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

Making Loose Abstract Pages with Deep Deep Light Watercolors

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In this art journal session, I’m playing with soft granulating watercolor washes, moody blue-gray neutrals, loose pencil marks, bold black patterning, and little touches of glowing gold mica.

I worked in my handmade Bare Spine Beauty Journal using Deep Deep Light granulating watercolors, a Color Cube palette for inspiration, Blackwing pencil, King Art gel crayons, Faber-Castell Black Edition pencils, Posca marker, and Kuretake gold mica paste in a fine line bottle.

This spread is all about quiet layers, curved shapes, texture, and intuitive mark-making — the kind of creative play where I let the materials lead and see what kind of abstract atmosphere appears on the page.

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 watercolor paintings surrounded by a watercolor palette, pencils, gel crayons, and mixed media supplies.
Close-up of gray abstract watercolor layers with black brush marks, white dots, curved pencil lines, and gold mica details.
Close-up of blue-gray abstract watercolor with ochre shapes, black pencil marks, white dots, and a flowing metallic gold line.
Abstract watercolor close-up with curved blue and gray shapes, black striped marks, white dots, ochre accents, and gold mica lines.
Finished abstract watercolor art journal spread displayed on a vintage-inspired worktable with paints, pencils, papers, and mixed media tools.

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