You take collage to a whole new level. It’s mesmerizing and wonderful.

I was sad when our culture stopped wrapping gifts and went to gift bags simply because I no longer had wrap to collect. I hadn’t thought of using fabric for collages in my art journal. Hmmm- fabric collage art journal -that’s a theme/thing. Have you thought about a fabric collage and paint class?

Great idea

Love it!

What a great idea. If you shop online like I do, you always have plenty of cardboard.

This is lovely. However, an important thing to remember is that after you've practiced painting on it, this cardboard can NOT go into recycling!!! People need to remember that cardboard is NOT something that just gets tossed out, but will get recycled. Putting paint on it, is essentially covering it with plastic. So my advice is to take a more mindful approach and to not just see it as something cheap and so readily available for simple practice. Remember what cardboard is made from...trees! So it is NOT trash!

Cardboard is great to let kids go wild on too.

Absolutey stunning 🤩 You are so right, love it 😘 Greetings from Germany from Silly 🦋

Beautiful studio love it thanks for sharing 💕

Love this video Alisa and I also love cardboard. Gesso here is ridiculously expensive. Plus cardboard is FREE.😁#UseWhatYouHave. Much love.🇦🇺💖

What sketchbook are you using? This would be significant information as I can’t imagine doing this in the one I currently have……

Thank you for sharing! I always feel up lifted watching your videos. ❤

Thank you! I have more cardboard than money.

I love your work, and the fact that you share it with us!! What kind of paint did you use for this?

Cardboard makes great books too, which you mentioned. I really love handmade books 😉

Romero Britto started out creating on cardboard. Early on galleries turned down his work-Look where he is now. He’s the most commissioned artist on the planet. I love to create art journals and junk journals out of my cereal and cracker boxes.

Thank you for the ideas! I work retail, and I am always looking over the packaging, old displays, papers... to see what I can use.

Thank you for sharing! I love working with cardboard too. Especially with some of the art projects I teach with children. I hope that they learn to be conscious of their environments and be creative with what they have around them.

I so admire your philosophy of creating beautiful art with ordinary tools and products. This particular formula is very portable for this full time traveler.

Dot from the UK Absolutely delightful, loved all of the content of the video, commentary and music it was a joy to watch. Lots of love from the UK, Dot xxx.

Text in the background... scribbles...color...you speak my language 😍

❤❤❤Dear Alisa, I love how you turn a simple loose scribble background into gorgeous florals. I've been making some paste paper designs today, but just using paint. Think I'll get my sketchbook out while they're drying. Love the music choice .😍💐📚🖌🇦🇺💖(Jan, 2025).

I love this! I'm a beginner and sometimes when I get expensive supplies I don't want to "waste" them on my very beginner art. This feels very doable and eliminates that fear. Thanks for sharing!

You did a great job. Love it.👍❤️😊

These are my favorite type of videos ❤

❤New sub❤ i just got my first art journal and I am having fun just playing around with it and enjoying it. Watching other people's videos on their absolute messy, gorgeous art journals, thank you for sharing

Really heartwarming to see a creator using budget friendly, easily accessible supplies. Creativity does not have a price tag. Oftentimes the simplest of equipment yields the greatest results.

Dear Alisa, I’m Taiwanese,I really enjoy your videos.they bring peace and healing to my heart. I look forward to your future videos. Love you❤

Thank you!😊

Very good, but a lot of work, kudos! I think I would have painted the background black or a very dark indigo, so the vibrant colors of the flowers would automatically pop and require fewer details to create the needed contrast. But this was a great example of how you can still make beautiful art with the cheapest of art supplies, really whatever you have on hand, even if it's a single cheap ball point pen. In fact, the limitations that require us to be more creative to get the effects we want in our art, can be very beneficial in our artistic journey. Thanks for sharing this video!

Thanks a lot for all you share ! once again it's just gorgeous and not posh...there are so many artists that think everybody can or should buy expensive supplies in order to make real art...I think we're all looking forward to discovering next "broke artists" ideas !

So beautiful art work love it ,I’m really enjoying your art thanks for sharing 💕

Love your art work thanks for sharing 💕

Beautiful!!

Love it colours 😍💙

Love this!!!!❤

Thanks, Alisa! 💕

this is gorgeous!

Thank you 🎉🎉🎉

This makes for an "easy" art journal page! Impressive! Love that Crayolas are water soluble!

Thank you for making this kind of video. I use stabilo bosses (highlighters) for my backgrounds because in France we can buy them individually and the range of colors is very wide.

Super inspiring as always ❤❤

❤️ love this‼️

Thanks. Someone gave me a box of "kiddy" art supplies, and I've been wondering what to do with the stuff I've never used, like markers and oil pastels. The crayons, now, I may just melt down for candles 😊

You are a magician!

You do it everytime. From just doodles, scribbles, nothing...to Wow. Everytime!

Hey Alisa ❤ I love crayola. Readily available, pretty cheap and whether pencils, markers or the famous crayons, they smell great, too. Happy Crafting 🇦🇺💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

That’s great! I liked it when it was just -WALT. It made me think. 💜💜💜

This is just lovely! I adore this colour pallet. I love how the black just finishes it off, without being overpowering ❤