Create your own MAGIC...

Hi Everyone,

I have to confess that working with the Chameleon Markers was an uphill battle for me.  But I am very stubborn and no marker was the boss of me!  I am so glad that I stuck to it!  I just had to share my joy of finally figuring it out!  (Thus also a short video today!)

Colouring the Daisies with Chameleon Color Tone Marker and Tops:

The background:

Squeeze out Dina Wakley Media Heavy body paints in Sky, Turquoise & Ocean on the page and blend with a card (old credit card).  Use your finger to add a tiny bit of Night (this is a very dark blue colour).

Do the same with Dina Wakley Media Heavy body paints in Blushing, Ruby, Fuchsia & Magenta. Build up each layer by adding more blues and pinks as you go, making sure that each layer is dry before adding the next. I love the texture of the Modiagliani paper in my small art journal.

Use a make up sponge and add white paint through the Stendala 1 A5 stencil.

Use Typo Quotes 3 stencil and add the quote with a Posca 1-M Marker in Black.  Also use this stencil to add the border at the bottom of the page.  The swirls at the top were drawn freehand with Posca 1-M Markers in Black and White. Add a highlight to each petal with the white marker.

Products used:

• Pro-Art Blending Card 
• Stampendous Daisy Mix Stamp Set (CRS5082 and Diecuts (DCS5082)
• Chameleon Color Tone Markers - PK5 Fuchsia, YL2 Summer Sun, PK3 Bubblegum, BR4 Burnt Umber, PR4 Purple Grape, V02 Mauve, GR4 Evergreen, GR1 Apple Green
• Chameleon Color Top YL2 Summer Sun
• DIY Art Journal 150x150mm – Modigliani 200gsm
• Dina Wakley Media Heavy-body Acrylic Paints - Sky, Turquoise, Ocean, Night, Blushing, Ruby, Fuchsia, Magent & White
• Posca Paint Markers PC-1M Black & White

Do More of What You Love ...

Hi Everyone,

Thank goodness warm weather is with us again!  We had a taste of Summer (skipping Spring entirely) and then overnight we were back in Winter!

I am so happy to release my new range of Stendala's (Mandala Stencils - how's that for originality?)  These stencils can be used in a variety of ways - to doodle & colour, as background texture and with Texture Paste.

I am using Stendala 2 (STBP046) to create a colourful Doodle Mandala combined with the new Typo Quotes 3 stencil in my small 150x150mm Stencil-Art Art Journal (SAAJ150)

1.  Draw the outline of the mandala with a Black Posca Paint Marker PC-1M and paint the background with black Daler-Rowney Graduate Acrylic Paint. I used a wet paint brush dipped in water to thin out the paint a bit.

2.  Draw the detail of the mandala lightly with a 2B pencil.

3.  Colour the shapes with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.  Some of the colours I blended out with water and others I blended with each other.  Make sure that there are no hard edges.

 4.  Add doodles and details with a black and white Posca PC-1M paint marker.

5.  Use the Typo Quotes Stencil to add the quote with a white Posca PC-1M paint marker.

Products Used

Stencils A5 - Stendala 2 (STBP046) & Typo Quotes 3 (STNL010)

Uni Posca Paint Markers PC-1M Ultra-Fine Black & White

Daler-Rowney Graduate Acrylic Paint 120 ml Tube - Black

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers Set of 12