Watercolor abstract painting ideas with simple shapes, dots, modern marks, and layered blue green mixed media texture.

Abstract Art Journaling With Holbein Gouache and Mixed Media Layers

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Today I’m back in my Bare Spine Beauty journal, continuing to fill the pages of a handmade book I created in class. For this spread, I’m using Color Cube palettes as my guide, but I’m switching up the dominant color in each abstract to see how the same palette feels when different hues take the lead.

I also taped off two different painting sizes to add a little extra movement and interest to the composition of the pages. I’m layering Holbein gouache, Faber-Castell Black Collection pencils, Kingart gel crayons, a Uni-ball Signo white pen, and Posca pens to build lots of mark making, texture, and playful detail.

If you love color experiments, mixed media layering, and art journaling in handmade books, this one’s for you.

Check out the Bare Spine Beauty Art Journal workshop on my site: https://2lilowls.com/product/bare-spine-beauty-master-the-art-of-coptic-bookbinding/

Looking for the supplies I used? I’ve listed all my favorite and most-used materials on one easy-to-update page here: https://2lilowls.com/favorite-supplies-for-mixed-media-abstract-art/

(Some of the links are affiliate links. If you use my link, I get a small commission, which will go toward my art supplies and to support this channel! I appreciate your support!!)

Note: I don’t list individual supply links on every post any longer, simply because keeping up with that for each video or project took more time than I have. Instead, I’ve created one easy-to-browse page where I’ve listed all my favorite and most-used art supplies. It’s always up to date, and a great place to find what I’m working with most often.

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Open handmade art journal with two abstract mixed media paintings in teal, green, ochre, and white using Holbein gouache.
Close-up of teal and green abstract art journal page with Holbein gouache, pencil lines, white dots, and layered mixed media marks.
Close-up of abstract art journal painting with teal washes, green gouache marks, ochre layers, white dots, and white line details.
Macro photo of abstract mixed media art with teal washes, ochre shapes, white dots, white line marks, and bright green gouache texture.
Close-up of abstract art journaling layers with teal watercolor washes, green gouache marks, white dots, ochre accents, and pencil lines.
Open handmade art journal on a studio table with abstract gouache paintings, watercolor palette, pens, and vintage papers.

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