Tag Journal by Tanyalee Kahler

Hi everyone, Tanyalee here with my latest blog post and tutorial for Art and Soul Studio.

I have made a mini journal using tags, water-soluble crayons, collage and paint.

To start off with, I put a layer of gesso on each side of the tags so the watercolour doesn't soak right in. Then I added some impasto paint in coordinating colours and marks using the water-soluble crayons.

I then joined all of the tags together with washi tape and gel medium to create the journal

Once that was all dry, I went crazy with collage papers and stencils with light modelling paste.

And to finish it off, I added some acrylic ink drips in coordinating colours.

It was a relatively quick project but needed a fair amount of drying time between each layer.

I plan on using the finished journal to tell a story as part of the Get Messy Art Journal Season of Story prompts.

Supplies:

Tags

Neocolour II Crayons (Lime Green, Light Olive, Turquoise Blue, Turquoise Green, Night Blue, Indigo Blue, Paynes Gray)

Impasto Paint (Green Apple, Jade)

Tim Holtz Ideology Collage Paper

Dina Wakely Collage Paper

Stencil Girl Stencil - S150 Mayne

Light Modelling Paste

Gel Medium

Liquitex Acrylic Ink (Vivid Lime Green and Cerulean Blue)

Letter Stickers

Fabric Ribbon