Creating a Chalkboard Journal Page

I just realized I had one more background 

technique to share with you from my Junque 

Journal How-To series. (click HERE to view it, 

and my other Junque Journal pages)  

With this background I began by painting both 

pages (side by side) with a layer of gesso.

Once dried I painted on the right side with craft

chalkboard paint.  It use to be that you could 

only find chalkboard paint in spray cans or in 

large size cans.  Now you can find it in small 

craft size paint bottles which is nice so it

doesn't go to waste.

Once you've painted your chalkboard paint and 

it has dried well.  Use a piece of chalk to season 

your chalkboard by scribbling on it then erasing it.

I decided to use my Portfolio water-soluble oil

pastels to decorate around the edges along 

with embellishing with paint pens.

For the left hand side of the page I first misted

my dried gesso page with Color Mists which 

are vivid sprayable watercolors. Then once the 

page was dry (heat guns works great for drying).  

I once again used Portfolio water-soluble oil 

pastels to draw a design. After I sealed 

the page with PYM II , I then further 

embellished with paint & gel pens.