic sheet and a brayer to create textured painted deli papers for mixed-media art and collage.
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Explore white pencil on black paper with intuitive mark making, expressive lines, patterns and textures. Find inspiration for your own creative practice.
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Learn how to make black collage papers from newsprint using black gesso or acrylic paint, and discover why a matte surface is ideal for white mark-making.
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Discover the best tissue paper for collage, mark-making and textured mixed media art. Watch my video and download a free tissue paper guide.
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Learn how I made a fabric book using layered fabric scraps, lace, vintage photographs and slow stitching. See the process and watch the full video.
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There is something I absolutely love about making my own grungy collage papers.
They don’t need to be perfect. In fact, the more imperfect they become, the more interesting they often are.
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There is something I absolutely love about making my own grungy collage papers.
They don’t need to be perfect. In fact, the more imperfect they become, the more interesting they often are.
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I love texture.
It is one of the things I return to again and again in my mixed media artwork. I love the way texture creates depth, dimension, and a beautiful tactile quality—especially in my art journal pages.
That’s why texture paste is a staple in my art supplies.
And the best part?
I don’t need to buy a separate, expensive texture paste.
I make my own using just two simple ingredients: gesso and plaster of Paris.
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Ever since I published my Gathered Rolls class, my inbox, DMs and comments have been filled with one question: “But what do we actually do with a snippet roll?”
And I completely understand the question. When you spend time gathering tiny scraps of paper, fabric, lace, thread and other beautiful bits and turn them into one long, textured roll, it can almost feel too precious to cut into.
But that’s exactly where the fun begins.
A snippet roll isn’t meant to simply sit on your shelf looking beautiful. It is a collection of little pieces waiting to become something else—a journal cover, a tag, a pocket, a collage, a page edge, a small artwork and so much more.
So I thought I’d put together some of my favourite ways to use snippet rolls, especially if you have one sitting in your studio and are wondering “Now what?”
Here are some of my favourite ways to use snippet rolls in junk journals, art journals and mixed media projects.
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There’s a moment many art journalers experience after creating the first layer of a page. The collage papers are down. The colors feel beautiful. There’s texture, movement, atmosphere…
…and then the question arrives: “Now what?”
What should the focal point be?
Should the page mean something?
Should you start with a prompt?
Or should you simply follow intuition and see where the page goes?
For a long time, I thought there must be one “correct” way to approach art journaling. But over time, I realized something important:
There are multiple valid ways to begin a spread. And understanding these approaches can completely change the way you create.
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