Fantasy sketchbook, latest pages

Was not posting much I know, but I've been painting a lot...

Working in my journal again...

A quick page with gesso, collage, markers and stamps.

Drawing with ballpoint

I'm a big fan of Andrea Joseph's artwork. She uses ballpoints and colored pencils, often in Moleskine Sketchbooks. I had not a lot of time to draw today and attempted a little sketch with ballpoint. The combination of these materials work well on the Moleskine paper, and no mess with paints :)
Drawing like this is relaxing, but I have to practice more I think....

My subject: silver nailpolish :) and the materials used (forgot the white pencil)

1 : just a sketch to "feel" the shape

2: Blue "BIC" 

3: Black "BIC"

I used colored pencils on top, and accents with white gelpen.

Andrea Joseph's work is really amazing, see her blog here.

Fantasy sketchbook: new pages

I had some fun with stencils, and created these pages:

 Flower stencil: crafters workshop flower template

cosmic Swirl template

Fantasy sketchbook page: fairy queen

Inspiration for the dress was found in a magazine.

pencil sketch (in my Moleskine sketchbook)

Outlining (with pentel pocket-brush pen).

Left: Acrylics effect-paint

Right: Collage paper

Face: Acrylic flesh-tone

Fluid acrylics: black, white and red

Paint markers (yellow, blue, black for the lines)

Shading with Copic markers.

Details and effects: 

paint markers (white, gold) and colored pencils

(Applied a layer of clear gesso to provide some tooth for the pencils)

Fantasy sketchbook page: fairy

Another fairy: acrylics, colored pencils, collage

Crochet bunny

My daughter Sarah takes her little bunny everywhere. But it's getting old. So I made her a second one. Trying to make it look exactly the same was hard because I made the first one 1,5 years ago, and didn't write down what I did or used.

 This is the new bunny:

Next to the old one (right):

Sarah was very happy with it, she loves the "silly" look on its face.

Fantasy sketchbook page: mermaid

 

New Art Journal or sketchbook?

I started my new journal: a Moleskine sketchbook large...

After these pages I decided to dedicate this book to small fantasy-paintings, and I'll continue to fill it with faeries, mermaids and other magical things :)
I'll have to start (or make) a new big book for more free Art-Journalling: collage, paint, experiments...

Art Journal 2 Finished!

Today is my birthday... and time to post this little video.



Hope you enjoy the journal-flip :)

Art Journal pages: Flower fairy's

These are the last two pages of this journal...makes me a bit sad... It was a lot of fun to just open the journal and start drawing, painting, collaging!

"Flower fairy's": Acrylics, colored pencils, markers and collage.

I'll start a new journal very soon, Art-Journaling is addictive :)
It will be a bit smaller: a Moleskine sketchbook.
But first I'll make a little video of this finished book.

Art Journal pages

My latest additions, this journal is almost full...

Ink spray background, collage and paint-markers

 Ink spray background, collage and paint-markers

 Neocolor background, acrylics and a lot of glitter glue :)

 Collage background, acrylics and colored pencils

Gesso, ink, collage, markers

Art Journal page: Friends

Following layers:

1: gesso

2: drawing

3: fixative

4: Acrylics

5: markers

6: collage and gel medium

Art Journal page: flowergirl

A quick page made with my favorite materials: acrylics, Neocolors and collage ;)

Art Journal page: Dreamer

Face: Acrylics and colored pencils

Hair: collage, gesso, inktense pencils

Background: Black acrylic paint and inktense pencils(red/pink)

Art Journal page: Labrador

I tried to paint our big brown lab with acrylics. It was difficult because he's so dark.

In-progress photo:

Materials used: Neocolors, acrylics, markers, colored pencils, collage

Happy New Year