Category: Bella Paperie

Art Journal, Bella Paperie, Stencils

Mixed Media Art Journaling – Abstract Textures & Found Poetry

Robyn Wood

Found poetry is one of the joys of serendipity – that magical result of leafing through some printed pages and just seeing what catches the eye. No planning, just following intuition to create something meaningful with words that fit together but perhaps not as they were originally intended.

The Beauty of the Unexpected - abstract, textured art journal page by Robyn Wood
The Beauty of the Unexpected

During January, I’ll be teaching a class on how to use abstract techniques of texture and colour and then combine them with found poetry to create a unique art journal page. Why don’t you join me?

The Beauty of the Unexpected

the joy of serendipity

The class will lead you through the combination of a bunch of techniques that can be used in a variety of other journal pages. We will have a colourful, splashy time!

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, January 6 & 18 and costs $30 with some supplies provided. You can find information on what to bring along to class on the store blog at www.bellapaperie.net.au

Art Journal, Bella Paperie, Quotes

Mixed Media Art Journaling – Listen to Silence

Robyn Wood

What happens when you create some space in your life?

Space to think … to dream … to create?

Why not join me this Sunday as we try to tap into that space to create an art journal page that is calm and meditative. I will share some simple techniques to get your creative juices flowing and you will learn a few creative techniques along the way to harness the power of Dylusions spray inks.

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, October 7 and costs $30 with some supplies provided. You can find information on what to bring along to class on the store blog at http://www.bellapaperie.net.au

Acrylic inks, Art Journal, Bella Paperie, Darkroom Door, Quotes

Mixed Media Art Journaling – Find Your Happy

Robyn Wood

Join me to create a wonderfully drippy, textured mixed media art journal page featuring a hand lettered quote. You are welcome to customise your page by bringing along your favourite quote to letter, or use the one supplied.

I will be sharing some tips for creating texture in your art journal using masks for beautifully touch-worthy pages. The page background is created using acrylic inks so I’ll be sure to show you my favourite techniques using these vibrant inks.

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10.30am – 2.30pm, September 28 and costs $30 with some supplies provided. You can find information on what to bring along to class on the store blog at http://www.bellapaperie.net.au

Art Journal, Bella Paperie, Monoprinting, Paper Artsy

Mixed Media Art Journaling Workshop – Fun with Sheeple

Robyn Wood

I love quirky images and the Sheeple stamps from Paper Arsty caught my eye recently so I decided to create a page around these fun, dancing characters. I’ll be teaching how to create it this Sunday at Bella Paperie and I’d love you to join me.

The class will start with a few basic techniques using the Gel Press to create a subtle background and then we will add some stamped imagery to enhance the page, finishing it off with a quirky Sheeple trio.

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, September 9 and costs $30 with some supplies provided. You can find information on what to bring along to class here on the store blog.

Art Journal, Bella Paperie, Monoprinting, Quotes

Mixed Media Art Journaling Workshop – Fairy Whispers

Robyn Wood

I came across a quote recently, ‘raindrops are fairy whispers’ and I loved the imagery it conjured for a journal page so I changed it up a little for my upcoming class.

I’ll be teaching how to create at Bella Paperie this Friday and I’d love you to join me. We will start with a fun painty play session using our Gel Press plates and then I’ll guide you through calming the myriad of patterns into shapes, finishing with a little doodling.

I hope you will join me in this leap into pattern making without quite knowing how the end result will look – every page will be different. Come along and I’ll share my pattern taming techniques to help you create a page that you love. These techniques are ones you will return to many times.

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10.30am – 2.30pm, August 31 and costs $30 with some supplies provided. You can find information on what to bring along to class here on the store blog.

Bella Paperie, Stencils

Mixed Media Art Journaling Workshop – Underwater Wonderland

Robyn Wood

A huge thank you to everyone who visited and commented on the Darkroom Door/Karen Burniston blog hop last week! I’m so glad you all liked my projects!

Now onto sharing about the mixed media art journaling workshop I will be teaching this weekend. Do you like splashing in colourful, delicious watercolour & shimmery spray inks? This might be the class for you;)

I’ll be sharing how to get more texture into your journals and reveal how to use inks and texture paste for interesting background effects. We will invite our inner child along to play as we create a school of quirky fish using watercolour techniques.

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, August 5 and costs $30 with some supplies provided. You can find information on what to bring along to class here on the store blog.

Art Journal, Bella Paperie, Paper Artsy

Mixed Media Art Journaling Workshop – Just Fly …

Robyn Wood

I’m popping in to share details on the mixed media art journaling workshop that I’ll be teaching this Sunday at Bella Paperie. We have recently received a shipment on the wonderful Paper Artsy products, so my class will feature techniques on using them – especially the mercurial Infusions powders.

For this class, we will be creating a pretty stamped and stencilled art journal page featuring a butterfly garden and crackle embellishment. I’ll be teaching how to combine stencilling and stamped images and share a few tricks for using the Paper Artsy Infusions powders in an art journal.

Class runs 10am to 2pm, July 8 with a short break for lunch. Please contact us or leave me a comment below if you have any questions. Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone (07) 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, July 8 and costs $30 with some supplies provided. Details on what to bring are on the Bella Paperie blog.

Just Fly mixed media art journal page by Robyn Wood #mixedmedia #artjournal #purplesalt #robynwood

 

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Acrylic inks, Art Journal, Bella Paperie, Dina Wakley Media, Quotes

Mixed Media Art Journaling Workshop – Wishes are the magic…

Robyn Wood

What will you wish for??

Do you wish to spend a glorious day painting and laughing while learning a few techniques for your art journal? Why not join me in class this weekend to create a colourful art journal page featuring a variety of techniques. This time we will be mostly using acrylic inks instead of paints and I will teach you how to create the beautifully layered backgrounds that come easily with these inks. You will also learn some easy ways to use rubber stamps in your journal and a quick and easy doodling technique.

 

We will be working in an A4 sized journal and you will need to have the following on hand –

  • Acrylic inks in a variety of colours for background. We will have a limited number on hand for use. Bella Paperie stocks the beautiful Amsterdam acrylic inks but other brands will be suitable.
  • A variety of acrylic paints in colours to complement your inks
  • Dina Wakley Scribble sticks will be handy for exta colour – Gelatos, Tim Holtz
  • Distress Crayons, NeoColours or similar will also be suitable and I will have some to share.
  • A variety of stencils with open patterns and one with a small pattern
  • Rubber stamps suitable for adding a scroll/flourish type patterns. I will bring some to share.
  • Quote stamp if you wish to use something different to the one I have used.
  • Neutral toned printed paper for collage. I have used paper from a Prima paper pad but a few sheets of scrapbook paper will be suitable.
  • A variety of paint brushes including a wide one suitable for gel medium
  • Black Stabilo or black watercolour pencil/charcoal pencil – Bella Paperie now has these in stock
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Grey permanent stamping ink if you have it (Ranger Archival brand preferred, not Stazon)
  • White gesso
  • Matt medium
  • Texture paste
  • Liquitex matt gel medium (available from Bella Paperie, usual matt medium will not be strong enough)
  • Paint palette – one with separate wells will be very useful
  • Paint spatula
  • Sponge for stencilling
  • Non–stick craft mat
  • Spray bottle for water
  • Baby wipes
  • Paper towel
  • Container for water
  • Heat tool

 

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, June 17 and costs $30 with some supplies provided.

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Watercolour Class – Fantasy Feathers & Adapted Acordian Spine Book

Robyn Wood

Do you love using watercolour but not quite sure how to achieve cute feathers? This might be the class for you. Painting feathers are a fabulous way of learning different watercolour techniques. To complement the watercolour techniques, I will also be teaching how to fold an adapted accordion spine book that can be used to showcase your watercolour samples.

During class, we will be focussing on fine brush control, making washes, wet in wet, blending, abstract style and doodling.

You will need your basic cardmaking kit of:

  • Pencil, ruler, rubber
  • Bone folder/scoreboard
  • Scissors
  • Double sided & foamtape

Plus:

  • Watercolours in a variety of colours
  • A selection of round brushes in different sizes plus some extra brushes of different shapes. Try to bring one large (~size 12 or larger) if you can. (Watercolour brushes are not required for this class, but please bring them if you wish and I can teach you about proper care. If you wish to purchase proper watercolour brushes, we will discuss options to help you decide.)
  • As this is a beginner-style class, we will have limited Prima watercolours to share. As for many other supplies, the higher quality ones will give you better results. Bella Paperie stocks Prima watercolours.
  • N.B. watercolour cardstock is included in class cost

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 1pm – 4pm, May 26 and costs $22 with some supplies provided. Details on what to bring are also on the blog and in the newsletter.

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Mixed Media Art Journaling Workshop – Bloom

Robyn Wood

What does your creative garden need to bloom? Supplies, techniques, inspiration, time? Perhaps a creative journaling class will encourage those flowers to bloom?

This class will aim to indulge your inner child while you paint sweet, scribbly flowers. I’ll show you some ways to get visual texture on your page without picking up texture medium, plus a simple background technique to make your images pop and how to easily transfer imagery to your page ready for painting. As always, experienced journalers will still find a lot to learn in class and I’ll find a way to challenge your skills if you would like.

If you already art journal – bring along your usual kit, if not check the requirements list for a guide on what to bring. You will need an approx. A4 sized journal to begin with – please check in store for details. We would love to know where you are at with mixed media so let Deb know when you book in – absolute beginners are very welcome but the more experienced will find something to challenge them in each class.

We will be working in an A4 sized journal and please have on hand – 

  • A few stencils with open type patterns
  • Stamps for background – I will bring some to share
  • Permanent stamping inks in shades of light blue & green if you have them
  • Black permanent pen
  • White gel pen
  • Black paint pen if you have one
  • A variety of acrylic paints in flower colours plus some suitable for the background
  • A variety of paint brushes
  • Pencil, soft lead
  • Ball point pen
  • Scissors
  • White gesso
  • Liquitex Matt medium
  • Paint palette – one with separate wells will be very useful
  • Paint spatula
  • Non–stick craft mat
  • Spray bottle for water
  • Sponges for stencilling
  • Baby wipes
  • Paper towel
  • Container for water
  • Heat tool
  • N.B.      I will bring the flower imagery I have used to create sample page. If you wish to use your own, you will need photocopies of a variety of different sized flowers that are photographed from above rather than the side with diameters ranging from approx. 3 – 10cm.

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10.30am – 2.30pm, May 25 and costs $30 with some supplies provided.

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