Art journaling and junk journaling

Art journals (also called visual journals) use paint, drawing, collage and handwriting on the same page. Junk journals are handmade books built from found paper and ephemera: envelopes, receipts, tickets, packaging. Sketchbook diaries record days in drawings. Sticker and washi tape culture overlaps with all three. This doc covers what each one is, where it came from, how people do it, what the research on art-making and art therapy does and doesn't show, and how it can sit next to a printed book's structured, scanned pages.

Uncertain points are marked (unverified) or (uncertain). All sources were checked on 2026-09-28.

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1. At a glance

2. Summary

Art journaling means making pages that mix pictures, colour and words about your life or feelings, without needing to be "good at art." Junk journaling is its thrift cousin: you build or fill a book from paper other people throw away, and the book fills up with the stuff of your days. Sketchbook diaries draw the day instead of writing it. Washi tape and stickers are the glue of the culture. The research on art therapy delivered by trained therapists shows moderate benefits for depression and anxiety in pooled trials, though trials are small, unblinded and varied, and a large UK trial for schizophrenia found no benefit. Studies on art-making outside therapy are smaller still: 45 minutes of art lowered cortisol in most people in one uncontrolled study, and colouring a structured pattern lowered anxiety more than colouring a blank page. The honest claim: making something with your hands can calm you and give you a way to record days when words won't come. It isn't treatment, and it doesn't need to be.

3. History and origin

Timeline

Who's who

• Teesha Moore: mixed-media artist known for bright collage journal pages with "zetti" figures (stoic faces, pointy hats, striped legs), heavy black-and-white doodling and watercolour backgrounds. She sold stamps and collage sheets under the Zettiology name and, with Tracy Moore, ran Artfest retreats at Fort Worden near Port Townsend, Washington (from community write-ups; her own site was down when checked). A widely shared video tutorial shows her folding a 16-page journal from a single large sheet of watercolour paper (unverified; video not opened).
• Dina Wakley: mixed-media artist and teacher, and a Ranger signature designer (paints, brushes, stamps). Art Journal Freedom teaches colour and composition (dominance, repetition, symmetry, contrast, "the power of black and white") so you can use or break the rules on purpose. A follow-up, Art Journal Courage, exists (not opened).
• Danny Gregory: a New York writer and illustrator (his day job in advertising is widely reported but unverified here) who began drawing his days after a family crisis. He wrote that drawing had "a power to change my life and the world around me so profoundly." He later co-founded the Sketchbook Skool courses (not opened).
• Keri Smith: author-illustrator of interactive books. Wreck This Journal asks you to poke holes, paint with coffee and deface pages, to get past the fear of ruining a nice book.
• Kamoi Kakoshi: an industrial tape maker in Kurashiki, Japan, that turned masking tape into decorative washi tape (mt), after three designers showed what it could do. Its goal: "a roll in every home."

Cultural context

Art journaling grew from the mixed-media and rubber-stamp scene, craft magazines and retreats, then online classes and blogs. Junk journaling grew later, mostly on YouTube, with a strong thrift, vintage and "use what you have" ethic, though it also became a big market for printable ephemera and kits. Sketchbook diaries come from the urban-sketching and illustrated-journal tradition. Washi and stickers came from Japanese stationery culture and spread through planner communities. All of them treat the journal as an object, not just a record.

Key quotes

• Junk journaling's common motto (quoted on Wikipedia): "there's only one rule in junk journalling: there are no rules!"
• Danny Gregory on drawing: it had "a power to change my life and the world around me so profoundly."
• Girija Kaimal (art therapy researcher) on her cortisol study: "that's the core idea in art therapy: Everyone is creative."
• mt's founding goal: "a roll in every home."

4. Philosophy and principles

Stated goals

• Express what words can't reach.
• Play without a goal; make "bad art" on purpose.
• Keep the physical traces of a life: tickets, wrappers, notes.
• Reuse and slow down.

Core beliefs

1. Everyone can make marks. Skill is optional.
2. Process over product. The page doesn't need to be good.
3. There are no rules, but knowing a few (Wakley's colour and composition) gives you more freedom, not less.
4. Mess is allowed. Wreck This Journal exists to break the fear of the precious page.
5. Materials carry memory. A bus transfer says more than "took the bus."

The problem it solves: "I can't find the words," "I want to make something that isn't work," "I have a drawer of tickets and cards I want to keep," and "writing journals feel like homework."

5. Core components

Background layer

Removes the blank-page fear. Wipe on leftover paint, glue down a page of an old book, or scribble with a crayon. Black-and-white option: pencil hatching, newspaper text, or plain collage.

Collage

Tear rather than cut for a softer look and less fine motor effort. A glue stick is enough for paper; heavier items need matte medium or tape.

Ephemera

The core of junk journaling. Wikipedia lists letters, packaging and junk mail; community lists add book pages, tags, envelopes, tea bags and library cards. Privacy: remove names, addresses, barcodes and account numbers from receipts and envelopes before gluing them in.

Focal image

Wakley's composition idea of dominance: one thing should be biggest, darkest or most central. It gives the eye somewhere to land.

Journaling

Short is fine: one word, a list of three, a date and a place. Some people hide writing under a flap or write it and paint over it (private journaling).

Mark-making

Teesha Moore's pages use lots of black-and-white outlining and doodling to unify mixed pieces. For low-energy days, one line drawn around the edge of everything counts.

Pockets

An envelope glued in half makes a pocket. Belly bands (a strip around a signature) hold loose tags.

Tape and stickers

Washi is low-tack paper tape: it can be lifted and moved, and it's easy to tear by hand. Stickers are the fastest decoration there is.

Signatures

A junk journal is often 3–6 signatures of 4–6 folded sheets, sewn with a pamphlet stitch into a cover of cardboard or cloth.

Prompts

See the bank in section 22.

Sketch

Draw what's in front of you for 5 minutes. Gregory's approach: draw the ordinary things (dishes, the street) and the day becomes worth noticing.

6. Setting it up

First setup (20–30 minutes)

1. Pick a book. Any sketchbook with paper at least 120 gsm (heavier if you'll paint). Or make one: fold 5 sheets of printer paper in half, nest them, and staple or stitch the fold.
2. Gather a "go kit" small enough to carry: glue stick, small scissors, a black pen, a pencil, one roll of tape.
3. Start a paper stash: an envelope or box for tickets, wrappers, cards and anything with a nice pattern.
4. Ruin the first page on purpose: scribble, spill tea, glue something crooked. Now nothing is precious.

First day

• Glue one thing from today onto a page. Write the date and one line. Done.

First week

• Day 2: a background only (paint, paper, or pencil hatching).
• Day 3: add one image on top of a background.
• Day 4: a 5-minute sketch of something on the table.
• Day 5: a list page: three things you saw.
• Day 6: a pocket page for the week's tickets.
• Day 7: look back. Which one felt best to make? Do more of that.

7. Daily practice

A realistic practice is 3–5 short touches a week, plus an occasional long session.

Short touch (2–10 minutes)

1. Pick up one thing from today (receipt, leaf, wrapper).
2. Glue or tape it down.
3. Write the date and 1–3 words.
4. Optional: draw a box around it or outline it.

Long session (30–60 minutes)

1. Background (5–10 min). Let it dry.
2. Collage layer (10–15 min): pick from your stash.
3. Focal image (5–10 min).
4. Words (5 min).
5. Marks and outlining (5–10 min).
6. Stop before it feels "done." Leave room.

Prompts to start

• What colour was today?
• What did I touch most today?
• One thing I want to keep from this week.

8. Rhythms

• Weekly: a pocket page or envelope for the week's paper. Once a week, glue in the best one or two.
• Monthly: a cover or title page for the month; flip back through; write one line on what the pages show.
• Quarterly: clear the stash box; recycle what didn't make it in. Sew or bind a new signature if you're making your own.
• Yearly: date the spine; store finished books flat and dry. Photograph favourite pages if you want a digital backup.
• Archiving: glue sticks can fail over years; PVA or matte medium lasts longer. Acidic paper yellows. Keep journals out of sun and damp.

9. Page anatomy

A. Art journal spread (two pages)

+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|  background: wash or paper  |                             |
|   +---------+               |      +------------------+   |
|   | collage |   ~~~~~~~     |      |  FOCAL IMAGE     |   |
|   | scrap   |   marks       |      |  (drawing/photo) |   |
|   +---------+               |      +------------------+   |
|                             |   ONE BIG WORD              |
|   journaling lines:         |                             |
|   _____________________     |   [washi]   stamp  stamp    |
|   _____________________     |                             |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

Rule of thumb: one focal point per spread, lots of empty space around it (Wakley's "white space" style).

B. Junk journal page with pocket

+-----------------------------+
| [tag tucked here]           |
|  +-----------------------+  |
|  | book-page background  |  |
|  |    ticket stub        |  |
|  |    [washi]            |  |
|  +-----------------------+  |
|  ________________________   |
| |  envelope pocket       |  |
| |  (receipts, notes)     |  |
| |________________________|  |
+-----------------------------+

C. Sketchbook diary page

+-----------------------------+
| TUE 14 OCT        rain, 9°C |
|  +---------------------+    |
|  |  sketch: boots      |    |
|  |  by the door        |    |
|  +---------------------+    |
|  notes in the margin:       |
|  - mud from the site        |
|  - new laces                |
|  +----------+               |
|  | small:   |  bus 33 late  |
|  | coffee   |               |
|  +----------+               |
+-----------------------------+

D. Structured page with a Sketch box (Journalwright Studio style)

+------------------------------------------+
| DATE ___  TITLE ___________  TAGS ___    |  <- fixed scan header
|------------------------------------------|
| moon/sun | events | care check-in        |
|------------------------------------------|
| +--------------------------------------+ |
| |  SKETCH BOX                          | |
| |  draw, tape a ticket, glue a scrap   | |
| |                                      | |
| +--------------------------------------+ |
| Lined notes ______________________________|
|------------------------------------------|
| SEND TO strip            [page code]     |  <- fixed
+------------------------------------------+

The art stays inside the frame. Scanning still works because the header, frame, strip and code stay clear. Keep tape and glue off those zones.

E. Glue book (quick daily collage)

+-----------------------------+
| 03  scrap  scrap            |
|     scrap                   |
| 04  scrap  ticket  scrap    |
| 05  (nothing - that's fine) |
| 06  wrapper  leaf           |
+-----------------------------+

One row per day, no words needed.

10. Worked examples

Sample day: short touch (5 minutes)

Page: Sketch box on today's day page
- Taped in: bus transfer (route 33), corner of a granola wrapper.
- Drew: a thumbnail of the storm clouds from the site at lunch.
- Words: "cold hands, good crew."
- Outline around all of it in black pen.

Sample week (junk journal, 6 sessions)

MON  tea-stained background on 2 pages (3 min)
TUE  glued pharmacy bag strip (name cut off) + "refill day" (4 min)
WED  nothing (tired)
THU  sketch of lunch, 5 min
FRI  envelope pocket for the week's receipts (names/numbers blacked out)
SAT  long session: collage of a seed catalog + a walk map; wrote 6 lines (45 min)
SUN  looked back; taped a leaf from Saturday; wrote "more walks"

Sample month (one art journal)

Week 1  Month title page: "OCTOBER" in torn letters from magazines
Week 2  Two spreads: first frost; a hard day painted solid grey with one yellow line
Week 3  Glue-book rows for 7 days; sticker for each day I went outside
Week 4  A "what I kept" pocket page; a sketch of the new jacket
End     One line on the last page: "Mostly grey, some yellow. The yellow was outside."

11. Variations and offshoots

12. Community practice

• YouTube "flip-throughs" and "journal with me" videos are the main teaching form for junk journals (general observation).
• Kits and printables: many junk journalers buy printable ephemera sheets from Etsy sellers instead of collecting their own. This is convenient, and it also turns a thrift practice into a shopping one.
• Swaps and pen pals: people trade ephemera by post.
• Common customisations: tea- or coffee-dyed paper, inked edges for an aged look, pockets, belly bands, tuck spots, fabric covers, die cuts.
• Aesthetic camps: "vintage" (sepia, lace, old maps), "cottagecore," "grunge," bright mixed media (Moore, Wakley), and clean minimalist sketchbooks.
• Minimalist camp: a black pen, one sketch a day, nothing else.
• Tension: supply culture ("stash") versus use-what-you-have. Many people say buying supplies started to replace using them.

13. Official products and formats

Not a branded method, but related products:

14. Tools and supplies

Minimum kit ($0–$10)

• Glue stick (acid-free if possible), scissors, one black pen, pencil.
• Found paper: envelopes (the patterned insides are "security patterns"), old books, maps, packaging.

Add as you go

• Washi tape: low-tack, hand-tearable, repositionable.
• Stickers and labels.
• Gel pens (white shows up on dark paper).
• Watercolour pan set or cheap acrylics; gesso to prep thin paper.
• Stamps and an ink pad.
• Matte medium or PVA for heavy pieces.

Paper weight and bleed

• 70–90 gsm printer paper: fine for collage and pen, buckles with paint.
• 120–160 gsm: sketch paper; light wash OK.
• 180–300 gsm: mixed media and watercolour.
• Printed Journalwright Studio books are thin KDP paper: dry media only (pencil, pen, crayon), tape and glue stick. No paint or heavy layers on day pages; they'll show through and cockle.

Rulers and cutters

• A metal ruler and a craft knife for straight edges; a cutting mat.
• Hand-tearing needs no tools and hurts less.

15. Digital and hybrid versions

• Apps: Procreate and other drawing apps; digital scrapbook kits (PNG stickers, washi). Instagram and Pinterest are where many people share pages.
• E-ink: reMarkable, Kindle Scribe and Boox handle line drawing and sketches well, but not colour or collage. Good for a sketchbook diary; poor for junk journals.
• Scanning: flat pages scan well; bumpy collage casts shadows. Photograph at an angle with soft light instead.
• The X4 e-ink companion: a 1-bit device with buttons; it can't draw. It could show a scanned sketch from your book on the sleep screen, dithered, if you load it over the hotspot (optional, and see RAM notes below).
• What's lost on screen: texture, touch, the object itself, and the pleasure of glue. What's gained: undo, no mess, no supply cost after the device.

16. Evidence and research

Two things get mixed up online: art therapy (a credentialed therapist, a therapeutic relationship, treatment goals) and art-making or art journaling on your own. The American Art Therapy Association says art activities like colouring books and apps "are not equivalent to professional art therapy services."

Claimed versus supported

17. Benefits

• Moderate reduction in depression and anxiety when delivered as art therapy. Evidenced (with limits)
• Short-term drop in stress after making art, regardless of skill. Evidenced (weakly)
• Short-term drop in anxiety from colouring a structured pattern. Evidenced (weakly)
• A way to record days without many words. Claimed
• Keeps memories as objects. Claimed
• Play and flow outside of work. Claimed
• Cheap and sustainable when you use found paper. Claimed, obviously true when you don't buy kits
• Social connection through swaps and groups. Claimed; group arts had evidence for older adults (Quinn 2025)

18. Pitfalls

19. Accessibility and adaptations

• ADHD: Short touches beat long sessions. Keep a kit in one visible box. Novelty helps: rotate materials. Watch for supply-buying as a dopamine hit.
• Autism and sensory needs: Sticky, wet or smelly materials can be too much. Use tape, stickers and dry pens. Structured tasks (fill a grid, colour a pattern) may calm more than open blank pages (Curry & Kasser 2005).
• Chronic illness and low spoons: The "one thing taped in" day counts. Sit or lie down; use a clipboard. Pre-cut scraps on good days for bad days.
• Depression and anxiety: A page can be one colour. Colouring a pattern is a known low-energy calmer. Don't force meaning.
• Trauma: Imagery can bring up more than words. Keep it light and present-focused (what's on the table), stop if distressed, and keep hard material for work with a therapist. Art therapy exists for that.
• Dyslexia and dysgraphia: Images and single words carry the page. Stamps and sticker letters replace handwriting.
• Low vision: High-contrast materials, thick black markers, large collage pieces, tactile items (fabric, string).
• Motor or hand pain: Tear, don't cut. Tape instead of glue sticks (which need pressure). Large tools with thick grips. Stickers are the lowest-effort option.
• Trans and gender-diverse people: Collage lets you build images of yourself you haven't seen elsewhere (cut-out clothes, hair, words). Keep books private if safety at home is an issue. Community ephemera swaps can be affirming.
• Shift workers: Keep a pocket kit (a small notebook, a glue stick, tape) for breaks; collect ephemera on the route; do long sessions on days off.
• Low income: Junk journaling is built for this: envelopes, cereal boxes, library book sale pages, free printables, and a single glue stick.

20. Comparison

21. Combining

• With structured day pages: the Sketch box is the art zone. Everything scannable stays outside it.
• With time logging: the hour ribbon is the dry record; the art is the colour on top. A ticket stub taped next to the hour you rode the bus is both.
• With a commonplace book: collage a quote with an image.
• With expressive writing: write, then paint over it for privacy.
• With a dream journal: sketch the dream's main image before you write it.
• With a DBT diary card: art-making is a distraction or self-soothe skill in many DBT skill lists (not checked in this doc's sources).
• With Stoic journaling: a sketch of one thing you can control.
• With a weekly review: glue in the week's best scrap.

22. Ready-to-use bank

Prompts

1. What colour was today? Fill a box with it.
2. Draw one object you touched a lot today.
3. Tape in something you'd normally throw away.
4. Draw the view from where you sit, in 5 minutes.
5. A word that fits today, written as big as the page allows.
6. Tear paper into the shape of how you feel.
7. Collage what "home" looks like right now.
8. Draw your boots, shoes or hands.
9. Three small things you saw outside.
10. The sky at the start and end of the day, side by side.
11. Draw your meal from above.
12. What would future-you want to remember from this week?
13. A page for the weather only.
14. Collage an outfit you'd love to wear.
15. Outline a leaf or a coin and fill it with pattern.

Collections and page ideas

1. Bus transfer and ticket collection.
2. Tea tag / wrapper grid.
3. Sky swatches (one colour per day).
4. Seed packets and garden notes.
5. "Kind notes" pocket for cards and messages.
6. Month title pages from magazine letters.
7. Pattern page to colour on a tired day (plaid, grid, simple mandala).
8. Envelope security-pattern collection.
9. Stickers-only day: one sticker for each good thing.
10. Glue book row per day.

Low-energy menu (under 3 minutes)

1. One sticker.
2. One strip of tape and a date.
3. Colour three squares of a pattern.
4. Draw a circle around today's date and fill it.
5. Tuck a receipt (cleaned of details) in the pocket.

23. Glossary

• Altered book: an existing book painted and collaged over.
• Art therapy: a mental health profession using art-making within a therapeutic relationship, practised by credentialed therapists.
• Belly band: a paper strip around a signature or page to hold loose items.
• Collage: an image made by gluing pieces of paper or other material.
• Die cut: a shape cut by a machine and a metal die.
• Ephemera: everyday paper meant to be thrown away (tickets, receipts, tags).
• Focal point: where the eye lands first on a page.
• Gesso: a primer that makes thin paper take paint.
• Glue book: a quick daily collage book.
• Junk journal: a handmade book from recycled or found paper.
• Matte medium: an acrylic glue and sealer.
• Mixed media: using several materials on one page.
• Pamphlet stitch: a simple 3- or 5-hole binding stitch.
• Signature: a set of folded sheets nested together.
• Smash book: K&Company's pre-printed stick-it-in journal (2011).
• Stash: your supply of paper and materials.
• Tuck spot: a small slot or flap to hold a tag.
• Visual journal: another name for an art journal.
• Washi tape: decorative, low-tack paper tape.
• Zetti: Teesha Moore's figure style (stoic faces, pointy hats, stripes).

24. FAQ

1. I can't draw. Can I still do this? Yes. Collage, tape and stickers need no drawing. Kaimal's study found stress dropped the same whatever people's art experience.

2. Is art journaling "art therapy"? No. Art therapy is a profession with trained therapists. Art journaling is self-care and making. Both can be good; they aren't the same.

3. Does it actually help mental health? Art therapy with a therapist has moderate pooled effects on depression and anxiety, from studies with real weaknesses. Solo art journaling isn't well studied. Short art-making and structured colouring have small studies showing lower stress and anxiety in the short term.

4. What's the cheapest way to start? A stapled booklet of printer paper, a glue stick, and your recycling.

5. How do I keep the book from getting too fat? Fewer layers, thinner paper, a wider spine, or remove a page for every two you add stuff to.

6. Can I do this in a printed Journalwright Studio book? Yes, in the Sketch box, with dry media, tape and glue stick. Keep the header, frame, SEND TO strip and page code clear.

7. What should I never glue in? Anything with your full name, address, account numbers, barcodes or medical details visible. Cut or black those out first.

8. Pages look bad. Should I tear them out? Leave them. Messy pages often read better later. If you must, glue two pages together and start again on the outside.

9. Mandala or blank page? If you're anxious, a pattern to colour seems to calm more than a blank page in two small studies.

10. Is washi tape archival? It's low-tack and can lift over years. For keepsakes, add a dot of glue under it (general craft advice, not tested here).

25. For Journalwright Studio

a. Printed book

b. E-ink companion (X4)

c. Proposed editor blocks

d. Proposed method layout: "Art journal day"

Planned: not in the editor's "Start from a method" list yet. Every block except pattern exists today.

1. sky
2. events
3. care
4. sketch (h 30, caption "today in a picture", corners on)
5. words (circle a feeling)
6. lines (n 2, label "Words for it")
7. checks (Made something)

Low-spoons variant: swap sketch for pattern (h 20).

d2. Drawing practice (planned)

Making drawing skill part of the journal (prompts, structured practice by strand, a practice log, baseline and revisit pages, no streaks) is planned in the build plan, section 22. A separate drawing-practice method doc is its first slice. The blocks above (pattern, gluestrip, Sketch box options) are part of that plan.

e. Don't adopt

• Decorative borders, textures or vintage ornament on printed pages. Busy, against the calm design, and they fight the scan zones.
• Colour-dependent prompts ("use red for anger"). Print is black and white.
• Instructions to paint on day pages. KDP paper is thin; wet media will cockle and bleed through.
• Calling any of it "art therapy." AATA is clear that products and apps aren't; claims would mislead.
• Supply shopping lists or brand pushes. Against the low-cost ethic.
• Generated images or AI prompts on the e-ink companion. Out of scope.
• Ephemera printed with real names, addresses or barcodes as sample content. The editor and samples use generic data only.

26. Open questions

• No trial found of self-directed art journaling (outside therapy) on mood.
• Mandala versus plaid: the 2005 study found them equal; the 2012 replication found mandala better. Which pattern works best for a printed "colour me" block is unsettled.
• Exact mt launch year (mt says the first collection came in 2007 and the brand was founded in 2008).
• Teesha Moore's own site was down; Artfest dates and the 16-page journal details come from community pages and video listings, not primary sources.
• How much glue and tape a KDP paperback can take before the binding strains. Needs a physical test.
• Whether a collaged Sketch box affects page-code scanning if collage overlaps the frame. Needs a scan test.

27. Further reading

• Dina Wakley, Art Journal Freedom (North Light, 2013): colour and composition for journalers, plainly taught.
• Danny Gregory, Everyday Matters (2003): an illustrated diary through a family crisis; the case for drawing ordinary things.
• Keri Smith, Wreck This Journal (Perigee, 2007): permission to make a mess.
• Fancourt and Finn, What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? (WHO Europe, 2019): the widest map of arts and health research.
• Stuckey and Nobel, "The Connection Between Art, Healing, and Public Health" (AJPH, 2010): a readable review with honest limits.
• Crawford et al., MATISSE trial (BMJ, 2012), and the National Elf Service summary: a reminder that art therapy is not a cure-all.
• American Art Therapy Association, "About Art Therapy": what the profession is and isn't.

28. Sources

All checked 2026-09-28.

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