Black and White Art Journal Page

Hi everyone! I can't believe this is my final blog post. I've had loads of fun with Faber-Castell® Design Memory Craft® and hope you've been inspired to make lots of art as a result. Recently, I've been doing a lot of creating in my black and white journal. Working in two colors (well, three since I use grey) can either be a bit of a challenge or refreshingly simple.

Here's some art from my black and white journal:

And here's one I created especially for you, because often I find that beginning is indeed the hardest part.

First, I sorted through a bunch of black and white ephemera.

 I narrowed it down to this:

Here are the only pens I needed!

I used my Stamper's Big Brush Pen in black to stamp some images on my page. With the Stamper's Big White Pen I drew circles and made dots. I love adding circles and dots to my pages!

Using a set of grey Art GRIP® Aquarelle watercolor pencils I added shadows and shading for depth and interest. I like to use these as pencil crayons so that I have the option of blending the color with water later.

 It was easy to alter the look of these ladies with my set of black PITT® Artist Pens. 

I used the Stamper's White pen for my text and a fine tip PITT Artist pen for the shadow effect. A really simple way to embellish your own handwriting is to add a soft triangle or line at the tips of the letters, as I did here. You could also try dots. In adding shadow to letters I always add to the Left and Lower (bottom). The two L's help me remember and keep my shadow placement consistent.

 Here's the final page:

 

Come visit me any time at my blog, christinalorraineyoung.com. Hope to see you again soon! You really can never go wrong with Design Memory Craft®! Happy creating! xo, seena

What I Used:

Stamper's Big Brush Pens

Stamper's Big White Pen

Essential PITT Artist Pens

Art Grip Aquarelles (Neutral)

Strathmore 400 Series Toned Sketch Journal, Cool Grey 

Comments

[Sabrina]

Wonderful work Seena!

[Eileen]

I love this quote and your beautiful work. It's been amazing seeing all the creative pieces you create! Thank you for sharing it!

[Shilpa]

Lovely page,beauty in black and white.

[Win Dinn, Artist]

Such a wonderful piece - and judging from this post alone, you'll be sorely missed!

[Linsey]

Oh awesome! I'm loving your black/white/grey artwork!! It's super inspiring and I'm going to try some myself!!! thanks for sharing your incredible talent and inspiration--I'll be visiting you at your blog to stay in touch!!! xoxo

[Kelley Fewer]

I really like this palette, and the lettering is cool!

Shine on!
Kelley

[Rachel Kleinman]

wow!! i am really blown away by your pages. these are truly gorgeous. love the challenge of black and white. you certainly mastered it! love it!
-Rachel