Monotoned Magic: Creating Abstract Layouts in Dina Wakley Media Journal

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In this latest art tutorial on my channel, I delved into the creative possibilities of the Dina Wakley Media Journal, a versatile art journal offering various paper types for experimentation. Opening the book to a fresh page, I embarked on an abstract journey, utilizing Masha's Watercolors, stencils, and acrylic ink, and incorporating distinctive mark-making techniques. The focus was on exploring a monotoned palette, allowing for a nuanced and expressive outcome. Join me in artistic exploration and experimentation as we unfold the layers of creativity together.
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Dina Wakley Media Journal - Looks like this one is gone - So I have put out a new class (Artisanal Journals: Learn to Bind Your Own Art Journals) where we make our own version!! You will love how fantastic these come out - Check it out on my site: 2lilowls.com/product/artisana... or on Skillshare: skl.sh/3V8Yoad
StencilGirl Stencil Club - www.stencilgirlproducts.com/s...
Masha's Watercolors - selections vary - www.etsy.com/shop/MashasWater...
Rosemary & Co Brushes - www.rosemaryandco.com/
Black posca pen - amzn.to/3SaiFta
Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle Water-Soluble Single Pencil, 6B - amzn.to/3tmLA4h
Daler-Rowney FW Acrylic Ink Bottle Paynes Grey - amzn.to/4b2Im7v
*My very favorite supplies that I might mention in every video:
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Books and Color Cube:
The Color Cube - sarahrenaeclark.com/colorcube...
Art Prompt cards: The Color Meditation Deck - amzn.to/3IT1bxC
Favorite Paper:
Hahnemuhle Collection 100% Cotton Watercolor Pad - amzn.to/43mlJGA
Arches Watercolor Pad 9x12-inch - amzn.to/3PF9Jfi
Favorite Pens/pencils:
Kakimori Brass Nib - shop.stlartsupply.com/product...
Kakimori pen holder - shop.stlartsupply.com/product...
Posca Extra Fine Marker, White - amzn.to/462XRtk
Faber-Castell Graphite Pencil Pitt Graphite Matt 14B - amzn.to/443RhB0
Inks:
Kuretake GOLD MICA Ink - amzn.to/3oG04dt
Kuretake Gold mica Paste - amzn.to/3V2EpYZ
Kuretake Silver MICA Ink - amzn.to/3SD1XnR
Favorite Paints:
Kuretake Watercolor Gansai Tambi 48 Color set - amzn.to/3qaThZW
Kuretake Watercolors Art Nouveau set - amzn.to/3ZWACgp
ARTEZA Acrylic Paint, Set of 60 Colors - amzn.to/3MxPKwp
Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint Set, 48 - amzn.to/3s48vAX
Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paint, 2 Ounce, Iridescent Gold Fine - amzn.to/3RyhQvE
Favorite Brushes:
Raphael SoftAqua Brushes - amzn.to/3L5Bpq7
Princeton Artist Brush Neptune, Size 4 - amzn.to/3pkXPgg
Princeton Artist Brush Neptune, Size 8 - amzn.to/3SznDRX
Princeton Art & Brush Princeton Select Round Blender, 6 - amzn.to/3Rj9ub0
Winsor & Newton Bamboo Brush - amzn.to/41U1Aa3
Pastels and blocks:
SENNELIER D'Artigny Oil Pastel Fixative - amzn.to/3X9DfMg
Sennelier - Savoir-Faire Sennelier Soft Pastels Half Stick Set - amzn.to/3YpHG69
SENNELIER Latour Spray Fixative Soft Pastels - amzn.to/3Pgsd5Z
Mungyo Gallery Artists' Soft Oil Pastels Set of 72 - amzn.to/3rf0E3v
Caran d'Ache Classic Neocolor II Water-Soluble Pastels - amzn.to/468tdPw
Caran D'ache Neopastel Oil Pastels Set/48 - amzn.to/483LU8d
Misc:
FINELINE APPLICATORS 2/PKG - amzn.to/44Ims5j
3ml Disposable Plastic Transfer Pipettes - amzn.to/3OTpTQH
Artist tape - amzn.to/3Hf6fLP
Art Sponges - amzn.to/3L9xf0k
Jack Richeson Grey Matters Disposable Paper Palette, 6 x 9 - amzn.to/3IBeD8Y
Jack Richeson Grey Matters Paper Palette (50 Sheets), 9" x 12 - amzn.to/423Q7o2
Hardboard art panels - you see me tape things down to these and they come in several different sizes: amzn.to/3C8EK3z
Painters Color Diary - 9x12 watercolor - amzn.to/3NHFCSm
Dual Edge Ripper Original Watercolor Paper Deckle Edge Tool 1-24 inch - amzn.to/3qdW19m
Ranger Heat It Craft Tool - amzn.to/3FVjNLn
Clear Sleeves Storage Bags - amzn.to/3R5GbIj

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@amherst88 4 месяца назад

Denise's channel is like a box of chocolates -- you never know what you're gonna get ❤

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

I love that!! Thank you! 🥰

@dorisschmeichel2949 4 месяца назад

I agree with that!

@doloresparra4604 3 месяца назад

Excellent description!

@lealea12368 4 месяца назад

WOW Denise! So misty and moody. I am loving all of the different pages. Each leads to a surprise on the next page and I love how it takes us on a journey! Thank you for showing up for us and ......maybe even for yourself. I really appreciate the efforts you go to, bringing all of us such enjoyment and wonder and inspiration. Thank you so much!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

I get so excited to flip through the pages now that I have a few more done!! It is so cool! Glad you are enjoying them too. Thank you! 🥰

@julieferguson1964 4 месяца назад

Always enjoy watching you create

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@CnBArtStudio 4 месяца назад

Love what the stencil did! Also like that, even though it’s cotton rag, the ink did not bleed through. ❤😊.

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

That rag paper is pretty thick. I like that it doesn’t bleed too! Thank you! 🥰

@sarisauls9745 4 месяца назад

Hey Denise. I am so glad that you have been focusing on your art journal! I have oodles of art journals that I have bought over the years with the grand idea that I would fill them up with collages or mixed media or whatever I was playing with at that time, but you know what happened to those. 😋After watching you dust yours off and paint such lovely and exciting pieces, I dusted off my biggest neglected journal too! I’ve been happily sloshing paint around and experimenting right along with you. Thank you for inspiring me to let go of my fear of messing up my blank journal and have some fun experimenting. P.S. I absolutely adore this painting! It’s simply stunning!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Yay!! I’m so glad you got yours out to paint in too!! Now that I have a few more pages done - I absolutely love flipping through the pages!! So glad you are enjoying these. Thank you! 🥰

@machelleshappyhobbies4977 4 месяца назад

I like the techniques but I'm a poppin color girl all day long. Everybody to their own ideas. Hope you have a good week.😊

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Same to you! Thank you! 🥰

@gaylecewpie5012 4 месяца назад

Yes I really like this piece, and the movement it has. The one color in different shades and tones is beautiful, the marks are very complimentary to this piece. You did a great job pulling it all together. The other piece I especially like is the one with the leaf stencil in different colors, it's a beautiful botanical piece, you might think about adding more botanicals to it if you decide to go on with this piece, but it's gorgeous just by itself. Thank you Denise for sharing you talents with us.💗

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

So glad you enjoyed it!! Thank you! 🥰

@polarbear1433 4 месяца назад

❤❤❤❤❤❤Love, love, love ❤❤❤

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@MixedMediaArtByTrina 4 месяца назад

Love what you created! It feels like a murmuration on a cold winter day. Love that huge sketchbook as well. Thanks for sharing! 😍

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you! 🥰

@faithisrising 4 месяца назад

What if….I love watching you experiment and it’s exciting to see what happens. This is beautiful.

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@angelakapler2997 4 месяца назад

I love the idea of one color theme. The piece is amazing.

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@TrueLoveX1027 4 месяца назад

Moody. Monotone. M Mm Good! Restraint is not easy, but what a beautiful lesson in how less is more. 💟

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@alysonhovanec6314 4 месяца назад

Yes!! I started art journaling years ago, just for the fact that it makes storing my art easier, the bonus is, I feel less pressure when I creating in it. 🙏🏽

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

I do love the storage factor of it being in a book! 😁

@carriemuir 4 месяца назад

I love it every time you say “what if…?” I sit up straighter and focus right in to find out! I have to say I’m getting closer and closer to buying and starting an art journal. I love it when you flip through yours and I see some bit of lovely that I’d forgotten about. This type of collection will bring joy for years and years. Yup… you’ve definitely found your groove. 🎉 And now… I’m all caught up 🙌🏼 😊

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

You're the best... I'm on a roll in this book now and I've been filming for days! I get so giddy flipping through all the pages now!! It is very exciting. I have some smaller watercolor ones coming that I found to do a different abstract book in that I think will be fun... Have a good weekend!! 🤗🎨🥰

@dee-ellencook763 4 месяца назад

I just love these big pages! I have been wanting to go bigger for a long time and always end up with a 5x5 or 5x8 ! This really challenges your creativity…so fun! The different surfaces are so interesting and turning out so pretty. Keep it coming!!!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

It really does challenge you when you go bigger. I'm really enjoying doing these!! Thank you! 🥰

@kriskriskris32 4 месяца назад

Fabulous! I see someone walking in the rain. LOVE IT!!!😊❤

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Cool!! 😊 Thank you! 🥰

@heatherdunbar421 4 месяца назад

This piece is so stunning ❤❤. Working monochromatic myself right now. Love how elegant these are.❤

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

So glad you loved it!! Thank you! 🥰

@bonnerdebbie 4 месяца назад

Stunning! Love it!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@sharonrobinson2936 4 месяца назад

How about you make a journal with papers that you do love? Loving your journal explorations🥰🥰

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

I took a book making class a few years ago. I may make one. We’ll see. 😊

@lisaboutin821 4 месяца назад

I really love this piece, such lovely lights and darks. Thanks so much for all your videos, they are so inspiring at kick starting process !

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Glad you like them! Thank you! 🥰

@christieoertel1589 4 месяца назад

Hi Denise your page looks very Japanesy!! to me love it. Have a great weekend

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! You too! 🥰

@TammieWardArt 4 месяца назад

I have to say, Paynes gray is my second favorite color. After purple of course, lol. What a really inspiring piece. If this mono color pallet isnt your favorite, you could easily take this inspiring piece and do your own favorite color. But i just love this. ❤️ im not very good with a pipette but think i need to just be brave and use purple and hey anything purple is a good thing. This really started me thinking of doing separate mono color pages. Thank you😊

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Purple was my mother’s favorite color too! So glad you loved it! Thank you! 🥰

@debbieyoung9301 4 месяца назад

Beautiful absolutely love this , simplicity at it's best 😊

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@jeanieferretti4203 4 месяца назад

❤Thank you ❤ love how it came together ❤

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@dorisschmeichel2949 4 месяца назад

Love your evil laugh! 😂

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Haha!! Thank you! 😬

@ginainfantino411 4 месяца назад

Love, love this! Fab

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@user-xw3lv8ob3q 4 месяца назад

This is beautiful, I’d be very happy indeed if I could produce something as special! ❤

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@germainwdesjardins6573 4 месяца назад

This is gorgeous. Love your work

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@emilykoch3104 4 месяца назад

One of my favorite pages in the book! I also really like the leaf stencil on top of the watercolor page!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

This is one of my favorite too. Thank you! 🥰

@ChantelleArts 4 месяца назад

This is so good, so many amazing details ☺☺☺

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@deannabates1575 4 месяца назад

Love this one! But I miss the Party Trees!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@MsMoniqueWilson 4 месяца назад

This is one of my faves!!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Yay!! Thank you! 🥰

@sharonling-LetsArtToday 4 месяца назад

Beautiful ❤❤❤

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@janetdand2704 4 месяца назад

This piece is really lovely. Amazing how such a monochromatic palette produced such an interesting page. I could see this framed. Thanks for sharing

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

This would be pretty framed! Thank you! 🥰

@BlueLotusLife 4 месяца назад

I’m enjoying watching the larger sized pieces come together. I think it’s good to challenge ourselves to work big! (Frankly, it usually terrifies me…lol) But this inspired me! (And I was kinda hoping you were gonna open the silver powdery stuff! 😁)

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Oooh!! The silver powdery stuff would have worked out so good!! I didn’t think of it 😂 Thank you! 🥰

@healingmagichands 4 месяца назад

That really is inspirational

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@dianeknott3655 4 месяца назад

Loving the minimalist look of your design and sticking to one color. It really makes all the textures and fun blooms interesting! Cool idea with pressing the stencil down.

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

So glad you loved it! Thank you! 🥰

@Komponents 4 месяца назад

Much as I love color, this is FABULOUS! Frameworthy!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@robinsouthrivernj916 4 месяца назад

Absolutely love the sense of freedom in these pieces!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@TheGPeppers1 4 месяца назад

Love how your clothes match what you’re doing. This one is my fav so far for this book. ❤

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Haha! I did match 😂 Thank you! 🥰

@lindakuck5981 4 месяца назад

I love monochromatic and good color choice. This piece is beautiful! Thank you Denise 😊❤

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Glad you like it! Thank you! 🥰

@isisvanzonneveld7096 4 месяца назад

Loveee it💓

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@thewritejohansen8054 4 месяца назад

Hi Denise. I think you are the only person I know who feels stilted and confined by an art journal. I love your work and today's work was interesting. Are you playing off-camera? I'm ready for you to cut something up, again! I'm missing the squeals of delight I hear when you break out Fiskas cutter!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

I’m always playing around with something! I’ve done several more layouts in this journal now - so I’m getting more excited with it as I go! 😁

@colleenmckeeman1342 4 месяца назад

OK time to get out by graphite. Beautiful job there.

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@dinaelse414 4 месяца назад

Morning Denise! I sure do love starting my day with you! This piece is very cool! Dina’s name is pronounced Deena. My name is also Dina, spelled the same way. Not sure why our parents decided to torture us…it gets mispronounced daily. 😂 My last name is Else, like someone else, something else…my name variations would make you laugh! Just thought I’d help out a fellow Dina. The way you’re pronouncing it usually has an ‘h’ on the end and is spelled Dinah. Love you to pieces! ❤

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Sorry! I had several videos done already name with it pronounced that way. I had lots of comments 😬

@sharonmansfield3053 4 месяца назад

Oh YES I love the big abstract pages and Payne’s Gray and Indigo is a favorite combo for me. I really love how this turned out very cool! It has depth. For me, I can see a walking path with tall lamps adorning the sides moving me towards an abyss. I love paintings that provide an imagination for the viewer! 👏❤️👏❤️👏

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Oooh! Thats cool! So glad you loved this one. Thank you! 🥰

@user-sp1vx6vz9z 4 месяца назад

Denise, I totally love your videos and your work. I understand it's all about intuition and spontaneity, and yet....you still manage to achieve this professional polish in your pieces. While a lot of artists strive to achieve a "child-like look", I sadly don't have to *try* to do that at all. Most of my "intuitive" work would look quite at home on a kindergarten wall. I'm trying to figure out the "secret sauce" here, and I suspect it comes down to composition. I want a little "polish". You often make reference to compositional elements, such as rule-of-thirds, directing the eye through the piece, etc. I'm wondering if sometime you could do a video focusing exclusively and in-depth on composition, what makes abstract art "work", what are the unspoken rules in a genre which purports to break all the rules? Thank you so much for all you do for the art community! You are awesome!

@Lainers2000 4 месяца назад

I absolutely agree with your comment. On the very rare occasions where I achieve the polish, I find it’s because I’m letting myself have fun and just play without too much thought to it, just like Denise says.

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

I have a couple of skillshare classes that focus on composition and do a nice deep dive into the subject that you might check out if you are on skillshare! I don’t tend to duplicate that content on RU-vid. 😊 Thank you! 🥰🥰🥰

@user-sp1vx6vz9z 4 месяца назад

@@2lilowlsstudio I *am* on Skillshare! 😊😊. I have been going through some of your videos there. So much good stuff! I'll look for videos on composition. 👍🏻

@glynismccartneyintricatesc5281 4 месяца назад

❤️❄️🇨🇦⛄️

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰

@unscribble7975 4 месяца назад

Denise I LOVE this piece! Do you have tips for controlling the ink that comes out of the pipette? Mine seems to spill out. Thank you!

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🥰. I don’t think I do anything special with the Pipette. Maybe hold the pipette a bit low down instead of up right so there is less ink flowing out. 😊

@Komponents 4 месяца назад

Not familiar with this paper but just in case, may I suggest slipping a sheet of parchment or freezer paper behind the pages in case of bleed-through . . .

@2lilowlsstudio 4 месяца назад

I do that! 😊