One of my goals for this year is
to be more light-hearted and joyful. Making this tag to give has been
light-hearted fun, sweet and easy and just in time to celebrate St. Patrick’s
Day. I hope you are inspired to make your own and you have as much fun as I did
making it. Blessings! Valerie
Video link: https://youtu.be/RXHw5EN3RxA
Materials
Used:
Stencils:
Nesting Dolls
Stencil - L694
Doll Crowns
Stencil S667
Celtic
Celebration Stencil L279
Other
Supplies Used:
Water-soluble
Scribble Sticks (I’m using CaranD’ache Neocolor II Water-soluble Wax Pastels)
Micron Pen (I’m
using size 02)
Tag or ATC card
(or any card or art journal page that can take water)
Filbert or flat
watercolor brush about 3/8” or 1/4” wide
Technique:
1. Trace around
a body mask of Nesting Doll (L694) on a tag or ATC card with waterproof pen. My
line went off track so I drew a second scribbly line around the whole thing,
which I like since it goes with the childlike design.
2. Choose a
crown from the Doll Crowns Stencil (S667) and trace inside the Stencil with the
pen twice.
3. June Pfaff
Daley as designed a great stencil: Celtic Celebration Stencil (L279) . I’m using it here with
Water-soluble crayons to draw inside the pattern of the stencil border.
4. Use a
slightly wet brush to brush the stencil with water. When I dip my brush into
water or rinse my brush out, before I paint on a stencil I touch the brush to a
paper towel, so there won’t be too much water that will bleed under the
stencil.
5. Put the Doll
stencil-mask back on the tag and color in face with flesh color using
water-soluble wax pastels. Then paint with water using a slightly wet brush.
6. Color in the
heart and leaves with the pastels. Using 2 colors of green and 2 colors of red
will add interest and variation to the colors.
7. You can add
shading around the edges with slightly darker flash color if desired.
8. Color around
the edges of the doll, fading in toward the center.
9. Shade the
edges with a darker green or other color you desire.
10. Brush with
slightly wet paint brush to smooth out and brighten pigment.
11. Put the Doll
Crowns Stencil back on the crown drawn.
12.Color in with
desired color.
13. Remember to
touch the wet brush to the paper towel before painting the water on the
stencil, over the crayon.
14. Tape the
face part of the doll stencil onto the tag face.
15. Make simple
eyes by drawing eyes with a Micron pen where the eyeballs would be in the
stencil.
16. Finish both
eyes and trace around the lower part of the nose and mouth stencil.
17. Add doodles
& embellishments to the crown, hair, and heart clovers if desired.
18. Color with
water-soluble wax pastels and paint with water.
There are so
many ways to use this nesting dolls and personalize them using various
stencils. Here is the tag, an ATC card
and journal page.
Stencils used
in this photo:
Nesting Dolls
Stencil - L694
Doll Crowns
Stencil S667
Celtic
Celebration Stencil L279
Scalloped Border
Small Mask S644
For more
ideas on what
to do with the Nesting Doll Stencil and other stencils and mediums check out
Valerie’s blog at https://valeriesjodin.com/blog/
and How-To Stencil Video and Inspiration Page at: https://valeriesjodin.com/how-to-stencil/
Cheers!
This is lovely.
ReplyDeleteVery inspiring!!
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