Hello All! It's time for Keep It Together! :) Woohoo!
I am excited to post today with Lauren at Shooting Stars Mag and Rebecca Jo from Knit by God's Hand for our Keep It Together linkup!
If you're new here, this is our linkup for all things planners, memory keeping, and journalling. Please feel free to join us on the third Thursday of the month with any posts that fall into those categories! :)
Planning & Goals:
Documenting:
I haven't felt much like documenting or journalling. Back in February, I think, I decided to learn a bit about the wheel of the year, and some of the traditions behind each section, or sabbat. I wanted to live this year very seasonally, so I sketched and watercolored the wheel of the year into my "wonder manifesto" / goal / journal / scrapbook for the year. It's not perfect. One or two sections are oriented the wrong way, and I figured out too late that my pen smudges... BUT I like it! :)
I GOT NEW BRUSHES! I HAVE BEEN USING THE SAME ONES SINCE HIGH SCHOOL (I WILL KEEP USING THEM!) BUT I BOUGHT MYSELF A BIG SET FROM TARGET AND I AM VERY EXCITED IF YOU COULD NOT TELL! - these were $20 from Target. This is not an affiliate link.
Watercolor Technique
Last night I played around with some more watercolor techniques that I want to carry into this book at some point. It's super super simple, I had not done it since HIGH SCHOOL.... So I wanted to test it out with good water colors. You can do it!
Water Color Salt Technique
Materials Needed:
paper
water colors
brushes
salt
1) water color something - A dark sky is an easy one!
2) sprinkle salt on your water color painting before it dries - you can play around with different sizes of salt if you want. Table salt, kosher salt, etc. etc. TIP - more or bigger salt works better for darker colors.
3) let dry - it will look like this before it dries!
4) gently scrape off the salt granules
5) admire
Here are some finished products.
I'm excited to use chunkier salts and brainstorm what I want to put in my journal!
I GOT NEW BRUSHES! I HAVE BEEN USING THE SAME ONES SINCE HIGH SCHOOL (I WILL KEEP USING THEM!) BUT I BOUGHT MYSELF A BIG SET FROM TARGET AND I AM VERY EXCITED IF YOU COULD NOT TELL! - these were $20 from Target. This is not an affiliate link.
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| Scalawag is impressed. He also tried to eat one... so... take that with a grain of salt. |
Watercolor Technique
Last night I played around with some more watercolor techniques that I want to carry into this book at some point. It's super super simple, I had not done it since HIGH SCHOOL.... So I wanted to test it out with good water colors. You can do it!
Water Color Salt Technique
Materials Needed:
paper
water colors
brushes
salt
1) water color something - A dark sky is an easy one!
2) sprinkle salt on your water color painting before it dries - you can play around with different sizes of salt if you want. Table salt, kosher salt, etc. etc. TIP - more or bigger salt works better for darker colors.
3) let dry - it will look like this before it dries!
4) gently scrape off the salt granules
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| this is obviously a different painting, but it was the best example of how it looks! |
5) admire
Here are some finished products.
I'm excited to use chunkier salts and brainstorm what I want to put in my journal!
What's Next?!
Just trying to figure out my "new normal" like everyone else.
Have you ever tried watercolors? If so, have you tried the salt technique?
Please feel free to linkup with us below! We'd love to see what you are up to!
XO,
Alexandra
XO,
Alexandra
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