Art Journal: Distressed Paint Technique
Welcome everyone!!! I’m working in my Dylusions Small Flip Journal today and playing around with a distressed layered paint technique using petroleum jelly. There’s nothing better to me than old furniture with layers and layers of paint that are gems of time gone by!
I started with some torn pages from a book and glued them in place on my page. Next step is to cover the entire page with Gel Medium to “even the field” so all papers have the same texture and finish.
I added some petroleum jelly with my finger on areas that I wanted to preserve and then covered the page with one paint color at a time using a brayer. Once the paint layer was dry, I wiped the page clean with a baby wipe and paper towel then continued on with another coat of petroleum jelly and paint. The petroleum jelly acts as a resist to the paint.
This technique allows you to use a variety of colors without them getting muddy because each color is used separately.
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Love the colors that were used! :)
You make the distressed technique look so easy to make beautiful projects. but I know from experience it isn’t as easy as it looks. You have amazing talent. I love the colour combo you choose!
SQUEAL!! SO FUN!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!
my favorite from the week!!!!!!!
Stunning!
I’m rethinking my view on art journals. Your work is so awesome. I love mixed media but have only completed a couple projects on canvas. Always enjoy watching you create.
Love the colors!! Very creative!!
Wow, that looks amazing!
Love the “distressed” look and the wonderful colors, and I particularly love the sentiment. I’m always inspired to start an art journal when I see these posts — it’s on my “to do” list.
awesome tag, I’m bummed because the video would not play on my computer.
Beautiful piece–love how the black tag looks behind the gorgeous floral die cut.
This is really cool technique, and I love the awesome blend of colors!
Very different. I like it x
Lovely colors.
I adore this grunge/distressed look so very much! Fabulous colors! :) I have never heard of using petroleum jelly, so am excited to give this technique a try. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the color combo and you create so many awesome pieces of art Shari! It is so fun to see what you come up with next.
Gorgeous, I love the colours!
Oh my gosh. I love those colors together! And the collage words are awesome!
This one is awesome! :)
This is stunning!
What a cool technique! Love the way the background turned out with the colors.
Not really into this kind of art, but may have to give it a try. I love the colors! Thanks!
Beautiful combination of colors and great project! New technique for me- thank you for sharing!
Beautiful colors and so great to see the creation process.
Wonderful effect for the background–love the colors, too!
Didn’t know petroleum jelly worked like that. Thanks for the tip!
Such a cool technique, I never knew that you could use Petroleum Jelly that way!
Love your art journal segments. Also thanks for last posts diy
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Pretty details and colors! Love the flower die cut!
Great technique!
Such a fantastic journal page!
Thanks for sharing your creativity…
Hadn’t heard of using the petroleum jelly as a resist.
Great idea. thanks. Love the cover.
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What an awesome technique! I love the background colors!
Always enjoy Shari’s mixed media projects. This is beautiful.
Such an awesome project.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Oh Shari this color combo is amazing; absolutely love what you did ! I’ve been trying to talk myself out of that flip journal … YOU are not helping ! hahaha
I’m always attracted to art journaling but I haven’t tried it yet. You make it very tempting. Thanks for sharing.
I’m never going to see old furniture in the same way! Thanks for sharing another great project, Shari!
Beautiful project! Thanks for the new technique!
Looks like a fun project!
Wow, petroleum jelly, what next?! I, too, like your choice of colors and the whole project!
Gorgeous project. Love the colors and techniques.
love the shabby distressed look on this project!!
I so love the colors of the background, Shari. I can now see how a little patience really makes a difference. It is a beautiful composition! That’s a terrific video – instructions clear and what you were doing in each step easy to see. Thanks
The background is stunning! I really want to give this technique a try.
Love this project and the beautiful colours!!!
Very creative!
Beautiful
It was interesting to learn that the petroleum jelly works as a resist agent. I love the colors you used. Thanks for sharing!
I love the colors and the techniques you used.