Article · Kristal Norton
Art Journaling 101 – Background Techniques
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2012
About this lesson
Lesson from a free art journaling e-course covering five background methods: a gel medium resist through stencils, salt on watercolor, scraping acrylic with a card, torn-paper collage glazed with diluted paint, and textured gesso marked with tools before washing over it.
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