Required Supplies
Do you have all your supplies? Use this checklist to be sure you're not missing anything you'll need!
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White Gesso - Any Brand This will give a base to our backgrounds and we will also use as paint.
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Acrylic Paint in 5-6 colors Any brand of acrylic paint will work. Paint will be used for backgrounds and painting flower layouts.
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Glue Stick or Matte Gel Medium You will need this to adhere collage elements.
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Stencils and mark making tools. Stencils and mark making tools will be used to create layers in backgrounds and accents to art journal layouts.
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Round and flat paint brush A smaller round brush will be used for painting smaller areas and a larger flat brush will be used for painting backgrounds.
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Sketch pencil or a black colored pencil Used for doodling flowers.
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Gel Pens in white and black Used for adding details.
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Collage or scrap papers Used for collage in a background.
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Alcohol Inks in 4 different colors by Ranger Used to create a background. - (substitute watered down acrylic paint)
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Black Acrylic Ink by Liquitex Used to paint a flower. - (substitute a black paint marker, sharpie pen, or black acrylic paint)
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Black ink pad - Optional Used to stamp word or quote on art journal layout.
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Letter stamps - Optional Used to stamp word or quote on art journal layout.
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Ink Pads in 2 colors Used to create a background - (substitute watercolor or watered down paint)