New Year 2016 Watercolor Journal Page

Supplies:                                                                                

·      Watercolor Paper

·      Watercolor Paints

·      Watercolor Brush

·      Water and container

·      Spray bottle with water

·      Pencil

·      Eraser

·      Ruler

·      Black permanent ink pen

·      A quote that you like

Step 1:  Watercolor                                                                      

Add water onto the watercolor paper. Then add watercolor to the wet surface of your paper in an organic shape. Remember that less is more at this stage. I use 3-5 colors either in warm tones or cool tones. We can talk a bit about color theory in class. Let the colors bleed into each other. It might help to lift up the paper to let the color drip. Air dry or use dryer to speed up the process.

Step 2:  Mark Making                                                                  

Start to add marks onto the watercolor page. Any marks are good in repetition, circles, lines, dots, and squiggles. I choose circles, as it seemed to give this piece a feel of looking at cell structures under a microscope.

Step 3:  Continue To Make Marks                                            

Keep adding marks until you fill about 25%-30% of the area. Small and large keeps things interesting. Doodle to your hearts content. This is the fun part.

Step 4:  Add A Journal Spot                                                     

Mark out an area with your pencil and ruler for where you want your journaling to go. I will use a quote or talk about what I hear, smell, see or just feelings I have at the moment. Also leave some room for the date. Notice that I added the words to the side of the page. I like not having things front and center. Keeps it visually interesting.

Write the quote in pencil to sketch out how it will all fix so you can adjust it to fit to your page. My quote is, “Forget all the reasons why it won’t work and believe the one reason why it will!”

When you are satisfied with where it is on the page write over the pencil in the black pen. Be sure to add a date to your work. 

My hope is that you are having an amazing start to your New Year.

Warmly-

Sarinda 

Drawing With The Crafter's Workshop Stencils

Hello Hello Hello.

Sarinda here with a watercolor journal entry using TCW Stencils. I enjoy using stencils to get my creative inspiration going. Be creative with the interior line work as well add some additional lines around the outside of each drawing for interest.

Using TCW2048 Maple Leaf Frags, TCW2044 Pods Fragments, TCW2043 Poppy Fragments. The line work was done with Copic Markers Multi Liner 0.3 Fine & 0.03 Really Fine.

Out line the stencils with the 0.03 Copic Pen. Then add in the inside line work and additional outside lines.

The thicker lines in the Poppy were made with the Copic pen 0.3.

Then just add color with watercolors of your choice. I like to go outside the lines and let the colors bleed together. The less perfect the better.

Happy Spring to you.

Sarinda

The Crafter's Workshop Design Team

www.AggregateMemories.blogspot.com

Artistcellar: Art Is Not Optional-!!

Hello Creatives...

Sarinda here on Hump Day, again. I was delighted that Artistcellar.com asked me back to do a guest blog post. How Sweet it is.

Today I am using liquid watercolor from Dr. PH Martin's Watercolors.  I love these intense inky colors. This project is vibrant and fun.

Here is what you will need:

• Artistcellar Stencils
• Watercolor paper
• Watercolor Dr. PH Martin's
• Spray bottle for water
• White Gesso
• Black Gesso
• Sponge Brushes
• Heat tool
• Paper Trimmer
• Adhesive letters
• Pitt Pens
• Scissors
• Scrap Paper
• Octopode Factory Stamps
• Copic Markers
• Corner Punch

Step 1:
Spray watercolor paper with water. Start adding the watercolor from ink dropper right onto the page. I have my watercolor pad vertical with an easel so that I get the best drips and bleeding. The next few images are the stages of adding color. Rotating the paper for the best blurring of the watercolor.

 There are a few stages that seem to have a very ugly phase to it all. Keep with it and add more water and keep turning the paper.

When you get where you like it dry with heat tool.

Step 2:
Cut out the section that you like the best for your journal.

Step 3:
Lay stencil over watercolor. Take the gesso and sponge brush with a bit of water brush over the page.

 This is how my page turned out. I like how the gesso picks up some of the watercolor.

Step 3:
Do the same with the black gesso. Yet use sparingly in comparison to the white.

Step 4:
Cut the page into strips and corner punch each one. Then edge with sponge brush and black gesso. You can see how the black gesso picks up the texture of the watercolor paper.

Step 5:
Add to you journal with adhesive tape.

Step 6:
Write out with the letters "Art IS Not Optional" and stick them on neutral scrap paper and line with Pitt Pens. Cut out with scissors and adhere to journal page.

Step 7:
Color the Octopode Factory Stamp with Copic markers and fussy cut out. Adhere to the end of the word "optional".


I totally agree with Artistcellar.com slogan. For me this is how I live my life.
Thank you again for having me back on the blog.
Much love and joy to you.
Sarinda

Glass Site:  www.SarindaJones.com
Craft Blog: www.AggregateMemories.blogspot.com

2014 Book List from Daisy Yellow Tammy....

Books.... Books.... and More Books-!!

I have always collected art books, this must have been handed down from my Mom. She was a water colorist and had every book on the subject. My issue is that I have a lot of interests. LOL.

So when I stumbled across this list on Tammy's site and her 2014 list. I was excited to say the least. I do have some books that are already in my collection from her list and some that I have not yet heard of. It was great fun to browse through her bookshelf.

Thanks to Artistcellar.com Facebook Page to enlighten my collection.

Here is what is on my list.

• How to Be an Explorer of the World, Smith ♥
• Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself by Sabrina Ward Harrison {a journal} ♥
• 1,000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn DeVries Sokol 
• Color Mixing Bible, Sidaway ♥
• Paint Mojo- A Mixed-Media Workshop: Creative Layering Techniques for Personal Expression by Tracy Verdugo
• The Art of Urban Sketching, Campanario
• Color: A Natural History of the Palette, Finlay

Hope you find some goodies for the new year.

Best-
Sarinda