Get Messy: Color Idea Book

by Caylee Grey, Claudette Hasenjager, Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd

Welcome to the very first Get Messy Idea Book.

We’re beginning with the core technique in art journaling - COLOR.

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” Georgia O'Keeffe

That quote was placed onto one of the first versions of the Get Messy website back in 2014. Georgia totally gets us. Sometimes words are not enough, and art makes it enough. It’s a new avenue for exploration. Color is one of the strongest means for expression, and having it begin our Idea Book series is poetic.

You’ll learn from three very different artists (Caylee, Claudette, and Vanessa), and you’ll get to discover your style through it. We’ll guide you gently and enthusiastically. We’ll show you the technique and how to make it your own.

Let’s release the art that looks like you.

Let’s take your world and make art from it.

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Techniques in this Idea Book:
Colors and Emotions - explore how to release your feelings through color
Collaged Color Palette - curating a color palette to find cohesiveness
Monochromatic Pages - find harmony by focusing on one color
Playing with Complementary Colors - grab your color wheel
Neutrals & Neons - have some fun with color
Who Said Colors Need to Match? - throw your color wheel out of the window
Bonus: Color as a mood ring

72 pages, Paperback

Published August 7, 2024

About the author

Caylee Grey is a South African artist who fills her journals with loads of mediocre art. Imperfect, heart-led, gloriously mediocre art. Caylee's the Fairy Artmother of Get Messy Art, the kindest art journaling community on the internet, and author of the book by the same name.

@cayleegrey on Instagram