Start Art Journaling FAIRY EASY pages step-by-step, ideas fairies, big magic in my handmade journal!
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- This week I'm sharing how to actually start working in an art journal with a step by step process of these pretty, mixed-media, fairy art pages. It's easy, so completely suitable for beginners. Starting a new journal can be a scary thing so I'm walking you through the entire process sharing all my tips and techniques along the way. We can totally get over the fear of the blank page! I'll show you my other pages so far too with my self love teacups! These fairy pages are made from my own fairy art print so you can either draw your own fairies or you can get hold of the exact same mini print in my Etsy shop. (link below) Then you can literally copy what I do! I am also sharing about what has inspired my art journaling of late with a chat about Elizabeth Gilbert's book (again!) on creativity - Big Magic and the ideas fairies. Yes, they are back again! Don't forget to tag me on my Instagram if you make any pages yourself, I would love to see! Biggest LOVES & happy journaling! Wendy. XXXX
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Timestamps for - Start Art Journaling FAIRY EASY pages step-by-step, ideas fairies, big magic in my handmade journal
00:00 intro & welcome
02:03 welcome to my art studio
02:17 writing journal
02:47 changes & adaptations to my handmade art journal
04:26 choosing patterned pages
05:15 let's chat about Art Journaling
05:30 scared to start, the fear of blank pages
05:44 where my ideas have come from
06:21 let's talk fairies, ideas fairies and Elizabeth Gilbert Big Magic book
08:30 inspiration, magic & intuition
11:06 reinforcing my pages
13:48 art journal process step by step
27:49 outro and goodbye
28:17 secret bonus footage, an update
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*Don't forget to tag me on Instagram @the.unexpected.gypsy I would love to see any pages you make!*
Good mornng… i am in my 70’s and i not Familiar with all the IT of the Internet. Tagging someone on Instagram i am not familiar with but once again you are such an inspiration to a peaceful day…… if you ever decide to sell a kit on how to make your earrings I would love to purchase so I can make them for my granddaughters as they collect beads… ciao
Me encantaría aprender hacer ,,nose como empezar y qie es lo que necesito.Si alguien podría explicarme sería de gran ayuda.Muchas Gracias 🇦🇷😃
One of my favourite quotes comes to mind ; "The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and storytellers, but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.”
- L. M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables).
Oh I love that!
yes, I love that one too! xxxx thank you xxx
Thank you for explaining your journal…. Also love the music to paint with
From which book it is? First? I would be grateful if you could also tell me from which chapter is this quote ❤
@@makapaka9094 It's from Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery. :)
I LOVE THIS! Art is such a stress relief but I find it to be intimidating for many people. You don’t have to have a ‘natural gift’ to express yourself.
absolutely agree! xxxx everyone needs to remember this one!! TY x
Hi Dakota, I often feel that way, and it keeps me out of my workshop, bit I've found if I just go there and just sit, and let my thoughts go where ever they want to go, it often help with inspiration.
I've also found a healthy attitude to failer, because a lot of what I do are experiments , and so i often do fail, so I've made friends with it, and it seems to be working for now lol. All the best, x
Being able to express yourself is already a natural gift. Trust me, not everyone can do that.
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I couldn't agree more. Being able to express yourself and finding something to express in the first place seems to be the hardest part about art. I personally am completely uncapable of doing so, and I assume the vast majority of people is too, as there are only very few people we can call artists. At least we can settle on watching them create.
I could listen to you waffle about the ideas fairies endlessly. 🧚♀💜
You are just the loveliest… I’m so glad I found you! For most of my life (I’m in my fifties), I never allowed myself to play and find my joy and you have inspired me to do just that. Blessings to you Wendy. xoxo
So happy to hear this! Enjoy playing you have much playtime to make up for! 😚😚💕💕🧚
I love watching you work, love your freeness and incredible art. I could sit and listen to you all day...like many said, you're magical! Thank you for sharing yourself with us.
I am transfixed by watching you lairing your patterns and paint, around and over your fairy. You are such a beautiful creative soul. Love and hugs from Jilly & Madge the beautiful black rescue greyhound, from a very wet West Devon, England - and we still have a hosepipe ban here! xxx
First time I'm watching a video of yours. You are magical and I want to be like you when I grow up. You look beautiful with your natural hair, we need more role models like you of rocking grey/white hair. Sometimes I feel like I ought to give up enjoying fairies but you are so charming that it makes me want to keep embracing 'childish' things.
I also appreciate how free you are with textures, layers, and 'mistakes'. I've noticed in artists' retrospectives that as they got older, their artwork got freer and looser. I'm looking forward to that happening in my own artwork. I'm shy with paint and I don't like getting my hands dirty sensorily so pens and origami are my comfort zone. But I want to feel the freedom of messiness and not be so tightly controlled. Seeing how you work helps it feel a bit less scary and more accessible to me.
Beautiful pages! What a fun video!
So relaxing and light hearted: you work with such freedom and not fussy! Wish I could let go like you and just create and go with the flow instead of trying to be perfect. You are an inspiration. Thank you Wendy.
yeah, wild, free loose creating!! no fuss!!
I believe in fairies! Ever since discovering the Flower Fairy books by Cicely Mary Barker as a child, I've been drawing and painting fairies. Their magic is our inspiration. :)
What a lovely journal page - thank you for sharing.
They really touch our hearts don't they.... xxx and TY so much, happy weekend to you xx
Oh I do love watching your post very grounding. And.. Yes I think I do believe in fairys. I Haven't seen them that I can recall but truly believe in them as a child. I use to sew little fairy cloths when I was a child and I would put them in the little sand caves I'd make in my sand box. The next morning they would always be go.😊thanks for Sharing you visionary ways
Your light is certainly shining bright in this video Wendy...you are positively glowing...have a great day xx love from Western Australia 🥰🤗🎅🦘🦘🦘🦘
From Quebec Canada you arrive in my life this morning
I know this world really exist
We just have to open our minds to this reality
Love 💗
Je te souhaite une magnifique journée pleine de magie
I have to say, that over the year I’ve had different ideas for art and pottery which I haven’t carried through to completion and yes, exactly as you say , about a month or so later I see it done by someone else and I could kick myself. That ideas fairy does give the ideas to someone else and sometimes she’s a bit impatient! Thankyou for sharing xxx
Arthur Rackham is my favorite fairytale illustrator.His trees are so cool and creepy.
I’ve been wanting to comment about this for some months now, and now you actually released a video about fairies!
I knew from the first time I saw you that you aren’t human, you’re a magical creature, most likely a beautiful fairy, just very very well disguised as a human.
Otherwise how would you even know enough to make a fairy diary?
But in all seriousness, you actually look like a magical being, a very wise one, I love your videos and you inspire me probably more than any artist over here in the interwebs. Love and light! ❤️🙏✨
Tee hee! This is my most fav comment!! Thank you! xxx
@@theunexpectedgypsy Hihi, don't worry, I won't tell your secret. Blessings xxx
😊 you are so kind....
What a lovely comment ❤
It is beautiful and yes I do believe in fairies and angels 😇 💖 love and peace x
Me: *pausing video to take notes 📝 * I love it here!!
I do that! Her videos are so amazing!
What hope you give us all, Wendy! Let's play and let authentic expression begin!
I really enjoyed this. Thank you much for talking to and listening to your fairies. Your music is awesome. Thanks.
That poem may have changed my life. Just lovely. 💕 💌💕
I'm not going to lie but I still believe in fairys and art is beautiful I love your art work it's just wow
you make me do not fear of getting old. Thank you
so relatable 😊 I am not so good yet, impossible even in just a few years and started as a adult, but fairies are my to go to thing to paint 😊 most paintings don't feel finished until there is a fairy in it. the forest is definitely my inspiration source and I come there every day with my doggos 😊
Omg, an idea fairy came to me around 2017 - ignored and found someone else who has done exactly the idea I had that I now witness in my every day life. Thank you🙏😳❣️ I have no idea how to begin art journaling.
Just found your channel and I am in love already. Amazing work, creativity and inspirational. Thank you for sharing.
Love so much what you are doing dear sister ! Our dear little and Big ones are so kind and serve us, so we cannot do enough to honour them and in addition it makes us happy to engage with our loved ones in whatever way we can...thank you for share your beautiful video
Oh My Gosh!!! I adore you. You are so precious. I have always loves fairies and all things magical..
These pages are so beautiful and free...you have a wonderful talent.
Your approach to art makes me feel incredibly safe and inspired.
Thank you for sharing :)
Omg she’s so cute and lovely… this is what first came to my mind when I first saw her
In my imagination you, Ms, Wendy, are a retired Hogwarts professor, making art and living ur best magical life!
I do believe in Fairies and I love them they help me out all the time but yes they can play tricks thanks for sharing Wendy I love what you're doing in your journal absolutely beautiful💜
They like to hide things in my house!!! xxx Hahah!! and TY xxx for keeping me company Deborah xxxx
You are so talented and I can listen and watch your vlogs all day....just recently discovered you and subscribed. You are a wonderful inspiration and I need you right now, you take my mind of worrying over life's problems and issues. Love the breather you give me. Bless you in new yr of 2023.💕
I love your journal and how you decorate everything with fairies🧚♀️ that is so beautiful🥰
I am going to start a journal too. I decided that when i saw what you made. I have a notebook i could use,it has lines but is empty. I kept it for ages and never new what to do... now i know... i am looking forward to doing that soon😊.have a wonderful week, Wendy. By the way,your voice is so calming.
Yes i think i believe in fairies,i love them.🧚♀️
Beautiful! My favorite fairy book is "Lady Cottington's Smashed Fairies".
Who is this lovely person and how have i not seen her before. I love this. It gave me a much needed break from being in my head all the time. Thank you
Was hoping there would be a new vlog to see, and there it was! Thank you, my day is brighter now.
Aww TY xxxxxx glad it brightened your day! xx
I do Love the way you build up the layers, Thank You so much for inspiring me to make art that flows and is no longer to rigid.
oh this makes me so happy thank you for telling me! happy wild free loose creating xxxxx
She is beautiful! You so delicate and lovely…very ideas fairy. Thank you!
I've never kept a diary or tried journaling but this video has left me with a genuine longing to try. I felt myself completely relax while watching and listening to you. It was a lovely experience. I have a soft spot for both trees and fairies. My Dad was a full blood Swede and his Mom filled my childhood with much fairy lore and magical whimsey. I use to sit under a willow tree in our yard with a bowl of milk and honey and wait for a fairy to appear. This video brought those memories back into my heart. Thank you so very much for that. What a lovely gift to be given on a rainy afternoon...
hi Wendy. I love this video. I love anything with fairies and unicorns. I even started collecting them as little figurines. I also love art with butterflies and hearts.
Two of my favorite books of all time are about fairies: The Peculiar and its sequel, The Whatnot. I’ve read them over and over and never get tired of imagining a world where fairies are all around us. 🧚Thank you for these lovely pages, Wendy, and all the inspiration for art journaling!! Lots of love from Oregon! - Tara Kate
Yes, great books for sure! Loads of love to you too xx
I love fairies, too. After reading your comment, I put a hold on a copy of The Peculiar at the library. Thanks of posting about it.
Thanks for stardust and magic Wendy. Truly beautiful work.
I love you journal just absolutely beautiful!!!💗 Very sweet, how the magic forms...
Enjoyed watching your journal come to life… to finish off my Saturday evening. Thank you for all your inspiration. Look forward seeing more of your fairy creations…Hugs
Thank you so much! xx big hugs to you too
I love to watch you work on your journal! I realize I'm too strict with myself, not enough spontaneous and wild like you are. I'm so scared I'm gonna mess things up but I feel like it's holding my full creative potential. As a wise man once said : there is no mistakes, just happy accidents! and that's exactly what you're echoing @20:08 🥰
I believe in all magic . Absolutely love your work
i really, really like and appreciate these videos when you were working on your selfmade journal!!!! 💜 also enjoy the positive, light weight vibes and actually watched it several times & made my own journal too💜thank you 4 making this wendy! hope there is more to come like this ☺best wishes
I love the pale turquoise flowers on kraft paper.
in romania we have a say "a vazut Ielele" which translates to "he's seen the Iele" those being fairies, but in reality it's a way of naming the "ideas". All philosophers that gave off the gaze of being exagerated, crazy, senseless, overwhelmed by the wish for everything to be ideal and perfect were said to have "seen the Iele", so the ideas, the absolute. Seeing how folclore influences the intelectual, the ideas, the human desire to know everything and "the truth" is truly amazing...
Yay!! Closed captioning is working again. Whew! I can continue to watch your channel. 😊
Woohoo! I did check back on a few recent ones and the settings were switched on so not sure why they weren't working??? Glad they are back now though xxx
Good evening Wendy, Arthur Rackham are one of my fantastic books , when we see tree that seem died we always call them Rackham tree 🌳 because he draws them with life and beauty, and a kind of magic. As always thank you for sharing, sending love and hugs keep your light bright Teresa xx
Hello, I love your work, you are an executioner and you inspire to create wonderful things and teach to get the best out of art without fear, thanks for inspiring!
I completely agree, writing lifts the burden of the soul. It helps release what's weighing on your mind.
I'm excited that you mentioned Authur Rackham. I have a book of some of his fairy art ❤️
Beautiful work, I delighted to have found your channel, I am totally inspired to create my own art journal, thank you for sharing ❤🧚♀️💫
I have believed in fairies all my life ever since I watched a fairytale as a little girl I’ve known fairies existed and this just proved it thank you for the magic fairy journal I am quite sure it will be an awesome idea to create
Hi Wendy. Thanks for today.Love...im in Love.i want to run to my studio tomorrow..thank you.hugs and fairydust from me.have a Nice weekend.🥰😘🧚
Hey Viveka!! Oh go go run run!!!! xxx YOu too blossom you too!!
Вы также милы,как и все ваши сказочные работы!🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖
well thank you!!! xx
Thank youuu so much! You givme hope, in the simple things that you do I found infinite answers, greetings cron Chile!
Thank you for another wonderful video. You have encouraged me to just go with the idea and see it evolve. Have a great weekend. Take care
Your pages are just so beautiful when you're finished...(are you ever finished with even a page??) because there's so much that can be done and redone over, and over ...I spent yesterday remaking some inexpensive Christmas cards, I had so much fun! I'm so stoked to get more of your postcards! 🖌️🎨
Awww TY Sandra and yes, very true!!! xxx Happy creating xxxxx
Dear Dearest Wendy ..I so believe in Fairies and Other Elementals ...as well as Sacred Mother Earth ...and of course Self Love Tea cups ... so much Love to You and James!!
Absolutely !! xxx so much love to you to Grizelda xxxxxxxxxx
You’ve inspired me to read Big Magic again! It’s a great book, and I feel such a drive toward increasing my creative output lately.
Yes! It's a great book! xx
Hello
yes I believe in fairy’s🧚♀️ love your style popping over to your Etsy shop want some fairly 🪄 magic
You are so beautiful ma'am just like your journal creations🤗❤️
You couldn't be more delightful ! Your words and your artwork bring such inspiration ! Sending you Blessings and love 💜🕯💜
You are a fairy personified!
Absolutely loved this video! My daughter and I are hooked! I am subscribing to your channel now! Thank you! I think a faery told me to watch your video!
this is so cute i started crying when the video started
Вау,Вы сами как настоящая фея !☄️💫🧚🏻♀️
your journal is a work of art! so creative! enjoyed the beginning with the rain falling on your studios roof. cozy !
it is so cosy in there yes!! and TY so much xxx
Iam getting the new big book of antique stickers tomorrow and the green witches book of shadows paper for my book of shadows thought I'd make it kinda like a junk journal art journal. Thank you so much for sharing great ideas. Also get my cup of destiny tomorrow can't wait to try it out
I just found out this channel and the moment I saw her I immediately felt comfortable almost felt like home. I felt like she's one of those fairy godmothers in fairy tales. I felt her aura is very magical. auto subscribe
Love the progress of the journal. Thanks for all the wonderful tips. ❤
TY Madelyn xxxxxx
@@theunexpectedgypsyWhere do you get your inspiration for your fairies Wendy? I drew my first one yesterday from Pinterest. It was the Poppy Fairy. They are not so easy to draw. They are usually child like. Mine turned out to look alittle older. Lol. I will have to practice those more. Yours are so beautiful. ❤
I just found your channel and I am so glad I did! Your content aligns with the stories I write and I feel motivated to keep working. Also you are so beautiful and radiate I love listening to you discuss your work.
Wendy, I love, love, love your channel. I created my first "Junk Journal" page today and I'm in love with new approach to my art. I've been journaling for forty years in a writing journal and then I paint and then I started creating painting journals, but this takes it to a whole new level. Thank you, thank you, thank you...so much fun. I'm going to be hounding friends and neighbors for scrappy materials...Warm wishes, warm hugs...Namaste
Magical mushroom palace was cute❤
Have you ever considered doing a collab with Alwyn Oak? I think you two would have a lot of fun. Thank you for the beautiful ideas.
I have thoroughly enjoyed these last 3 videos. Your Art Journaling videos were what brought me to your channel originally. I love watching your process. I get lost with you and it helps me mentally. So thank you so much for these - you don't know how much it helps.
I was unable to stay being one of your Patreon members for personal reasons, which made me sad, and have so so missed these types of videos. I really hope that you are able to do more. Vlogs are nice on occasions, but I much prefer watching creativity. It brings my heart joy.
Sending you Magical Fairy Wishes Wendy. Lots of love xxxx
Oh good, this makes me so happy Michelle xxxxx Much fairy wishes to you too xxxxxxx
Just discovered u a few days ago...u are fabulous lady..thank u
Absolutely believe in fairies!! Lovely little delights that keep life joyful and interesting.
Xxxx yup!! those little nature spirits!
Watching and listening to your vlogs bring me a refreshing moment of peace in spite of the chaos of life. Words cannot express my appreciation ❤️
TY so much so happy to hear they bring you some peace amongst everything xxxx I am so happy to have you keeping me company xxxx
Beautiful earings Wendy 😎 love the journal ❤️
Love how these magical pages evolved. ✨🌸✨💖✨🌸✨
Ah, it's so inspirational~ thank you so much!
Wow, I just found your videos- I’m a creative in a bit of a slump…I feel I could do this. I like how you have found ways to invite yourself into journaling- rather than a new journal with nothing but blank pages! And the idea of creativity without too much concern for everything being “perfect”. Thank you for being an inspiration!
I used to love fairies as a child but I am into Angels now,my sister loves Angels and collects them,I can adapt your fairy ideas😇❤️🐝
Oh wow ❤❤❤
Love your fairies 🧚♀️ beautiful
Thanks Sheila xxxxxxx
I love your beautiful art, Wendy. This was such an inspiration video. Thank you.
Thank you too! For keeping me company!! xx
Totally love the creative energy of this post. Bright blessings.
❤ loving so much your fabulous art work💖
Amazing 🤗💞
You look especially beautiful in this video! Love your art and your approach to life. Thank you!
Thank you for the ‘unexpected’ inspiration! I hope you have a 🥳 happy new year!
How totally magical! You're one of the fairy folk too! 🥀🌹🍄
Tee hee!! Perhaps ! xx
Omg you are such a talented artist and love your journals. You definitely inspire me to do an art journal.
Faery blessings Karen 😂
Oh I love your little earth fairy! thank you for sharing her with us
oh thank you! xxxxxxxx and thank you fo keeping me company xxxx