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Art Journals FREE Class: Watercolour Pencils

Rhomany — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:58:03 +0000

Here’s the piece from today’s UStream. Stephanie had asked for a watercolour pencils tutorial, and for once I actually stuck with just doing those and not throwing everything at it!

To add a little twist (and since I don’t actually have watercolour pencils in portrait colours) I did a portrait in non-natural colours. I think she came out quite fairy like and may even give her wings at some point.

This is entirely done with Crayola watercolour pencils (12pk), Derwent Inktense (24pk) and Derwent Graphitint (6pk). The only exception is the initial drawing, done with a Crayola erasable colour pencil, and the eye glints, which I used white acrylic for as the Inktense pencil wasn’t opaque enough.

Since I’ll be filming for my new Portraits class the next couple of weeks, there is no ‘free class’. However, I will still be live on UStream just doing journal pages and things. So do pop along and feel free to journal with me or ask questions while I work

When free classes resume, Robyn will be choosing the topic as she gave the correct answer to this week’s pop quiz.

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Art Journal Prompt: That January Feeling

Rhomany — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:01:10 +0000

How are you feeling this week? There’s a month left until the month is over and it’s around now a lot of people start flagging. The resolutions are waning because other committments are getting in the way,Â the Holidays are a dim and distant memory and there aren’t any more to look forward to for a while (unless you’re coupled up and celebrating Valentine’s Day), the weather’s not showing any signs of getting better yet except for the odd snow drop. All of this could mean that you’re starting to feel a bit down.

Or maybe you’re the other way. Your word of the year has bolstered your confidence and now the kids are packed off to school you’re attacking your passions with new vigour. You’ve got your new habit nailed, you’re thinking about booking your summer holidays and finally the nights are drawing out and you no longer feel like you’re living cocooned in Dracula’s lair.

For this prompt, write about how you’re feeling and create a plan of attack to go with it. Do you need a pick me up? A little treat to blow away the midwinter blues? Or maybe you need a day off to review your whirlwind schedule and take a breath? Do you need to get started on that word of yours before it’s February already? Or do you need to find some motivation to keep going at what you’ve started?

So far my month is going OK, but then January is always just treading water for me. It’s just killing time between christmas and my birthday. But now I’m in the final week and I feel much perkier. Lots to do before Friday, lots to do before the end of the month and lots of pots on the boil that I need to keep simmering gently.

So far, so good.

This page is done in an ink and wash style like ‘La Parisienne‘ from last week. I really enjoy doing this very loose but colourful style and I want to explore it some more, so expect to see some more like this in the next month or so.

September ATCs: Summer Theme

Rhomany — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:22:07 +0000

I forgot to upload these earlier in the month, so here’s the cards I made for Lee in the September ATC swap on Willowing & Friends. The theme was ‘Summer’. ‘Summertime’ is entirely pen and gouache, ‘Harvest Moon’ was made with a scrap from this technique and I may re-create it large size for my Colourful Cats collection.