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Posted On: July 19th 2026, 05:37 pm
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A warm colored art journal challenge for anyone who needs it! Here are the steps and supplies!
1. Make painted papers in a specific color scheme (limit your palette, pick warm/cool/neutral). I made my papers using suminagashi or a water marbling ink kit from Amazon but you can make painted papers so many ways. @collageclubldn has some great painted papers inspo! I organize my collage papers by color in a plastic drawer thingy.
2. Pick out about 6 or 7 (ha) coloring utensils. Can be prismacolor colored pencils like mine (Blicks studio pencils are similar quality), or it can be crayons, markers, etc.! Use what you got! Color a simple geometric background. You don’t want it to over complicate your composition.
3. Cut out 6-ish organic shapes from the painted papers. Play a bit with how you want it arranged! For a more advanced option, have these ready beforehand and temporarily place them as you color the background, periodically checking to see how the two layers are working together. Glue the cut out shapes down when you are ready!
4. Embellish your design with anything you think it needs! I added ovals in the middle of the flowers with Sharpie and Ohuhu (on Amazon) paint markers.
1. Make painted papers in a specific color scheme (limit your palette, pick warm/cool/neutral). I made my papers using suminagashi or a water marbling ink kit from Amazon but you can make painted papers so many ways. @collageclubldn has some great painted papers inspo! I organize my collage papers by color in a plastic drawer thingy.
2. Pick out about 6 or 7 (ha) coloring utensils. Can be prismacolor colored pencils like mine (Blicks studio pencils are similar quality), or it can be crayons, markers, etc.! Use what you got! Color a simple geometric background. You don’t want it to over complicate your composition.
3. Cut out 6-ish organic shapes from the painted papers. Play a bit with how you want it arranged! For a more advanced option, have these ready beforehand and temporarily place them as you color the background, periodically checking to see how the two layers are working together. Glue the cut out shapes down when you are ready!
4. Embellish your design with anything you think it needs! I added ovals in the middle of the flowers with Sharpie and Ohuhu (on Amazon) paint markers.
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4 months agoflow_state_collage
My geriatric millennial side is showing - captions are in a horrible place on the screen! Sorry! I’ll do better next time! I’m hoping to make an art journal challenge series!
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