Art Journal Tutorial - Abstract Mixed Media Painting

[@emmanuelpower2439]

Very interesting lessons to learn, and loved watching your process. Yes... i often have to push myself through a difficult phase.😅

[@berniceseigel6482]

I can't believe from the mess it came out gorgeous!

[@jackieschomburgart]

😂☺️❤️

[@brennakohlhase4194]

I was so glad when you said you were going to be framing and selling them…so often I see you(and others) making beautiful pieces in their sketchbooks and I think to myself-why aren’t they framing and selling these amazing artworks?!

[@jackieschomburgart]

❤️❤️❤️

[@annrubino6252]

Wow! This tutorial was so in-depth. Thank you, Jackie. Loved the end result, also at many stages in process.

[@jackieschomburgart]

You’re so welcome, Ann! I’m so glad you found it valuable! ❤️

[@revsonyapaterson788]

I really love how these turned out! Thanks for sharing your process and your thoughts, especially about leaving and coming back to it.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you, Sonya! ❤️❤️❤️

[@annjeffrey9673]

every thing you create is wonderful

[@jackieschomburgart]

That's so nice of you to say - thank you, Ann! ❤️

[@ConnyLehmann]

Dear jackie, your way of working corresponds to me 100%. I love challenges and the chance that I can and must react to in the picture. I haven't tried the stripes yet. I find the idea great. Thanks for sahring.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you, Conny! ❤️❤️❤️

[@jaynedough130]

no requests, just more of what you do! thanks for sharing.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

[@puresunrays80]

I love watching your videos. This one really excited me. I'm still working through the stage of apprehension of covering stuff up. Every video I learn something new or get a new idea or a new thing to try. I'm autistic and have adhd. I never make the same piece more than once. I love mixed media and relate a lot to your style, it's very similar to mine. I love doing something different each time as I'd get very bored doing the same thing over.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! I'm so glad to have you watching! ❤️❤️❤️

[@ingeborgludwig6923]

Very inspiring, I love your intuitive style. Thank you so much for sharing .

[@jackieschomburgart]

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching ☺️

[@debrastevens9842]

You are such an inspiration. Love your videos!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you, Debra! ❤️❤️❤️

[@margarettregear773]

Thank you. I loved watching these take shape and learnt such a lot.

[@jackieschomburgart]

I’m so glad, Margaret! Thanks for letting me know! ❤️❤️❤️

[@deeh9563]

I love this one so much!!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! ❤️

[@LynnLBE]

Love❣️

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! ❤️

[@janetseager4069]

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you

[@jackieschomburgart]

You’re welcome ☺️ Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@rhondasmith2482]

I am a beginner, and would love more info about what types of paints you're using. I really love your work and process!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Hi! Thanks so much! I use acrylic paints from Nova Color Paints 🤗

[@suerothberg143]

I found your channel last month. i think you have a wonderfully open and transparent way about helping/showing us your process. you have helped me just by seeing how you get beyond barriers and transform a piece. you have a great style of communication and i like the end results of your work. thank you!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you for your thoughtful comment, Sue - I really appreciate it! Welcome to my channel! I'm so glad you are getting value from my videos

[@suerothberg143]

@@jackieschomburgart thank you Jackie for asking. what i run into is putting down the first layer and then getting stuck on where to go from there. i think if i had a choice, i would love to get more information on not "overdoing" things and where to go when you get stuck. in other words, you have made your marks, you added paint, etc. but then what? i usually start to put down collage elements but what i find is it becomes too busy and the piece loses focus.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks for the feedback! I’ll add it to my list for future videos! ❤️

[@sharongramchuk7743]

Thank you for sharing I love listening to you explain your process. About half way through I thought oh no, I don’t like what you were doing but by the end the artwork turned out fab! Living by your mantra, keep going! Thanks again for sharing

[@jackieschomburgart]

Haha! Usually I have an “oh no!” moment in the middle too! It’s always an adventure 😂😂😂 So glad you enjoyed the video and the final product! ❤️

[@TheKathept]

I don’t work in oils. But I love what you ended up with and it was fascinating watching you get there. I am always striving to do abstracts. I’ll use most media except oil and acrylic. It is always a struggle, but, as you say, if it were easy, I wouldn’t bother. I’m hoping I will have a little more clarity after watching you work, so that I will recognize whether something works for me or not. Thank you!

[@jackieschomburgart]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! What is your favorite combination of media to use in art making?

[@TheKathept]

@@jackieschomburgart Right now I’m restricted to digital (procreate). But usually it’s watercolor, ink and pencil. I also love collage using my old cut-up watercolor paintings. So I’ve love seeing how you use collage in your paintings.

[@ruthgonzalez1991]

Very nice. Lots of good info. ❤️

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you, Ruth! I appreciate you watching - I’m so glad you’ve found it helpful ❤️

[@paintingtracey]

Wow, amazing!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheLegoStar]

Where did you take improv classes? I ran The Basement Theatre in Atl for 16 years…performed usually 3 nights each week… and taught & took so many classes (all around the country and Europe). I love hearing you compare painting to improv!!!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Hello! I love meeting other improvisers - it was such a big part of my life for several years. I took classes in Chicago at Second City and iO (formerly Improv Olympic) - it was the most fun thing I’ve ever done. I joined a group and performed at the Black Box theater in the Chicago suburbs for a year or two about 15 years ago. I laughed SO much on a regular basis and would stay for the improv shows after my Friday night classes at iO. The BEST! I really do find art and improv overlap a great deal (at least the way I make art lol). What kind of art are you interested in? I made a few short videos comparing art and improv that you may be interested in: Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4DHe32Fo8mkjbMsi=ERoycrk9VY_EJaDp Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWqlc6qQf9xnfrMsi=XdlTm1hzUnk1actn Part 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3TNlY2gqLGXmKcsi=cF2BteGrIw8tmwUd

[@chuckkolb1270]

How joyful: making it interesting not necessarily beautiful. To my eye the piece is done, pleasing to my eye, comfortable with my eye. But your eye differs saying the flow continues . The end is not nigh.

[@jackieschomburgart]

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[@michellespohrer6395]

Love these! Thanks for sharing your process. I've been doing the 100 day art project with watercolor and acrylic printed collage scraps, but I never thought of using a gelli plate to imprint a design onto the piece. Great idea!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! Such a great idea to use scraps for your 100 day project! I’ve started it a few times but never made it all the way through it. I blame my kids 😂 Next year they’ll all be in school so perhaps I’ll make it all the way through (or else I’ll have to admit that it’s just me 😂😂😂)

[@marjoart5193]

I recently discovered your channel I really like your relaxing intuitive style and how everything comes together nicely. I hope to see more from you because i have learned a lot. Thank you for sharing

[@jackieschomburgart]

That’s so nice to hear - thank you! ❤️ I’m planning to keep making videos! Are there any topics you’d like to see me cover in future videos?

[@petrapilkington8003]

Love the way these turned out! Like you I love using collage , especially black and white, to take my paintings to the next level. I also like your approach, just show up and do it, never mind the outcome. We are so critical of our own work and that can stop us having fun in the process. I have a request, could you show us how you did the white collage papers you added towards the end? They are fabulous. Thank you for sharing your process🙏

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you, Petra! ❤️❤️❤️ I’ll remind myself of how I made the white collage papers (😆) and if I can remember I’ll add it to my list of future videos!

[@renialeksandrahagen9628]

Great pieces! You are so inspiring, thank you so much for sharing your process!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you - I’m so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️

[@cathyannsstudio]

I love these! I just found you last month. Your voice is so soothing and confident. I enjoy watching the experimentation, something I have only been brave enough to do for a year now. Collage, I mean. It is truly a game changer, you are correct! What is that thin purple tape called? I never seem to find things like that. This is a very enlightening video! Thanks!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Hi Cathyann - thank you so much! I lucked out and found the tape on amazon - it's a 1/4" version of Scotch Delicate Surface tape :) If you enjoyed this video, you may enjoy my free, online workshop coming up on April 1st. If you're interested, you can find out more here: www.jackieschomburg.com/workshops Thanks so much for watching!

[@cathyannsstudio]

@@jackieschomburgart Thanks for your speedy and generous reply. I will definitely look into your workshop and tell others😊

[@LMAbstractArt]

This was so much fun watching!💜

[@jackieschomburgart]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it - thanks so much for watching! ❤️

[@TheElleFactorAgain]

I absolutely love your work! So glad I found your channel. And I appreciate your encouragement and inspiration! Thanks so much for sharing 🤩

[@jackieschomburgart]

Oh thank you so much! I’m so glad to have you watching ❤️❤️❤️

[@wandamcdonald6095]

Found you a week or so ago and you have helped me tremendously with improving my mixed media art. You inspire me. I agree with you about Elizabeth Fletcher, I took her free course last year and watching your videos is helping me to refine my work. Thanks so much!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Welcome - I’m so glad you’re here! ❤️ Thank you so much for your kind words! ❤️❤️❤️

[@thefineletterco.7199]

It’s fascinating watching your process! I don’t know how you know when you’re done? Whenever you say you’re not at all happy with it so far, I think it looks great! 😂 I would love to know which substrate/sketchbook you’re using? 🙏🏻❤️

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you so much!! 😘 I’m using a Canson mixed media sketchbook here 🤗

[@thefineletterco.7199]

@@jackieschomburgart thank you! 🙏🏻💕

[@jackieschomburgart]

❤️❤️❤️

[@eddieespinosa6576]

Loved it. Are you thinking about contrast or value in the early stages? Thanks.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! Contrast and value are always in the back of my mind, so I do try to make different kids of marks and different values of paint colors while I’m creating. That said, I try to keep it at that in the beginning and not worry too much about composition and placement of my marks in the early stages. Towards the middle and end of a painting I’ll focus more on editing for contrast and value. ❤️

[@SylviaFriesland]

Hello Jackie, thank you so much for those terrific videos and for all the help you provide. I really enjoy watching your process of art and I do learn a lot. May I ask what kind of green colour did you use out of that small bottle in Minute 4:50. .? And if I may say the music Loop is kind of getting annoyed after a couple of minutes because it keeps repeating itself all the time although the music is absolutely my taste😅 I find a difficult to concentrate after a while.. but I can’t mute it because I wouldn’t hear what you were talking about… anyway I love your videos a lot❤

[@jackieschomburgart]

Hi Sylvia! Thanks for the timestamp! That’s Golden’s “Green Gold” ☺️ P.S. I have since stopped the music in the background but am unable to remove it from the older videos unless I completely delete the video and start over with it

[@SylviaFriesland]

@@jackieschomburgart thank you for your answer ❤greetings from Germany

[@beckyfinkelstein1688]

Love the white scrap you put in. I struggle with the same thing..always too much and I'm scared to cover the wrong thing. How did you make the white shapes on the deli paper?

[@jackieschomburgart]

It's usually just white grease pencil or white paint on tissue paper :)

[@shirleytrites]

Thank you for sharing your process. I enjoyed watching, but the repeticious music drove me a bit crazy. Great video

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks Shirley - I stopped adding the background music months back so you must be watching an older video. The new ones have no background music ☺️

[@georgettesayers5953]

What is that blue thing you use to roll over the colors? It looks like a roll of towels?

[@jackieschomburgart]

It’s a roll of shop paper towels - as in automobile shop :)

[@catherinetaylor2690]

What is the blue roll of cloth you roll over the page?

[@jackieschomburgart]

It’s a roll of shop paper towels :)

[@clearfitness1954]

Love watching you work but that music today is really weird LOL

[@jackieschomburgart]

😂 This is one of my early videos - I don’t use music anymore but I can’t take the music off the older videos without deleting the videos so they will forever have music whether we like it or not 🤣