Stencil-Art

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.