TODAY'S JOURNAL KNOWLEDGE | Mistakes are beautiful.

~Make a mistake Expensive ~

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Art journaling comes to mind where the basic art is needs to be portrayed. If you are afraid of getting your paintings or your thoughts to be projected then journaling is the most easiest way to practice it. As I prefer painting rather than the thoughts in my journal I always start with my paintings to build a context for my writing.

Basically for beginners painting on a journal is always very hectic because of the limited amount of frame and getting the page sections correctly. So for those who don’t want any of the limitations ..just take a sheet of a sketch paper and measure how bigger or how smaller you want to create your art in the page of the journal and simply paint or draw in that sketch book paper . Then rest of it is simple as you can always attach it to your journal where ever you like….

• You need to be prepared :

For the starting of an art journal ..I personally recommend watercolor or basic lighter acrylic colors.....thus this two types of colors can really hold out your paintings  in between the writings or thoughts and more importantly these two are really easy to use. In the process of painting remember not to overdo it. Things get really messy when you start to trough several colors to it.Try to keep it simple and soothing to your eyes.

.....Waterfalls are significance of freedom....
©Dayeetachaudhuri

Mistakes are great :

Finding the right amount of inspiration is one of the most trickiest things ,

But today I found mine in a way where most people give up. Mistake, that’s right I found my inspiration when I painted a tree in blue. It was really ugly from the point I was watching. But in a certain way I tried to recover it. I shared it with a friend and something she said will stuck in my head for life. She said that everything I do by mistake makes it more special and more beautiful in her eyes.

That made me think exactly the point of all these art journal. Do not afraid to Take chances, I realized that I just have to look from the different angle and it will be nicer, better and most important part of your art.

Then here what I did ,I just added more mistakes to give it company and after all it is my imagination..that is why painting is a freedom, you can do anything ,does not have to make sense at all.

Then using my watercolor I created a small painting of a waterfall far away from the mountains in the valley of rocks. Turns out my mistakes made me better at painting trees.

I attached it to the journal and started to fill it with one of the most important lesson I learned from my friend.

“Some of the Best things  in life are the  Mistakes”

To project the freedom of the valley I researched and found.

’A study reveals that living in a place from where you can see the water can reduce psychological  stress ,because viewing color blue have a calming effect regardless of age.’

Here what I achieved from all the mistakes.....

"We are only a moment"©Dayeetachaudhuri

HOW TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR ART??

SHARING YOUR CREATION | REPRESENTING ART

Top view
 (the most preferable to showcase the painting)
©Dayeetachaudhuri

There is a need for appreciation for all of us…..it motivates to create more art ,happiness and delight. In order to get the right amount of appreciation  you need to share your creation.

Here in the social medias like Facebook,Snapchat,Whatsapp ,Instagram etc. there is no lack of platform to share your talent. 

But to showcase the perfect representation of it will create the amount of traffic you want.Now that is where you need the tricks of photography. And to be honest you don’t have to have any expert skills.Just follow 5 steps to click picture perfect.

5 STEPS TO CLICK BEST PICTURES OF THE PAINTINGS

STEP 1:	Find the table or the surface on which you can lay your painting or journal.Make sue its wooden or white colored, Now if you do not have one then you can always place a craft paper or a white art paper for effect.
STEP 2:	Push the table near the most sunlit area of your studio or room.
STEP 3:	Now take out all the tools and glitters that you use to create art just like paintbrushes ,pencil,washy tape,charms,dairys
STEP 4:	Take your painting or journal and place in onto the table….start to add the collected crafts to frame the painting in order to focus it.You can add paintbrush tips to place on it and other stuff also ,which don’t have to stay totally in the camera frame.
STEP 5:	After you are satisfied then take a picture with your camera or your phone.Make sure to click multiple photos from multiple angles ,that way you can always choose the best.

•  Note that you can always choose any background if you like.You can take out your paintings with you to catch the nature in background but make sure not to choose a congested picture frame.Because it can catch the focus of your painting depending on its category.

•   Also don’t overdo the picture frame with the craft it also snatch the focus of art.If you can check through the camera lanes while you setup then it will help a lot to figure out where to put things.Then here also you can personalize by adding stuff related to your art , my personal recommendation is dry flowers and leaves….depending on the painting or journal. 

• If you have professional light or DSLR Camera then you don't always need sunlight.

Here are some suggested angles-----------------------------|

Top right view with pabels

down right corner view with black stones

closeup angle of the painting

down closeup view of waterfall watercolor
©Dayeetachaudhuri

ART JOURNALING TIPS AND IDEAS FOR BEGINNERS

~STARTING OF YOUR OWN ART JOURNAL~

Art journaling is a very good way to start a connection with yourself.It also helps to allocate the right amount of focus on anything that you are interested in.

But there is a common problem for beginners…….

 How to start a journal to get going for great art journaling?

Well here is  some really good tips for you---

1.       First start to collect any scraps or fabric that grab your attention…as you need to be always personalize your pages of journal

2.       If you are totally new to the field and starting your first page just fill it up with patterns or colors ,because white and blank pages always snatch your ideas if you are looking at it
.

3.       Writing : The writing from your daily experiences or some motivational quotes that 

      works perfect for you is the kind of good
      content to add in your art.

4.       Mistakes: Making mistakes is the first thing that can improve your art skills and also every time makes the page beautifully uniqe enough,

5.       Ideas: To find inspiration there is always amazing nature or surroundings….with loads of tiny details..just have to watch closely.here are some ideas that can be your inspiration to one of the pages of art journal.

• ·         A watercolor background …just like watermark to write your favorite lyrics or  quotes.
• ·         Take a cutout of magazine or print any scenery to attach …..add personal adventures and           draw a rough sketch of any elements of circumstances or nature that attracts you.
• ·         Use stamps and stickers to fill the gaps.Or just overlay doodles onto the page to fill.
• ·         ADD  modpog to create textures…or use synthetic glue ….add charms and book marks.

6.       Choosing the perfect paper is a very major point you nee to keep in mind don’t use a4 type pages which can always leak paint.

7.       If you are not comfortable writing then just add more colors and paint to your journal

Here are some art journaling ideas---------------------