Moleskine A4 watercolor journal, slicci pen, glaze pen, watercolors
Sometimes when I read art books I get inspired before fully reading the tutorial text. I'm really not great about reading instructions or directions or even recipes. I might guess how something is done and that becomes the launching point for an experiment or a curiosity to persue. That's what happened here!
In reading Journal It!
by Jenny Doh {reviewed here}, I got a spark of an idea from one of Jill Berry's watercolor backgrounds. Using a clear gellyroll glaze pen, I wrote about photography and the meaning of the themes or subjects you choose to photograph. It's quite boring, but the idea was to just see what would happen if I painted over the glaze pen. Then I watercolored over the words to make them appear. Some colors provide more contrast than others, and I like the look and feel of the page but perhaps not the composition! As an experiment goes it was a success because the method works! {Funny.... turns out that this is not what was in the tutorial! In the book, Jill wrote OVER the watercolors with gel pens!}
November is Art Every Day Month (AEDM) facilitated by Leah of Creative Every Day.
Tue, November 20, 2012 at 11:33PM
Reader Comments (7)
love this effect — and i love that about art books, that you can just browse and use something you see as a jumping-off point. it’s the combination of their idea (what you saw) and your own idea (how you think you can pull it off, or your own version of it).
Wow!! That turned out really cool! Have a happy Thanksgiving!
I just love how this turned out Tammy. Thanks so much for sharing the techniques with us--both yours and Jenny's! :-)
Oh how cool the page turned out, will have to try this too!
I love using white as a resist. It almost feels like a secret code that you slowly discover when you add color to it.
Another idea I must try. I have a clear pen and been wondering what to do with it.
:) so it is not just me who jumps in boots and all and then realises later I imagined instructions that never existed. Love these watercolour colours, and noticing the arches from Italy are appearing everywhere now I am catching up on your blog in bursts. :) I would not have thought the pens were waterproof, a good experiment.