Hi Everyone,

Have you ever wished that you can use your watercolours on normal paper?  I have to confess that the colouring-in bug has bitten me as well!  I have tried my watercolour pencils in my colouring-in book, but the paper did not take the water to well.  I found this "recipe" for watercolour aborbent ground on the Liquitex Website - 1 part Liquitex modeling paste with 3 parts Gesso.

Derwent Watercolour Pencils in Colouring-in Book.

Distress Markers in Canson XL Mix Media Journal.

See below video on Youtube for details.

Art Journal Page with PaperArtsy products.

Hi Everyone,

For this Art Journal page I tried to use as much of the PaperArtsy products as possible. I love the Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic paint by PaperArtsy, it dries fast to a matte finish that makes is particularly easy to stamp and doodle or write over.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Use a square piece of Cut-and-Dry foam by Ranger and start applying one colour of paint at a time.  I am using the four colours from the Lin Brown limited edition 3 set of Fresco Finish Chalk Paint by PaperArtsy. Make sure that each colour is dry before adding the next colour.
2. Stamp the flowers from the PaperArtys JOFY 09 Stamp Set with Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black. Use masking tape to mask some of the stamped flowers so that you create the impression that they are behind and infront of some of the others. Stamp the sentiment that is included in the stamp set.
3. I also used the masking tape to cover parts of the stamps that I did not want to stamp.
4. I am not mounting the stamps so that I can manipulate the stems to stamp in different directions.
5. Use a small paintbrush and  "colour-in" the stamped flowers and leaves. Do not think to much about this, just enjoy laying down colour.  You can always paint over a colour if you do not like it or add layers of translucent paint.
6. Use the Posca paint pens to add details to the stamped images, the paint pens gives more control and a steady flow of paint that is difficult to achieve with a paintbrush.
7. Add the outlines and details with the black Posca Paint Pen.
8. Create a border around the page by first drawing a rough outline with a thin black Posca Paint Pen (PC-3M) and then adding black and white squares with the thick nib (PC-8K). 
9. Add the date and you are finished - a real quick page and so much fun!

PRODUCTS USED:

1. PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics - Lin Brown Limited Edition 3,London Bus, Snowflake & Limelight
2. PaperArtsy Jofy 09 Stamp Set
3. Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black
4. Posca Paint Pens PC-3M - Black, White, Light Green, Red, Yellow & Light Blue
5. Posca Paint Pens PC-8K - Black & White

WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE: