Ebook: Dreaming From the Journal Page: Transforming the Sketchbook to Art

Cover; Title Page; Contents; introduction; Chapter One: The What; Journals; Paint; Pens, Pencils and Erasers; Brushes; Glues and Other Useful Items; Jumping-Off Point: Pairing Cloth and Paper to Techniques; Chapter Two: Color: Get to Know It; Color Tabs; Learn About Color in 20 Minutes or Less; The Color Wheel; Mixing Your Own Color Wheel; Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Explorations; Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Explorations; Jumping-Off Point: Low-Immersion Fabric Dyeing; Two-Color Gradation; Bonus Skillbuilder: Hand-Dyed Color Wheel; Chapter Three: The Techniques; Solid Grounds; Gradations.;Transform your sketchbook to art!The artist's journal is a great place to start a library of personal marks, doodles and ideas. The reader is introduced to basics such as choosing a journal and then immediately guided into techniques such as color mixing, drawing and a variety of surface designs. The reader is encouraged to experiment and play in the journal to try out new directions for creating works of art. The art journal becomes the starting point for bigger projects. In addition to step-by-step techniques for working in a variety of media, each chapter features one or more jumping-off points to show the reader how to move out of the journal and onto an actual project. In the final chapter, Melanie steps out three journal spreads to show how many techniques learned previously are layered and worked together. By using the art journal in this way, the reader learns confidence in developing their ideas into tangible works of art.