Art Journal Ideas and

Techniques

By Laura Corbin

Part 1 of 2 Parts
•  Bleed layout
•  Extend color to the full
borders of the page
•  Use writing, artwork, or
combination
•  Work over protective
sheet to shield other
pages
Layout with Borders
Columns
Cutouts and Add-ons
Windows and Pop Outs
Writing Stories--
Drawing Stories
•  Draw the hands of a
person older than you.
•  Ask them to tell you a
story from their lives
that you may have
never heard before
•  Make personal
connections
•  Discover perspective of
others
Layers of Automatic Writing
•  Color page with
darker colors
•  Write over with white
or silver gel pens
•  Create an overall
surface of writing
•  Use photocopies of
old photos from
family albums
•  “Tint” with colored
pencils
•  Use transfer
techniques
•  Scan and alter/filter
in Photoshop
Silhouettes Cut from
Alternative Papers
•  Blind contour drawings
•  Mixed media
•  Layered effect by
drawing on top of
random papers
•  Watercolor, markers,
stamps
•  Self-portraits
•  Portraits of others