Rainbow Art Journal Page Tutorial with Ecoline Inks

Hey, Rubber Dancers! Selene’s today on the blog with a colourful rainbow art journal page, super easy and quick to make. Ah yes, and satisfying as well! I am using Ecoline Inks (any liquid watercolor will work) together with our Cross It stencil and stamps from Pencil Marks 7, Mixed Media Marks 1 and Mix It Up 4.

Let’s go, then!
I started from an A4 watercolour (300g) page and squared it. I sprayed water here and there, but not too much, because I wanted to keep a few dry spots. Why? If you throw a glance on the page, you’ll see that you’ll find both sharp and smooth border lines. I aimed to have a variety of reactions and behaviours of the inks.
Then, I started putting some Ecoline watercolour inks on the page. I have the basic package with the three primary colours, plus green and a sort of a dark grey. As you can see, they are super bright, easy to blend and beautiful!
When I use these inks I usually pour a few drops of each colour on a palette and then I immediately prepare all the colours mixed with each other, to have everything ready to use.
Preparing watercolours allows you to work in a quicker way, avoiding spots and preventing paper from drying while you’re still working on it.

When the paper was completely dry, I picked Cross It stencil and I used it to create a texture on my background. I went in with Distress Oxides using the same tint and shades of the background colours.
White and coloured splashes complete this first layer.

Then, I stamped a few elements more from Mixed Media Marks 1 and Pencil Marks 1, following the same process, until I was happy with the result. As usual, at a certain point I felt it was taking the “too much” direction… and finally I was able to stop! 😀

I stamped a couple of border elements from the Mix It Up 4 set with distress oxides and cut them off, to create a line where my focal images could settle in. Instead of just gluing them, I preferred to sew them on my page.
As a focal image, I chose leaves and flowers from Pencil Marks 7 set. I painted the flowers with the leftovers of the Ecoline colours I still had on my palette and kept the leaves of the plants in B&W, not to have them sinking into the background.

Sentiments are the last touch on my page. Messages are aways important.
Let me know, if you like it and… share yours with us!!!

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Below the stamps set I used: