Painting & Folding a One Sheet Art Book - Fun and Easy Project
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- In this video, I show how to transform a single piece of watercolor paper into a handmade art book using simple painting and folding techniques. This project is a great way to explore creativity, experiment with mark-making, and make a unique sketchbook from just one sheet of paper. If you enjoy this process, check out my full class, One-Paper Wonders, where we dive deeper into painting techniques and creative bookmaking methods.
*Supplies I'm using in this video:
(Some of the links are affiliate links. If you use my link, I get a small commission, which will go toward my art supplies and to support this channel! I appreciate your support!!)
Ruler - shrsl.com/4t5ax
Bone folder - shrsl.com/4t5ar
Utility knife - shrsl.com/4t5at
Paper - shrsl.com/4t5av
Glue stick - Uhu Glue Sticks - shrsl.com/4t5am
Cutting mat - shrsl.com/4t5b1
The Color Cube - sarahrenaeclar...
Mark-making supplies - Get creative - you can use anything you have on hand!
Tempera Paint Sticks,40 Colors - amzn.to/3B4zSzz
Tempera Paint Sticks, 20 Pastel - amzn.to/3Z9iHFd
Posca pens - shrsl.com/4g81w
Watercolor:
Kuretake Watercolor Gansai Tambi sets - shrsl.com/4shou
Acrylic paint - Matte acrylic paint - shrsl.com/4ev27
This class is available on Skillshare! One-Paper Wonders: Painting and Folding a Unique Art Book
skl.sh/40uWNy3
Check out all my supply favorites here: 2lilowls.com/f...
You make it look so easy! 😀
It’s a fun little project! 🤗
This is so fun! Can't wait to do this project. I also saved your class in Skillshare to watch later as well. Thanks for the inspiration!
So glad you’re joining me on this fun project!🤗
I needed happy today. Thank you for the ideas!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Amazing ! 🤩
Thank you! 🤗
Love this!!!! Can’t wait to give it a try
You’re going to love it! 🤗
I watched this whilst having my breakfast and it properly set me up for the day. Thank you. 😊
I'm so glad! Thank you! 🤗
Wow! My mind is blown! I love this. Gotta check out your class. 🩷
You're going to have so much fun with this project! 🤗
toujours joli combo je vois le mois de fevrier la fete des coeurs rouges et roses.......... Bâtonnets de peinture Tempera je l'ai chez moi car j'ai mes trois petits enfants qui aiment dessiner chez mon atelier scrap Fallait que je les reprenne lol merci pour ce video
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you! 🤗
Soo cool! Love it! But honestly i could re-wind this 10 times and STILL NOT figure out how to fold AND cut this. My brain just has issues with this kind of thing! I ove it though!!😂❤❤🎉
I go over it step by step in class if you are on Skillshare! 🤗
@2lilowlsstudio Thanks Denise! I can that once "I get it" I got it tho.🤣😂
Love this! Doodling for me, I often get stuck. You gave me ideas and inspiration to try new ways to mark make and doodle! Thank you Denise!
I’m so happy this gave you some new ideas! You’re welcome! 🤗
What fun, Denise! For some reason the color palette evokes some hazy view of my childhood. They remind me of summer and I had great summers as a kid. The books would make wonderful cards.
So glad you enjoyed it! They really are colorful and bright!! I’m obsessed with making them!! 🤗🤗🤗
Super cool!! 😊
I’m glad you liked it! 🤗
Love, love, LOVE the handmade paper cover book both inside and the cover. TFS!
So glad you loved it! Thank you! 🤗
Yayyy I’m so excited to try it out
Can I still get a month free of Skillshare and check it out before I pay for it
Have fun! 🤗
Thank you so much for giving us a preview of what you are offering on Skillshare. This was really fun to watch. I laughed when you were showing one itty bitty book then switched to your humongous watercolour paper. Micro to Maxi - lol. 💕
You’re welcome!! I’m glad you liked it! 🤗🤗🤗
Your little art books are fabulous!!!❤
Thank you so much! 💕
Beautiful! Love this! Those tempera sticks are cool!
They are cool for projects like this! 🤗
You are the most free spirit artist I subscribe to on You Tube. I just love the joy your art brings to you. I also so enjoy seeing what new inspiration I’ll find each video. Rock on Denise.🎉🎉🎉
That made my day!! Thank you! 🤗🤗🤗
I love the idea of going wild on a giant page and then making a book. These are so cool!!!
These are so fun, I’m obsessed with them. They are fun to make, and fun to look through!! Thank you! 🤗
Brilliant! Love this idea! They look stunning and I want to give it a try. You showed me how to use my Kingart gel sticks for stenciling. Yippee! Thank you, Denise!
You’re so welcome! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 😊
These could be used as a cover for a DIY travelers notebook!❤
That would be cool! 🤗
Loved the class & this one too -- anytime you'd like to do this again you have my permission :) I'll definitely be doing some too ❤🧡💛
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it! I’m obsessed with making these 🤗🤗🤗
How fun, awesome! Thank you Denise 😊❤
You’re so welcome! 🤗
Your Art is A…mazing👍👍👍
Thank you! 🤗
What a wonderful surprise!
Thank you! 🤗
These are fun! My favorite is the small one with the olive green and orange.
I love that one too!! Thank you! 🤗
This is very cool! Wow, I love it.❤
I love making these! They’re so fun! 🤗🤗🤗
I am definitely going to do this!!! I love it. Thank you for sharing.❤
You are so welcome! 🤗
This is awesome!! So fun to watch you play!! Love the colors and the stencil work!! Thanks for the inspiration!! 😍😍😍
So glad you enjoyed it! 🤗🤗🤗
What an amazing idea. Would love to try this. Thanks for showing us this.
You are so welcome! 🤗🤗🤗
Zines are so interesting to make. Merci😊
They really are fun to make! 🤗
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Thank you! 🤗
So brilliant ❤
Thank you! 🤗
Just wow! Signs up for the new class, can’t wait to do it!
You’ll love making these! They are addicting to make and come out so good! ☺️
Really excited about this class! Thank you so much!!
You’re going to love it! Can't wait to see what you create!! 🤗
Finished your skillshare class, it was so much fun! Thank you so much!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you! 🤗
I love this!!!
Thank you! 🤗
Love this piece and this idea. Will definitely be taking your class on Skillshare as usual. Can I say not a fan of the music on this video? Sorry not trying to be critical. Hope you have a great week.😊
These are fun to make! Can’t wait to see yours! 🤗
I made a one page zine for my sister‘s birthday a couple of years ago on a much smaller scale. They are so much fun decorate. I was wondering whether you had seen Nicole Watson’s one page folded journal on Mary Beth’s blog a few days ago. It is also amazing.
I have not seen it - I'll check it out! Thank you! 🤗
@ I believe it was on January 24
LOVE this book. Your guidance is appreciated. I have discovered that yes, I can paint water color over Matte medium. But then, conversely, can I put Matte medium over watercolor paint? Your guidance is appreciated thank you.
I put it over watercolor before. Just experiment with that! Thank you! 🤗
I used to have a Shih-Tzu who would look at me like a little round-eyed owl, especially when she was trying to scam me into thinking she didn't understand what I wanted her to do. "Get off your pillow? Mommy, I have no idea what you are saying!"
So this got me to wondering if you named your studio, Two Lil' Owls, after your doggies? Do they look at you like two little owls?
Love this idea of folding little books. Would be fun to use as a little photo album to share with an elder.
Haha! I was going to name it 2 Lil' Dogs... but didn't love that... and I collected owls... and owls were really popular 13 years ago when I started... so I went with that... My little girls are too cute! Now people name their businesses after their name... but my business was photography - and i would have really pigeonholed myself with "Denise Love Photography" and not been able to shift to art when I did without rebranding. 😊
I am so going to do this! By the way what is that dabulous music? Love from Portugal
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you! 🤗 (I use video music from Sountstripe)
Is this legal???? You could be arrested for having TOO MUCH FUN!!!😂❤
Haha? Right? These are fun. I love making them. 🤗
What brush are you using to get the tempura paint stick through the stencil and onto the paper, please? I love this whole lesson! Thank you so much.
So glad you enjoyed it! Those are the Ink Blending Brushes - my new favorite way to do the stenciling after I saw the Stencil Girl lady test lots of applicators in one of their videos! This is them: amzn.to/3CqYymE
Love this! I think my granddaughter will be the perfect partner in crime! I love painting with her
This would be perfect to do with her!! 🤗🤗🤗
How fun!
So great! Would love to see the full version, ill check out how skillshare works. Can videos be downloaded to view offline?
I believe in the Skillshare app they offer that option! ☺️
Love this! What tempera sticks are these?
I have these 2 sets: Tempera Paint Sticks,40 Colors - amzn.to/3B4zSzz
Tempera Paint Sticks, 20 Pastel - amzn.to/3Z9iHFd
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Thank you! 🤗
Love this idea and I did all the mark making on the paper, but I found the paper hard to fold and it caused some tearing even with a bone folder…but also I couldn’t manage to trim the edges because it was so thick! I used Canson 140 lb, but a smaller size. Any hints?
I used that canson and it did ok, but I was using larger sheets. You might experiment with different papers since this one wasn't doing well for you! 🤗
How do you work on top? I never know what to do next with these bold backgrounds?
You can continue mark making if you think a page looks like it still needs something after it is finished! 🤗
Denise, is there a reason you chose not to include this course in classes on your website, like you have done for many others, thus making it accessible to those who don’t participate in Skillshare?
It is a short class - so I will eventually add it there possibly, when I have some other short classes to add to it as a little bundle of classes. I just have other considerations that go along with classes on my site such as video storage costs, building out the class on the website, fees, etc... that make it not feasible to put the really short ones on there by themselves.