Jen Matott here again to share with you another one of my banner pieces and a technique that I used throughout the creation of the artwork. This is a great way to add shapes while masking additional elements or textures.
In this banner piece, I used a Grungeboard butterfly shape as a mask.
Hold the shape steady and use my Faber-Castell Art GRIP® Aquarelle pencils to color outside the shape. I trace around the shape first (in case I accidentally move!) and then use a variety of monochromatic pencil colors to create a colored background. After lifting the mask, I use the brush that is included in the pencil set to add water and blend the colors outward.
Inside the masked shape, I use the brush to take some of the blended color and create a bit of a detail inside the shape.
Once the wet, colored areas dry, I use a similar PITT® Artist pen to outline the shape for definition. (Aquarelles and PITT® are color matched to each other so they will blend beautifully!)
This technique can be used as well with blocking out text or other element inside the shape. Here is another example where I used a stamp inside the shape and added the color outside the shape in the same manner as above.
Note how well the black PITT® pen writes on this raw canvas. I love how well the India Ink in these pens performs on different surfaces!
Hope you enjoyed this week's tutorial :) See you again soon!
Jenn
You are SOOO fabulous! Thank you for sharing this technique, I'm going to make it on a CARD right NOW!
Posted by: sherry czarnecki | 03/22/2011 at 10:27 AM
wonderful!
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Here's what you inspired:
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Posted by: sherry czarnecki | 03/22/2011 at 04:01 PM
Thanks for the sweet comment, Sherry! Love your card!
Posted by: Jen Matott | 03/22/2011 at 07:42 PM
Great - yhanks for sharing!
Posted by: Linda Polaretzki | 03/22/2011 at 11:21 PM
Love this technique, too! I always look forward to your posts!!
Posted by: Jill Foster | 03/23/2011 at 10:04 AM
These are beautiful. I assume the one with the stamping in the leaf was a negative stencil, or did you block off the rest of the canvas while you stamped in some other way? I am going to a retreat this weekend and looking forward to trying these techniques!
Posted by: Carol Zeitz | 03/23/2011 at 11:09 AM
Yes, for the red one with the leaf, I used a Stamper's Workshop stencil to block out the rest of the canvas and stamped inside the negative space. Then, I traced around the shape with the pencil and colored outside the shape after lifting the stencil away. Does that make sense? Thanks for the nice comments!
Posted by: Jen Matott | 03/23/2011 at 12:38 PM
very cute! I will add it to my TO DO list! : )
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Posted by: kali | 03/23/2011 at 06:15 PM
Nice Jenn! I look forward to your class and learning how to use these great products. Powerful color, good stuff!
Kathy Greenia
Posted by: Kathy Greenia | 03/23/2011 at 09:02 PM
Jen - Can't wait to play...wish I had more time in my day to play. At least I already have these fabby products to look at and imagine what I can do with them!
Posted by: Lyn | 03/29/2011 at 12:59 PM
wonderful, bold colors! just wonderful!!!!
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