The prompt is open ended and deals only with the material, subject and content are up to you, but the material is dictated.
Next on the hit parade is acrylic. I love me some acrylic paint. When you start art journaling your going to go to the craft store and look at the seas of paint- 2 parted but like seas of artist grade VS craft grade- what to do!!!!! Both are great for different reasons. Craft grade acrylic has come a long way in the last 20 years. The bigger brands have added some lightfastness and quality to their paints. IN terms of craft paint price is directly linked to their quality. Most tubes are around $1. I like Delta brand. Applebarrel comes in a lot of colors. Find a sale and spend $6. Pick up a tube of red, yellow, blue, green, and orange. Buy darker colors- you can add white later. These liquid paints are great for backgrounds and flat painting, ie if you don’t want texture these are wonderful. They dry quickly and dry matte or flat. They layer well and some people do fantastic stuff with them. The great thing about them is that unlike artist quality paints they dry completely and don’t stick to one another, so you can work on facing pages and not worry about the pages sticking together.
Prompt #5- use craft grade paints to make a page.
Leave a comment with a link to your blog with pictures of what you've done!
(Note: In relation to last weeks HD Prompt craft grade acrylics are GREAT for toning pages. Try it you'll like it.)
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