Hi Everyone,

I absolutely fell in love with Faber-Castell Polychromos Artist pencils and are so happy to share that it will soon be available in the shop. I use it in conjunction with my Koh-i-Noor Polycolor pencils that is unfortunately only available in 72 colours, whereas the Polychromos are available 120 colours!

Today’s colouring page is from Winged Daydreams by Monique Day-Wilde.

Sprinkle Lime Green  Brusho Crystals on the page and spray with water. Make sure that the page is bone dry before colouring.

 Colour with Koh-i-Noor Polycolor and Polychromos pencils. 

Add final details with Pentel Hybrid Gel Grip Pens.

Hi Everyone, 

Another page done in the colouring-in book "Town Daydreams" by Monique-Day Wilde. This time I used Copic Ciao markers and finished with colouring-in pencils.  

Hi Everyone,

I am still in my "colouring-in phase" and am thoroughly enjoying Monique Day-Wilde's new Colouring-In books.

I love to use all kinds of different art mediums in my colouring-in books, it is a great way to explore and experiment different products.  I find Dede Willingham a great inspiration for using colouring-in books in a whole new way.  

Today's project is from Country Daydreams by Monique Day-Wilde.

I used a wash of Dina Wakley Heavy-body Acrylic Paint (Night) to cover the background. Mixing it with water will thin out the paint so that the stars and other details are still visible, this will also create a uneven mottled effect.

I used a Derwent Waterbrush to pick up colours from Gelato sticks to add a light watercolour wash to the images.  You can use any watercolour paint or acrylic wash for this step.

I coloured in my images with Derwent Coloursoft pencils.  I always use the same technique to colour all my images - from the shadows to the highlights.  Monique already added shading to her images, so this takes the guessing out of where the light source is coming from.   With each lighter shade I add more colour towards the highlight and then blend all the colours with white (you can also use a colourless blender).  I have done a couple of courses from Kit and Clowder - a great resource for colouring in workshops 

Add the background details with a white Posca Paint Markers, this pens are filled with acrylic paint and writes easily over most surfaces.

Colour in the white stars with yellow and add a halo around each star.

Add extra details and a border with Posca Paint Markers.

I just love Monique Day-Wilde's new Colouring-In books - Town Daydreams and Country Daydreams.  The images are beautifully drawn with enough open spaces to add your own doodles.  
I used Koh-i-Noor Polycolor pencils (oil based) to colour this page from Town Daydreams.

Instructions:

Use colours 18 Light Blue, 52 Azure Blue & 15 Ice Blue  to colour each block.  Start with 18 (dark blue) in the corners and blend with lighter blues (52 & 15) to a white highlight.  I also used white to blend the colours.

Use 34 Blue Grey to add shading around each house - this will create depth.  It will bring the houses to the foreground.

Add 24 Pea Green over the background and blend out towards the highlight that will now change to a Turquoise colour.

Use the shading that Monique has already added to the houses to add colour from the darkerst to the lightest. (64 Burnt Ochre, 29 Light Ochre & 41 Banana Yellow).  Most of the times I use three colours - dark, medium and light and blend together with the lightest colour or sometimes white.

Now colour in the roofs (47 Scarlet Red, 30 Red Brown & 9 Apricot Orange) and the rest of the features (32 Natural Sienna, 65 Medium Terracotta &30 Red Brown).  The windows was done with 39 Silver and blended with 1 White.

I used Posca Paint pens PC1-MR in white and black to add the border around the page and other details & doodles.

Hi Everyone,

I am still enjoying my small 150x150mm art journal.  This journals will be available in the shop by the end of the week.  It is stitch bound with a plain chipboard cover so that you can decorate it.  It contains 48 pages of slightly textured Modigliani 200 gsm Mixed Media paper. 

WONDER Art Journal Page

Prepare the pages with white Gesso (let dry) and apply Gelatos in warm colours to the background.  Spread Gelatos with a baby wipe (wet wipe).

Use a wet wipe to remove some of the colour from background through a stencil. (Stencil-Art Starry Night A5 Stencil).

Mix white Gesso and water and apply to the background with a cosmetic wedge - this will lighten the background. 

Cut a picture from a Colouring-in book and glue onto your page with Matte Gel Medium.  

Apply the Gel Medium over the image and use a old credit card or your fingers to remove any air bubbles. Complete the the image with a pencil so that it is spread out over the whole background.

Paint the images with Gesso to create a whole and draw in the lines with a black Posca Paint Marker. (Make sure that the Gesso is completely dry otherwise you will ruin your marker). 

Use Derwent Watercolour and Intense pencils to colour in the images.   Apply a layer of pencil and activate with a wet paint brush (or a waterbrush) and Liquitex Matte Medium.  

I dipped my paintbrush in the Matte Medium to blend the pencil.  This will ensure that the watercolour pencils do not blend with the next layer.  This is quite time consuming but all the layers create a lot of depth.

Apply Ranger Texure Paste with a palette knife through the Stencil-Art Angie's Journaling Words 2 A5 Stencil and leave to dry.  Ranger's Texture Paste can be dried with a Heat Tool.  

Use the blue Derwent Metallic Pencil to add colour to the bottom of the letters.  I wanted to create an ombre effect and applied some white Intense pencil to the top of the letters as well.

Use a black Posca Paint Marker to outline each letter and all the images.  Add shading with a brown pencil and activate with water and matte medium. 

Add details to the images with a white Posca Paint Marker.  I just love my Posca Paint Markers - it writes over anything and are available in different nibs sizes and colours.

Add glitter to the angel wings with the clear Wink of Stella Brush pen. 

Add more details with Ranger Liquid Pearls.

 

Hi Everyone,

I plan to stock small art journals in the shop and have been testing some paper.  It has been such fun working in this smaller journal (150x150mm), especially as time is always in short supply!  This smaller journal also fits nicely in my handbag and does not take up so much space on my desk, making it much easier to create on the go!

Be Authentic Art Journal Page

Products used:
Dylusions Ink Sprays - London Blue, Funky Fuchsia & Lemon Zest.
Pentel Aquash Medium Point Waterbrushes.
Stencil-Art Stencils - Birds-in-a-Row, Flowers Mixed & Angie's Journaling Words 2.
Posca Paint Pens - assorted colours.
Koh-i-Noor Polycolor pencils.

Fill Pentel Aquash Waterbrushes with Dylusions Ink Sprays - this will make it much easier to control than using the spray bottles.

Use a paintbrush to apply water to the background.

Add the Dylusions Ink to the background.

Move the Dylusions Ink with a wet paintbrush.

Use a damp paintbrush to add "texture" to the dry background - this can also be done by removing colour with a wetwipe and a stencil.  Clean the paintbrush on a paper towel to remove build-up of ink.

Make sure the background is dry before adding the doodles with the black Posca Paint pen and stencils.

Colour in the images with Polycolor pencils - these pencils are oil-based and are very easy to layer and blend.

Add accents to the flowers and birds with Posca Paint Pens.

Use the white Polycolor pencil to soften the colours in the background.

Use  Angie's Journaling Words 2 Stencil to add the title and colour-in with Posca Paint Pens.