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50 Art Ideas in an Art Journal

Päivi — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 13:13:56 +0000

This week I have a special treat for you: a flip-through video of my full Dylusions Creative Journal. It has 50 art ideas, not only for art journaling but for art-making in general. The pages are mostly made with colored pencils, watercolors, and acrylic paints. I also have many that have hand-drawn collage pieces. I […]

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Half-Empty Art Journals I Should Fill Up

Päivi — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:04:43 +0000

Last month, I went through my art supplies and wrote a post about the supplies I shouldn’t use anymore. After the post, I gave most of those useless-to-me supplies away. Now I have reviewed my art journals and have come to the conclusion that I have too many half-empty ones. I should fill these up […]

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Creating Menagerie

Päivi — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:37:48 +0000

This week, I share a recent acrylic painting called Menagerie and talk about the process. This is an example of making the most of the rich visual vocabulary – the topic that I talked about in last week’s video, but now we focus more on the idea of the piece rather than the style. Recently, […]

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Filling an Art Journal

Päivi — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:36:40 +0000

One of my projects this summer is to fill one of my art journals – Dylusions Creative Journal Square. I hope that these pics from my current in-progress journal, inspire you to start filling your art journal! Reaching Saturation Point in Filling Art Journal I think art journals have a saturation point. When most of […]

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Painting a Mystery

Päivi — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:03:06 +0000

This week is about painting a mystery and entering another world through art-making. My paintings are in an art journal and made with a loose touch. It All Started from a Withering Bouquet “The Midsummer bouquet has withered. I have to throw it in the trash,” I said. “But the setting is just like those […]

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Painting Small Wildflowers

Päivi — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:14:07 +0000

This week, we explore the beauty of small wildflowers and find what we can learn from nature when painting them. I had a small blank canvas that I wanted to paint on before Midsummer. I did it with acrylic instead of oil because acrylic paint dries faster and you don’t have to wait days for […]

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Black Art Journal Pages as Banners

Päivi — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:08:15 +0000

I want my Black Friday campaigns to be inspiring for art-making, and this year my theme is “Black Berry Friday.” It means juicy art journal pages on black paper. I am pretty sure you have one like my black and square Dylusions Creative Journal (affiliate link). I use my black art journal for using up […]

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Art On the Wall – Displaying Canvas Paintings

Päivi — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:50:35 +0000

Our home is full of art. Almost all my canvas paintings are displayed on the walls. The arrangements change when old ones are sold and new ones are born. In this blog post, I show some of the paintings and how they are displayed at the moment. When using stretched canvases, framing is not necessary. […]

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Belonging Somewhere as an Artist

Päivi — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:32:19 +0000

This week, I share my word for 2024 and thoughts about the good and bad in the sense of belonging. I also have a new finished painting! I haven’t used acrylic paints on a canvas for a long time. But now I wanted to paint faster and not wait for the layers to dry. Painting […]

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About Creative Freedom

Päivi — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:08:08 +0000

I have often wondered why I am an artist. The first answer that comes to mind is creative freedom. “Creative” and “freedom” seem like easy words at first. Everyone wants to be creative, right? And who doesn’t want to be free? But creative and freedom are also difficult words. Especially if you think of creativity […]

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12 Spring Art Ideas from Over the Years

Päivi — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:51:06 +0000

This week, I share spring-themed art from the past 10 years and give ideas for creating spring art. There’s a variety of ideas and I hope everyone can find some that inspire to get creating! #1 – For Beginners and Dull Moments Doodle spring flowers with the mindset “more is more”! Course recommendation: Collageland #2 […]

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5 Tips for Quick Abstract Flowers

Päivi — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:58:50 +0000

This week, we paint quick abstract flowers freely without any references. I have a black Dylusions Creative Journal and make small paintings there occasionally. It is especially good when there’s still paint left on the palette at the end of the painting session. I think it makes sense to use all the paint, and not […]

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