Art Journal
Bible Journaling: five more examples

Posted on 26th March 2019 by Neil

Here are five more Bible journaling illustrations, complete with a free downloadable outline. I’ve been getting in some practice with watercolour pencils as my next Bible journaling session will be featuring them. Another version of watercolour is using studio safe solvents to move around the wax carrier for the Polychromos pencils, giving much the same effect (though waterproof of course). The solvent is less likely to swell the paper fibres compared to water and is my preferred technique, though the effect is less translucent than watercolour.

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Art Journal Page: Bleeding Tissue

Posted on 19th March 2019 by Neil

I’m on a roll this week – two things shared and it’s only Tuesday. My next art journaling session will feature ‘bleeding tissue paper’. For the uninitiated, this isn’t the type of tissue paper you’d use for gift wrapping as when it gets wet, it bleeds colour. The final result is similar to using watercolours. It tends to be a bit random, so those that like precise will be struggling! Oh, and what was in my head didn’t reach the page – I meant to write a ‘splash’ of colour. I couldn’t work out a way of changing it, so it is what it is.

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Original Designs
Mandalas

Posted on 18th March 2019 by Neil

I’ve noticed recently that on drawing lines, such as writing or outlining, I’ve had a noticeable (though very minor) intention tremor. Now, this may be medication side effects, but I decided it was more likely to be lack of practice and a resultant deterioration in fine motor control. Noticing it in the first place may be due to my perfectionism as well! As a result, I’ve started drawing mandalas using my fountain pen, both for their repetitiveness/meditative process and for retraining my fine motor muscles. Here are the results so far, in date order. I’m pleased to report that after just six to seven hours of drawing over eight days, the tremor has all but gone.

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Bible Journaling: more examples

Posted on 27th February 2019 by Neil

I’ve been creating some new Bible journaling this week. I’ve also been trying out some different art materials – more info after the gallery.

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Art Journal Page: #PASC0219

Posted on 20th February 2019 by Neil

It’s time to share my submission to the February Pick-A-Stick Challenge #PASC0219. I’m working in my very first art journal started in 2011. There are lots of spreads where I was playing with backgrounds and which had never been ‘finished’.

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Quilting
Quilt No. 025: Serenity

Posted on 19th February 2019 by Neil

Where has the time gone – I’ve just noted that it’s been a month since I last posted. As normal, if I’m not posting, it’s because I’ve been busy on projects that take a little longer to bring to fruition and shared. This time, I’ve been working on another set of praying hands for church and a new quilt cover for our sofa (since we’d worn out the first one).

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Art Journal Page: #PASC0119

Posted on 18th January 2019 by Neil

For the unfamiliar, PASC stands for Pick-A-Stick Challenge. It has been a long while since I last participated in the challenge, and the format has changed slightly. The team now randomly draw words which it is left to us to interpret artistically. The only stipulation is that the order of the steps is followed. Everything else is artistic licence, and anything can happen before, during and after the steps to complete the page. There’s also a shorter ATC (Artist Trading Card) option. Here’s my January 2019 layout:

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Art Journal
Bible Journaling: Book ends

Posted on 16th January 2019 by Neil

Here are a couple of Bible journaling examples where the extra space at the end of a book can be used for larger illustrations. I felt that both needed a bolder background than I would normally consider as there was a lot of white space that made the text look particularly lonely!

used in these layouts

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[amazon_textlink asin=’B000UEAKC4′ text=’Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’themanicstamp-21′ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’f0b495b8-0cf8-11e9-8c96-71a115136e83′]

[amazon_textlink asin=’B004AQODNU’ text=’Sakura Pigma Micron’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’themanicstamp-21′ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’017908cf-0cf9-11e9-8699-2582b328a467′] black pigment pen (01)

That’s Crafty 6.5″x7.5″ Roses [TC7029]
Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencils Rays [THS003], Tiles [THS042]

Quilting
Quilt No 024: Modern Background

Posted on 14th January 2019 by Neil

I have a chair in our hall that seems to have been designed specifically for the dogs to sleep on, clamber onto to see out of the hall window, and otherwise act as a dumping point for bags as one comes through the door. Thus, apparently, it needed a contemporary cover that looked smarter than the throw that routinely covers it. The suggested colour scheme matched some fabric I bought some time ago, and after a quick planning session, I set to with a quilted pattern of my own making…

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Art Journal Page: 2016?

Posted on 5th January 2019 by Neil

On Monday night I have my art journal session in The Studio, and we’re using the prompt ‘New Year’. This layout developed from a teaching session I did with a new Studio guest a few weeks ago, showing the difference and similarities between Distress Oxides (left-hand side) and Distress Inks (t’other side). A quick layer of acrylic paint forms the background to the white text. The purple text is a combination of stamped and handwritten, using Distress Oxides and Posca pen respectively.

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