Dear Jane

art journaling with jane austen

supplies and tools

Below is a list of suggested supplies for the class. Clicking on the product images will take you to the Amazon shop for your country where applicable (affiliate links).

ART JOURNAL

A good art journal is a friend for life! It should take all kinds of media really well and open flat:

You can make your own with a large pad of watercolor paper and THIS TURORIAL
The Dylusions journal is a good ready-made option

NB: Although this project is meant to be created in a journal, it’s completely possible to do it on a canvas, a sheet of watercolor paper or any other substrate of your choice.

Watercolor Paper

Art Journal

BASIC Setup

A palette (or a simple white plate) Personally I often use a whole lot of small, round, stackable ceramic palettes.
Parchment or wax paper to protect your pages
Paper clips to keep your pages flat
Water (a spray bottle can come in handy)
A rag
Something to protect your surface (table-cloth, plastic bag...)
Something to protect your clothes (apron, old shirt...)
OPTIONAL: Craft heat gun (embossing tool) to speed up drying

Paper Clips

Heat Gun

Spray Bottle

Ceramic palettes

painting TOOLS

Your fingers!
Your choice of paintbrushes, including medium-sized flat brush and round brush
Palette knife
Plastic card (old credit card, keycard…)

Assorted Paint Brushes

Plastic Palette Knives

COLLAGE

All sorts of papers (ask around!): magazines, colored tissue paper, printed napkins, sheet music, vintage wallpaper, vintage prints, text paper, paper doily etc.
A used copy of your favorite Jane Austen book that you don’t mind tearing pages from!
Matte gel medium
OPTIONAL: lace, ribbon or other pretty fibers (I ended up not using mine in this project, but they are wonderful for finishing touches)

Matte Gel Medium by Liquitex

Paints & inks

Use the colors that you love most! For this project it’s important to use translucent colors, plus some opaque white.

White (Acrylic paints)

Titanium white acrylic paint
OPTIONAL: Titanium white high flow acrylic
OPTIONAL: a very light neutral tone. I’m using Naples Yellow Light but you can simply add a touch of yellow ochre or Titan Buff to your white

Titanium White Heavy Body