Playing with stencils

I was quite inspired by Linda Blinn's workshop on adding colour to your journal pages through the Strathmore free online workshop. I already had a face in profile stencil I made and I have been really focusing on faces lately so I just decided to go for it. She used watercolour crayons, pencils and I added in walnut ink because I just can't resist it. :)

I use Ginko leaves for hair? on the right and fibres on the left character.

Linda was using circle templates and all sorts of things to make designs with that I had not thought of using in that way. Cool! I love finding new ways to use existing tools in your studio.

I don't think these pages are finished but I like where they are going.

Really excited about springtime. Its just around the corner.

More Janelle!

I have been listening to and drawing Janelle Monae.

She is an amazing dancer as well as singer.

Tightrope is my fave. :)

More Journal pages with faces

This first face is inspired by Paul Klee, Lynne Hoppe posted a painting on her Tumblr site that really resonated with me. I loved the way he did the hair and the lines although my painting is completely different the scroll line work is similar.

One of my new favourite musicians! Janelle Monae.

Taking the bus because it was too windy to ride my bicycle. One perk is I get to sketch on the way to work. :)

Penciled this one on the bus too and then later added watercolours.

Playing with ways to make frames in pages of a new journal. I ripped holes and painted with acrylics, stamped in gold ink and then added some of my new printed masking tape.

Its a Madd Hatters theme and here is a pocket spread. I used text pages in squares to cover the first two levels and then painted the background with red watercolours and acrylics. I stamped the Alice in Wonderland characters and coloured with watercolours.

Here's hoping March goes out like a lamb because it came in like a lion. Roarrrrrr!