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Four years ago, setting the timer while I created seemed like a terrifying idea, and at first it was, but as I learned to stop listening to the tick of the timer and instead focus on the art it began to feel more productive than scary. I began this self imposed exercise as “practice” , as a means to an end. I hoped to stretch my creative skills as a artist and to overcome the fear of creating on demand. For the most part it has remained as such. Some days the time allowed is used for testing new supplies or techniques, other days I experiment with layering or mark making or collaging, but most days I sit down with no plan at all.
While I have learned many things along the way, most of what I create on a daily basis winds up being a simple foundation for a future art journal page, but with that said, there are days when the exercise ends with a beautiful page that I am happy to call complete.
I never sit down with a finished piece in mind and this has proven extremely important in eliminating the “stage fright” that can occur when the clock starts ticking. Instead, I gather a few supplies, most times limiting myself to what I can reach, letting my surroundings be the springboard I need for inspiration.
As I continued to practice this exercise, I was surprised to learn just how much I could accomplish in a mere 15 minutes. Using the same few tools and easy to reach supplies along with my favorite techniques I am essentially repeating the same process over and over again, both myself and my artwork morphing a little each time I create.
Most days I stay true to the timer, only stopping the exercise when the timer dings. Some days I am on a roll and I continue to work for as long as I feel the creative juices flowing. But the rules that I find myself creating under are my own, and I am free to change those rules up at any time. By continuing to set the timer, I am in turn continuing to stretching myself as an artist and overcoming the fear of creating on demand.
I love how brave this exercise has made me. I work better under pressure, I find inspiration in the tiniest of my surroundings, I am able to create beautiful art journal pages with just a few supplies and I never take for granted the time that I find myself on my stool in the studio.
Simple Outline of My Video Process:
- Grab a recycled magazine or catalog to use as a practice journal.
- Add paint to a small printing plate using a decorative brayer and stamp on your page
- Loosely brush white paint on the page
- Begin to add color to the page using a palette knife
- Drip permanent ink on the page, tilting the page to move it around
- Cut and rip small bits of collage papers and adhere with a glue stick
- Use a brush to loosely add paint in large rings around your collage papers. Quickly use a scraper to remove some of the paint to reveal the layers beneath
- Add pops of color using a *stencil. (*try using just a portion of the stencil to create interesting marks)
- Add heavy bodied paint through a stencil with a brush to create texture
- Clean your brush off along the edges of your page to create a loose colorful border
- Add colorful shape stickers and scribble their edges with china markers
- Use paint and a detail brush to paint on areas of small marks and immediately pull up some of the paint using a dry clean cloth
- Add pops of white paint using a sponge and detail stencil
- Add interesting marks with a metallic marker
- Scribble the edges of the page and focal points using a #2 pencil
- Blend portions of the pencil marks with a painty sponge
- Drip blending solution on the page and immediately add a few drops of alcohol ink to the solutions. Move and tilt the page to move the ink around until it dries
- Use a white gel pen and permanent black marker to add lots of little detail marks
- Use a sponge and heavy bodied paint to add colorful texture in areas of the page and immediately scrape some of it off to reveal the layers beneath
- Add paint to a favorite stamp and *stamp the page (*try stamping off the edge of the page for added interest)
- Journal a few words using a pen or pencil
Happy Creating!
Rae Missigman is a self taught mixed media artist, who loves to create, blog and instruct. She has a passion for re-purposing found items and turning them into something beautiful. Her mission- to integrate up-cycled tidbits of everyday life into her art, has inspired her to approach creating in a whole new light, sending her on scavenger hunts of the largest kind in search of new materials.
I love this post and all of the ideas/perspectives presented … I get stuck so easily, fear mainly, and this is something that I am definitely going to incorporate …. feels like an exercise we did in my high school english class, the teacher would offer up a topic and tell us to write freely about it for 10 mins. Thanks Rae!! And thank you Julie, for exposing us to new, interesting artists!
I love this post and all of the ideas/perspectives presented … I get stuck so easily, fear mainly, and this is something that I am definitely going to incorporate …. feels like an exercise we did in my high school english class, the teacher would offer up a topic and tell us to write freely about it for 10 mins. Thanks Rae!! And thank you Julie, for exposing us to new, interesting artists!
I love this post and all of the ideas/perspectives presented … I get stuck so easily, fear mainly, and this is something that I am definitely going to incorporate …. feels like an exercise we did in my high school english class, the teacher would offer up a topic and tell us to write freely about it for 10 mins. Thanks Rae!! And thank you Julie, for exposing us to new, interesting artists!
I love this post and all of the ideas/perspectives presented … I get stuck so easily, fear mainly, and this is something that I am definitely going to incorporate …. feels like an exercise we did in my high school english class, the teacher would offer up a topic and tell us to write freely about it for 10 mins. Thanks Rae!! And thank you Julie, for exposing us to new, interesting artists!
I love this post and all of the ideas/perspectives presented … I get stuck so easily, fear mainly, and this is something that I am definitely going to incorporate …. feels like an exercise we did in my high school english class, the teacher would offer up a topic and tell us to write freely about it for 10 mins. Thanks Rae!! And thank you Julie, for exposing us to new, interesting artists!
I love this post and all of the ideas/perspectives presented … I get stuck so easily, fear mainly, and this is something that I am definitely going to incorporate …. feels like an exercise we did in my high school english class, the teacher would offer up a topic and tell us to write freely about it for 10 mins. Thanks Rae!! And thank you Julie, for exposing us to new, interesting artists!
What a wonderful guest post. I follow Rae’s blog and work. This is so worth repeated tries to get moving in my art journal.
What a wonderful guest post. I follow Rae’s blog and work. This is so worth repeated tries to get moving in my art journal.
What a wonderful guest post. I follow Rae’s blog and work. This is so worth repeated tries to get moving in my art journal.
What a wonderful guest post. I follow Rae’s blog and work. This is so worth repeated tries to get moving in my art journal.
What a wonderful guest post. I follow Rae’s blog and work. This is so worth repeated tries to get moving in my art journal.
What a wonderful guest post. I follow Rae’s blog and work. This is so worth repeated tries to get moving in my art journal.
Thanks for an inspiring post on this day that I have some free time to play with paper and ink later. Wonderful concrete suggestions to guide me.
Thanks for an inspiring post on this day that I have some free time to play with paper and ink later. Wonderful concrete suggestions to guide me.
Thanks for an inspiring post on this day that I have some free time to play with paper and ink later. Wonderful concrete suggestions to guide me.
Thanks for an inspiring post on this day that I have some free time to play with paper and ink later. Wonderful concrete suggestions to guide me.
Thanks for an inspiring post on this day that I have some free time to play with paper and ink later. Wonderful concrete suggestions to guide me.
Thanks for an inspiring post on this day that I have some free time to play with paper and ink later. Wonderful concrete suggestions to guide me.
Thanks for sharing another great artist. This timed practice is very helpful. I live in a story that 15 minutes is not enough time. Not anymore!!
Thanks for sharing another great artist. This timed practice is very helpful. I live in a story that 15 minutes is not enough time. Not anymore!!
Thanks for sharing another great artist. This timed practice is very helpful. I live in a story that 15 minutes is not enough time. Not anymore!!
Thanks for sharing another great artist. This timed practice is very helpful. I live in a story that 15 minutes is not enough time. Not anymore!!
Thanks for sharing another great artist. This timed practice is very helpful. I live in a story that 15 minutes is not enough time. Not anymore!!
Thanks for sharing another great artist. This timed practice is very helpful. I live in a story that 15 minutes is not enough time. Not anymore!!
thank you all so much for the kind words and thank you Julie for having me on your blog today. It was a real treat to be able to share some inspiring techniques with me fellow artists! Happy creating to you all! 🙂 Rae
thank you all so much for the kind words and thank you Julie for having me on your blog today. It was a real treat to be able to share some inspiring techniques with me fellow artists! Happy creating to you all! 🙂 Rae
thank you all so much for the kind words and thank you Julie for having me on your blog today. It was a real treat to be able to share some inspiring techniques with me fellow artists! Happy creating to you all! 🙂 Rae
thank you all so much for the kind words and thank you Julie for having me on your blog today. It was a real treat to be able to share some inspiring techniques with me fellow artists! Happy creating to you all! 🙂 Rae
thank you all so much for the kind words and thank you Julie for having me on your blog today. It was a real treat to be able to share some inspiring techniques with me fellow artists! Happy creating to you all! 🙂 Rae
thank you all so much for the kind words and thank you Julie for having me on your blog today. It was a real treat to be able to share some inspiring techniques with me fellow artists! Happy creating to you all! 🙂 Rae
I am so glad I took the time to watch Rae’s posting. Art journaling is such an inspiration to me but I have not yet begun to try it since I don’t feel very talented or can’t seem to come up with how to start. But this posting has encouraged me and I will try it today!!! I like the thought of rounding up some supplies and just going ahead with using them for only a specific amount of time. I hear Rae’s voice saying don’t stop, keep moving, cover things up if you don’t like them. Thank you so much for this video. I am very encouraged!
I am so glad I took the time to watch Rae’s posting. Art journaling is such an inspiration to me but I have not yet begun to try it since I don’t feel very talented or can’t seem to come up with how to start. But this posting has encouraged me and I will try it today!!! I like the thought of rounding up some supplies and just going ahead with using them for only a specific amount of time. I hear Rae’s voice saying don’t stop, keep moving, cover things up if you don’t like them. Thank you so much for this video. I am very encouraged!
I am so glad I took the time to watch Rae’s posting. Art journaling is such an inspiration to me but I have not yet begun to try it since I don’t feel very talented or can’t seem to come up with how to start. But this posting has encouraged me and I will try it today!!! I like the thought of rounding up some supplies and just going ahead with using them for only a specific amount of time. I hear Rae’s voice saying don’t stop, keep moving, cover things up if you don’t like them. Thank you so much for this video. I am very encouraged!
I am so glad I took the time to watch Rae’s posting. Art journaling is such an inspiration to me but I have not yet begun to try it since I don’t feel very talented or can’t seem to come up with how to start. But this posting has encouraged me and I will try it today!!! I like the thought of rounding up some supplies and just going ahead with using them for only a specific amount of time. I hear Rae’s voice saying don’t stop, keep moving, cover things up if you don’t like them. Thank you so much for this video. I am very encouraged!
I am so glad I took the time to watch Rae’s posting. Art journaling is such an inspiration to me but I have not yet begun to try it since I don’t feel very talented or can’t seem to come up with how to start. But this posting has encouraged me and I will try it today!!! I like the thought of rounding up some supplies and just going ahead with using them for only a specific amount of time. I hear Rae’s voice saying don’t stop, keep moving, cover things up if you don’t like them. Thank you so much for this video. I am very encouraged!
I am so glad I took the time to watch Rae’s posting. Art journaling is such an inspiration to me but I have not yet begun to try it since I don’t feel very talented or can’t seem to come up with how to start. But this posting has encouraged me and I will try it today!!! I like the thought of rounding up some supplies and just going ahead with using them for only a specific amount of time. I hear Rae’s voice saying don’t stop, keep moving, cover things up if you don’t like them. Thank you so much for this video. I am very encouraged!
Beautiful! This takes me back to GCSE and IB art in high school. Oh, how I miss it!
– Charmaine
http://charmainenyw.com
Beautiful! This takes me back to GCSE and IB art in high school. Oh, how I miss it!
– Charmaine
http://charmainenyw.com
Beautiful! This takes me back to GCSE and IB art in high school. Oh, how I miss it!
– Charmaine
http://charmainenyw.com
Beautiful! This takes me back to GCSE and IB art in high school. Oh, how I miss it!
– Charmaine
http://charmainenyw.com
Beautiful! This takes me back to GCSE and IB art in high school. Oh, how I miss it!
– Charmaine
http://charmainenyw.com
Beautiful! This takes me back to GCSE and IB art in high school. Oh, how I miss it!
– Charmaine
http://charmainenyw.com
Thnak you, this process and vidoe is perfect to share with people I work with for Recovery Journaling.
Thnak you, this process and vidoe is perfect to share with people I work with for Recovery Journaling.
Thnak you, this process and vidoe is perfect to share with people I work with for Recovery Journaling.
Thnak you, this process and vidoe is perfect to share with people I work with for Recovery Journaling.
Thnak you, this process and vidoe is perfect to share with people I work with for Recovery Journaling.
Thnak you, this process and vidoe is perfect to share with people I work with for Recovery Journaling.
Is there a reason why you’re not realy work on the centre of this page? It seems you’re adding more to the borders
Is there a reason why you’re not realy work on the centre of this page? It seems you’re adding more to the borders
Is there a reason why you’re not realy work on the centre of this page? It seems you’re adding more to the borders
Is there a reason why you’re not realy work on the centre of this page? It seems you’re adding more to the borders
Is there a reason why you’re not realy work on the centre of this page? It seems you’re adding more to the borders
Is there a reason why you’re not realy work on the centre of this page? It seems you’re adding more to the borders
Never thought to use an old magazine as an art journal, I am noticing those paper pages can be built up pretty well. I will give it a try!
Never thought to use an old magazine as an art journal, I am noticing those paper pages can be built up pretty well. I will give it a try!
Never thought to use an old magazine as an art journal, I am noticing those paper pages can be built up pretty well. I will give it a try!
Never thought to use an old magazine as an art journal, I am noticing those paper pages can be built up pretty well. I will give it a try!
Never thought to use an old magazine as an art journal, I am noticing those paper pages can be built up pretty well. I will give it a try!
Never thought to use an old magazine as an art journal, I am noticing those paper pages can be built up pretty well. I will give it a try!
I am just now catching up on my art emails. I just love watching Rae Missigman! I really respond to her color choices, and the organic nature of her style. I just love her calm and encouraging way of describing and encouraging playing in our journals to find our own signature style with more ease. Thank you Rae and thank you Julie for hosting Rae1 Such a joy to watch.
I am just now catching up on my art emails. I just love watching Rae Missigman! I really respond to her color choices, and the organic nature of her style. I just love her calm and encouraging way of describing and encouraging playing in our journals to find our own signature style with more ease. Thank you Rae and thank you Julie for hosting Rae1 Such a joy to watch.
I am just now catching up on my art emails. I just love watching Rae Missigman! I really respond to her color choices, and the organic nature of her style. I just love her calm and encouraging way of describing and encouraging playing in our journals to find our own signature style with more ease. Thank you Rae and thank you Julie for hosting Rae1 Such a joy to watch.
I am just now catching up on my art emails. I just love watching Rae Missigman! I really respond to her color choices, and the organic nature of her style. I just love her calm and encouraging way of describing and encouraging playing in our journals to find our own signature style with more ease. Thank you Rae and thank you Julie for hosting Rae1 Such a joy to watch.
I am just now catching up on my art emails. I just love watching Rae Missigman! I really respond to her color choices, and the organic nature of her style. I just love her calm and encouraging way of describing and encouraging playing in our journals to find our own signature style with more ease. Thank you Rae and thank you Julie for hosting Rae1 Such a joy to watch.
I am just now catching up on my art emails. I just love watching Rae Missigman! I really respond to her color choices, and the organic nature of her style. I just love her calm and encouraging way of describing and encouraging playing in our journals to find our own signature style with more ease. Thank you Rae and thank you Julie for hosting Rae1 Such a joy to watch.
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