Explore Pattern, Value, & Scale with a Grid Journal
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- I wanted to explore an orb/corn on the cob pattern and see how I could play with different variations of scale, pattern, and composition. The fastest, easiest way for me to do this was to use a grid journal.
I’ve previously done this with taped-off squares but never just tracing squares. I saw artist Kellee Wynne (www.kelleewynn...) tracing the squares and loved how it turned out so I've been using this method ever since.
Did you know that when it comes to discovering your own artistic style, the QUANTITY of your artwork matters more than the QUALITY? We develop our styles by making lots and lots of artwork! This warm up is a fast, fun way to make 18 tiny paintings in one sitting. This allows you to try out many different compositions and combinations at the same time. Plus, they're pretty cute too.
You can use any colors and materials you choose for this exercise, the important part is to experiment with putting different patterns, colors, and textures together. This exercise can be used on its own as a collage warm up, a way to try out new combinations of colors/patterns, as an art journal page, and BONUS can be easily packed up for art on the go.
Materials used: sketchbook, collage paper, tissue paper, Pitt Pens, acrylic paint, and a color shaper.
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I love your presentational format: the voice-over
Thanks so much!
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I love everything about this, and i love the colors and shapes you choose. This is the art excercise I was looking for and didn’t even know it, thank you!
Oh Kim, I’m so glad to hear it! Have fun with it - it’s such a pleasing activity!
In my house, the smallest snippets of papers (and fabric) are called Snibblies, to differentiate them from Scraps proper, which anyone else would toss, but we know contain the most magic.
I love this so much! Viva La (Les?) Snibblies! 🤗 Definitely the most magic ❤️
Beautiful result! Thanks for sharing the process 💕
Thanks so much! ❤️
I did enjoy the video! Love the process! THANKS!
Wonderful, Angela! Thanks for letting me know! ❤️
The black is dynamic. Detail can be seductive but the bold contrast is the power punch. I enjoy your content. It keeps me company while I create.
So glad to keep you company! Thanks for watching! ❤️
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Thanks for watching, Alice! ❤️
Fantastic!!!
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Love these!!
Thanks Cindy! ❤️
Fun idea
Thanks! It’s really fun to work tiny sometimes ☺️
I love that phrase “getting precious” and will use that when I’m getting controlling. Also love how you see shapes and define them. I learn a lot from your videos! Thanks for doing them!
Yay! Thank you - I’m so glad! ❤️
Just found your channel and love your gentle instruction and thoughts throughtout! Very inspiring for a newbie! Thanks
Thanks so much, Sherry - glad to have you watching! ❤️
Jackie, with acrylic paint if you use Murphy’s Oil Soap and water, soak your ruined brushes and they will come totally alive again! Sometimes it takes a couple of days but it works well. I’ve been used it with gel,left in brushes. It’s fantastic!!
Thanks for all the videos! I’m hooked ❤
Oooh, thanks for the tip! ❤️❤️❤️
So glad to have you watching, Shellie! ❤️
Does it work for clothes too?
I loved all of them… the color combination is really appealing ❤
Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
Love it. Immediately went and drew circles on parchment paper. I did not expect the little bits to look so dramatic.
Yes! Amazing how simple lines and shapes can make such an impact in a painting, isn’t it? ❤️❤️❤️
I’m glad I found your videos. They help me chill and conceptually grow.
Hi Mike - I’m so glad to hear it! Thank you for watching!
Although I am a predominantly realistic painter, you have convinced and motivated me to paint abstractly. I try and try again. It makes fun 🎉thank you
Oh what a nice thing to hear! Abstract is a completely different animal, isn’t it? It can be so freeing (and also frustrating)! Keep showing up! ❤️❤️❤️
Exactly ,abstrakt means freedom. However, it makes a lot of mess. 😄The little scraps of paper confuse me. Greetings from Kassel
I love how the collage paper still looks organic despite the fragmentation. I wonder, have you ever taken one of these small experimental squares to a bigger substrate? I always try new things when I watch your work. Just catching up with your videos. 💫💥💞Happy week!
Thanks Treezy! I haven’t tried to recreate a small square as a larger work, but I definitely let the small squares influence my larger work. For me, trying to recreate something (even just the shape) removes some (all?) of the magic. I do find it very useful to help me decide how to scale up to a larger panel though ❤️
Thank you for teaching us to let go.
You’re more than welcome, Farina ❤️ It’s a practice. We all have to keep learning how to do it - over and over and over again ❤️
I also love this exercise and each of the compositions are wonderful! I'm thinking you could select a few to scale up a bit, then they function as thumbnails for larger pieces. Anyway, just a thought. I'm very much enjoying your channel. 😊
Thanks Carole - so glad to have you watching!
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Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
Just love watching your process❗️
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I am obsessed with grid paintings and this is a wonderful, inspiring way for me to experiment tomorrow. I love your videos. thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Yay! ❤️❤️❤️
Love love love .. when you do grid journaling ❤❤❤
Thank you for including your thinking process along the way😊 It is very helpful.
Oh I’m so glad you enjoyed it - thanks Randi!! ❤️❤️❤️
@@jackieschomburgart I still have to try myself. But I am very inspired to do it🩷
Love this video! It was so inspiring to watch your process. What a great way to play and try out different mark/pattern making 😊
Thanks Cindy! ❤️❤️❤️
Love it! I’ve been doing tiny grid journaling lately and this video lended new info to apply! TFS
Ahh, I love it when timing works out like this! Have fun! ❤️
I love the way you use your shaper brushes for glue and for paint. What a great idea! So much easier to clean too :)
SUPER easy to clean - that’s most of the reason I love them so much! 😆
@@jackieschomburgart yes, and you can flip from collaging to painting with the same tool! I just ordered 2 sizes LOL.
So many great ideas. Yours a great instructor! I always learn so much from your videos. I also love that there’s no music when you talk. It’s very relaxing.
Thank you, Lisa! ❤️ That’s so nice to hear! So you have a favorite video or topic that you’d like to see more of?
@@jackieschomburgart I’m always interested n hearing why artists use this or that color, medium, etc. The more you are explaining what you are doing- the more I can learn from it. This video was a perfect example as I’m trying to learn more about collaging right now. Thanks for sharing.
@@Lisa_G3 So glad it helps! ❤️❤️❤️
I'm new to your channel and art in general. I'm enjoying your videos, but especially the grid videos 😍
You mentioned a homemade wet pallette in this video. I have no idea what that is. Can you explain or maybe point me to a video of yours explaining it. I think I get the gist of it from its name, but I also, frequently, assume wrong 🤣
Thanks!
Hi! Thanks so much for watching!
The pallet I used is an enamel pan (could be any kind of pan that is water tight), I add a few layers of wet paper towels, then top with a sheet of baking parchment. I squeeze my paints directly on to the parchment and the paint stays usable longer because of the other moisture underneath 🤗
Really like these. Next time, please zoom in closer to all 18, while you’re working, so we can see them better. Thanks.
Thanks Delores - I’ll try to get in closer during the video next time I work small! ❤️
Yet again black is the game changer! Agree throw nothing out, goes for other stuff too. I now feel slightly sick that 5 years ago to make space i sent to recycling my grandfathers horti8cultural journals dating back to early 1880's.! I inspect all packaging, bottles and jars as for their likely art use. My executors will have fun! Best R
Ooomph. I can imagine missing those old journals when looking for good materials. ❤️🩹 Good thing there are so many options for collage materials everywhere we turn. Thanks so much for watching, Robert! It’s always nice to hear from you. ☺️
Thanks, Jackie! This turned out great! I love the colors. I appreciate the encouragement to take risks. As a new artist, I can't hear that enough.
I believe someone else also asked, what size are your little squares?
Hi Stacy! Yes! Taking risks is important (and takes practice too)! Keep showing up to your art and keep making it. It took me almost a decade to realize how important QUANTITY is to coming into your own as an artist. Keep showing up! ❤️❤️❤️
Oh, and the little squares are about 2”x2” 🤗
@ 14:20 …try collage! Yes!
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i also feel really drawn to circles/ovals/orbs so i decided to paint along with you and make some of my own and uh, the anxiety i felt just moving paint around was unreal. it's clear to me how hard it is to get back in after being out of the studio for a week just working on this with you. thanks for giving me something to vibe with so i could feel a kinship of art making and somewhere to come back to as like a touchstone while creating and trying to push through my terrible anxieties and fears and getting back into making art after a break.
i've only just put my collage bits down as i'm typing this, so i'm only about 7 minutes into your video, but i'm loving yours so far and though the preview image is a spoiler for how they'll all turn out, i look forward to getting through the entire video to see how they get there and how different mine turn out as i work alongside you with a different color palette.
i also like to make my grid journals look nice across the whole thing while simultaneously focusing on the individual compositions. it can be hard!! thank goodness for kelly wynne teaching us all the tracing a square version of making grid journals!! it seems so obvious in retrospect but we were really all out here measuring and using tape before lmao
ohhh, the big black bold bits are so game changing!! finally got to the end, it took me awhile. i still don't like mine, they need more work. definitely going to try adding some bold black collage. yours look fabulous. thanks for sharing this process.
ok last comment, really like the white details at the end. :)
Hey Mango! So happy to keep you company and create with you! ❤️ And way to keep showing up despite the feelings of anxiety that creep up. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks for joining me through it ❤️ Let me know how it goes with the black ☺️
@@jackieschomburgart i chickened out on the black a little haha
i also kinda ran short on time…i spent two hours on this little exercise. i might revisit with a braver outlook and add the black later 😊
Love this! What size squares?
Thanks! ❤️ The squares are about 2”x2” 🤗
I don’t remember where I heard this but “the difference between good art and bad art is a few bold strokes”
Love that! In this case, it’s more like “…a few bold pieces of dark paper” 😆❤️
Great work! What sketchbook did you use? I love how it laid flat and didn't look like the pages would bleed through.
Hi June! This is a watercolor sketchbook from the Hand Book Journal company. Here’s a link to the one I was using: Handbook Journal Co. Artist Watercolor Sketchbook Journal, Square 8.25 x 8.25 Inches, 95lb / 200 GSM, Hardcover w/ Pocket a.co/d/9aRJt2B
@@jackieschomburgart Thank you!
@@jackieschomburgart Thank you. Mine has arrived. Now to get the courage to put something in it!
Yes!!! Go for it!!
The pouring medium to glue paper down... what brand ty
Hi Mary - I use Nova Color gloss medium ☺️
What glue do u use? I would of thought glue would effect the areas left bare and be hard to paint over.
I use gloss medium - it’s acrylic so I can paint over it just fine 👍
what type of sketch book are you using, it seems to hold up with multi layers of paint. Its it a water color sketch book?
It is! I like the Hand Book journals - here’s a link to the one I’m using here: amzn.to/3Ti1Eiq
Hi. Please can you let me know what you use as a medium to stick everything down.
Hi Anna - I use gloss medium as my glue for collage ☺️
@@jackieschomburgart I have a gloss medium but I find it leaves my page sticky even after days of drying. Maybe it’s reacting with some of my paints?