Good Morning all! Helen here with a little art journal spread for you today using some hidden journaling and one of Jaime’s favorite stencils!! (Jaime is our designer and founder of The Crafter’s Workshop).
![Complete art journal spread with hidden journaling, acrylic paint, TCW324 Hexagon Stencil, TCW2165 Ombre Dots, TCW clear gesso and TCW Black Modeling paste.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nov-23-5-701x1024.png?resize=526%2C768&ssl=1)
The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own.
For me, art journaling is a way to express feelings and thoughts I have. I usually can express my thoughts using stencils, color, and such… but sometimes, I just have to write it all out! I find this very cathartic and helps me sort out all those thoughts and feeling I have floating around!
So, to start off with, I took my favorite pen, and started writing all my thoughts down. I wrote side to side, turned the journal around and wrote top to bottom, and because I had more to say, I wrote diagonally. No one knows what the journaling is but me.. and that is exactly why I hide my journaling some times. I then applied a layer of TCW9907 Clear Gesso over the page using a brush.
![Journal over whole page using a pen and then apply a layer of clear gesso.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nov-23-2-768x1024.png?resize=576%2C768&ssl=1)
The next step is to cover the page with some acrylic paint. I used Golden Teal and DecoArt fluid acrylic in Phthalo Turquoise. While it was still wet, I used TCW324 Hexagon Stencil and a baby wipe to wipe away some areas through the stencil as shown. This will reveal the hidden journaling.
![Apply acrylic paint over gesso then remove some of the paint through TCW324 Hexagon stencil.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nov-23-3-761x1024.png?resize=571%2C768&ssl=1)
I shaded around the hexagon shapes using A Stabilo black ALL pencil to create some shading. Then I took TCW 9009 Black Modeling Paste and TCW2165 Ombre Dots stencil, and using a spatula, I applied a layer of paste through the stencil to make some random dots here and there.
![Add some shading to hexagons using stabilo all black pencil. Use TCW9009 Black Modeling Paste to make dots using TCW2165 Ombre Dots stencil.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nov-23-4-789x1024.png?resize=592%2C768&ssl=1)
Once everything was dry, I used a white pen to go around some of the Ombre Dots, added some white splatters with white ink, added a bit of stamping using archival ink. Added my image and sentiment and voila… done! All my journaling is hidden and I am the only one who knows what all this means!
![Completed sppread, adding splatters, image and sentiment.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nov-23-5-1-701x1024.png?resize=526%2C768&ssl=1)
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Happy Creating!!
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Thanks!
Love this technique Helen and LOVE your page and that sentiment is sooo true !! Why do I just get into something at 4pm and have to stop to make a meal??!!
Thanks Heather! And isn’t that the truth! LOL!! ((HUGS))