{"id":6216,"date":"2024-03-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/?p=6216"},"modified":"2024-03-21T07:33:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T06:33:32","slug":"sketchy-birds-journal-page-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rubberdance.com\/blog\/art-journal-inspiration\/sketchy-birds-journal-page-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Journal Page Tutorial with Sketchy Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello, Samantha here today and I’m sharing a page from a new, small art journal. I used three stamp sets, Sketchy Birds 2<\/a>, Collage Leaves and Pencil Marks 1<\/a>. My journal page measures just 4 inches by 4 inches. I’ve found that using smaller pages makes you look at the stamps in quite a different way, I ordinarily would have used whole images of the birds but couldn’t for this size page and I quite like the effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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To begin my page I started by creating the background, I used just three watercolours for the whole project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using the same coloured acrylic paints I stamped using stamps from the Pencil Marks 1 set, don’t forget to wash your stamps straight away if you do this, you don’t want the paint to dry on your stamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next step was using some of the stamps from the Collage Leaves stamp set, this time archival ink, I like using second and third generation impressions for adding variation and depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next I needed to plan where a couple of the birds from the Sketchy Birds 2 stamp set were going to be and stamped them, this meant less intricate cutting around the feet and I knew where to draw the branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I finished the page by stamping the same birds on to white card and colouring with watercolours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final touches were a few more stamped images using Pencil Marks 1 and some white inky splats and details with a Posca pen on some of the leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for stopping by, Sam x<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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