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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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Making Florals More Modern

Päivi — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:36:47 +0000

This week, we are making florals more modern! So, when you want to get away from a botanical look, and draw and paint flowers that are more abstract and expressive, here are my tips for you! In my recent painting Gossamer, I have stretched my style to a modern direction. The painting was born much […]

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Intuitive Art Journaling

Päivi — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:02:27 +0000

Art is more than re-coloring what we already see. This week, I talk about intuitive art journaling and inspire you to follow your spirit and create more freely. Even if we continuously grow our skills as artists, the joy of art-making disappears if we use too much reasoning. It’s good to practice the technical skills, […]

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Making The Art Journal More Magical

Päivi — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:51:58 +0000

I have been working on my square-sized art journal again. This week, I share a couple of magical art journal projects that include hand-drawn collage pieces. My journal is Dylusions Creative Journal. The first project is the decoration of the pocket envelope that’s on the backside of the front cover. The Magical Mindset for Art […]

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Mini Drawings on Art Journal Pages

Päivi — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:42:28 +0000

In August, I blogged about the half-empty art journals I should fill up. I had a mini art journal with only a few filled pages. They were mini drawings that I had made quickly a few years ago. I decided to tear the pages out of it and re-use them on my other journals. It […]

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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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Maximalist or Minimalist? Style Experiments in Art Journal Pages

Päivi — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:27:06 +0000

This week, we experiment between maximalist and minimalist styles. Every time I open one of my art journals, I feel a sense of relaxation. It’s time for experimentation and risk-taking. In art journals, failure can also be success. Page by page, I learn to know myself better and thus, express things that can also be […]

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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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Coloring an Intuitive Selfie

Päivi — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:10:31 +0000

This week, we draw an intuitive selfie, so without a camera or a mirror. Let’s pick the colored pencils and create a self-portrait freely and intuitively! We use the pencils as a camera and draw the face as it’s a photo taken from the inner world’s view. At the same time, we explore blurriness, freedom, […]

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Poetry Girl and Bosom Friends – Start Drawing Again!

Päivi — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:42:41 +0000

Let’s get you out of the creative rut and have quality time with your inner child – the poetry girl in you! Join us for a course that will get you excited about making art again! >> Sign up here! Poetry Girl and Bosom Friends In Finland we have two lovely words: “runotyttö” and “sydänystävä” […]

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Art Journal as a Storybook

Päivi — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:28:31 +0000

This week, we are looking at an art journal as a storybook, full of fairy tales that are not borrowed but our own. With this video, I want to inspire you to create whimsical art journal pages that illustrate personal stories. In these pages, mundane things become more fantastical, and there’s no pressure to draw […]

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