Wednesday, February 27, 2013

My Hope is in You: Intricate Doodle Tutorial

I enjoy making intricate doodles and I love the Cathedral Series Stencils so I decided to combine these two loves to create today's project.

Paris Cathedral Art Journal Page

Techniques for creating the Paris Cathedral Intricate Doodle: Paris Cathedral Stencil with pen for web (1280x867) 1. Trace the Paris Cathedral Stencil onto an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper using a black pen.  (I decided to use an 8.5" x 11" inch piece of paper so that I could easily print out copies of of my finished artwork to use for homemade calendars or other projects.)

Paris Cathedral Stencil colored for web (1280x857)

2. Color the page using water soluble pencils and blend the colors with a Sekura Koi WaterBrush.
3. Add doodles using black and white pens.
4. Finish the project by adding a title strip.  I made mine using Photoshop.  I used http://translate.google.com/ to translate my title into French to go with the Paris theme.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Artistcellar: Joy Comes in the Morning Art Journal Page

Joy Comes in the Morning Art Journal Page

Technique for Creating Joy Comes in the Morning Art Journal Page

  1. Spray water color paper with the Silks Acrylic Glazes home made spray (tutorial is included below...click on the image for a larger view), dry.
  2. Use the Flower of Life Stencil and Matte Gel Medium to stencil over a strip of water color paper, dry.
  3. Apply Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Brushed Pewter over the dried Matte Gel Medium.
  4. Use the Ranger Archival Ink Pad and a border stamp to stamp around the entire border of the art journal page.
  5. Apply Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Brushed Pewter lightly over the stamped border.
  6. Use the Flower of Life Stencil and a Silks Acrylic Glaze to stencil on the bottom right side of the page as shown.
  7. Use the Ranger Archival Ink Pad and letter stamps to stamp the title "Joy" on tissue paper
  8. Adhere the title with Matte Gel Medium as shown
  9. Select photo and mat with metallic card stock.  Adhere to page as shown.
  10. Spray a strip of water color paper with Silks Acrylic Glazes home made spray and dry.
  11. Use a Faber-Castell Pitt Pen to write out "...comes in the morning." and adhere to the page
  12. Use the Viva Decor Pearl Pen to add pearls as shown.
  13. Use a silver pen to add accents around the page as shown.
Close up of Joy Comes in the Morning
Close Up View of Joy Comes in the Morning Art Journal Page
Silk Acrylic Glazes Spray Tutorial
Tutorial for creating your own Silks Acrylic Glazes Spray Paints

Thursday, February 7, 2013

29 Faces Day 7: Impacting Stars

I created this quick portrait in my art journal with pan pastels, the Hemp Flower stencil from Artistcellar and some soft colored pencils. I quoted myself again and added in the text in Photoshop.  I am seriously loving learning how to use the pan pastels.  

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

29 Faces: 2.5.12 Madonna and Child


I created this with a white charcoal pencil, very old black gel paper, and the Rouen Cathedral Stencil from Artistcellar.  

Every winter season I am moved by the Christmas story.  Even though I try to focus on other aspects of Christmas what really reaches me and moves me deeply is the story of Mary's willingness to be the mother of Christ and all of the sacrifice that calling would require of her.  I see her as a deeply compassionate and faithful woman who was both over joyed with carrying and having the Son of God but also tremendously pained by Christ's experiences.  So, it is with this sense of what Mary will face in her life as the Mother of Christ that I celebrate these moments of joy when He is her child and she is a mother in love with every aspect of the baby she holds.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Saturday, February 2, 2013

29 Faces 2.2.13

Here is my entry for day 2 of the 29 Faces challenge.  I am brand new to using Pan Pastels and I discovered there was a lot I liked about them including the ability to layer and blend and how fun they are to use with stencils.  

For this project I used Pan Pastels, Derwent Soft Pencils and the brand new Flower of Life Stencil from Artistcellar that was just released.  

On Wednesday, I will be sharing with you my first Design Team post for Artistcellar.  For the time being I am particpating in the 29 Faces in the month of February.  My goal is to do quick work in a variety of mediums to increase my experience and skill level.  Thank you for your support!