Category Archives: Mediums

Sketching Boats – Working on a prepped Sketchbook Page

One thing I love doing is drawing on a prepped sketchbook page. This spread is done in my Ranger Journal with a background using Flash Paints from LeFrance & Bourgeoise. These paints are similar to acrylic gouache. They are drying mat and permanent. I love using them as a base layer in my sketchbook. AsContinue reading “Sketching Boats – Working on a prepped Sketchbook Page”

Sketching a Bird with Oil Pastels – Lightwish Soft Oil Pastels Review

I have a little product review today and a process in my sketchbook. I got send some oil pastels from Lightwish to try them out. The oil pastels come in three different themed sets. I picked the Morandi one. As I already have a bunch of standard sets I wanted to have some more lightContinue reading “Sketching a Bird with Oil Pastels – Lightwish Soft Oil Pastels Review”

Making Gelli Prints directly in my Sketchbook

This will change your way of working with the gelli plate using your stencils! All you need is a die-cutting machine! Instead of using your stencil directly on your gel plate you create an embossed piece of cardstock and use this to create texture on your plate. This means your stencil won’t get any paint on them and you don’t have to clean them afterwards.

Drawing Landscapes without using Greens! Tip!

I the past I often tried to draw and paint landscapes in my sketchbooks with a different mood and with not so much green to achieve what I wanted. But it was truely so hard to do! I almost everytime grabed some kind of green… For these two pages I am sharing today I triedContinue reading “Drawing Landscapes without using Greens! Tip!”

Some more abstract landscapes in my sketchbook

Today I have to share some more abstract landscapes which I drew from Mapcrunch. Abstracting from photographs is quite hard compared to drawing directly on location, but of course it’s much easier to realies. And it is a lot of fun! I try to capture the depth of the landscape and the colours, but notContinue reading “Some more abstract landscapes in my sketchbook”

Stormy Seascape – Working on a prepped Sketchbook Page

One thing I love doing is drawing on a prepped sketchbook page. This spread is done in my Ranger Journal with a background using Flash Paints from LeFrance & Bourgeoise. These paints are similar to acrylic gouache. They are drying mat and permanent. I love using them as a base layer in my sketchbook. AsContinue reading “Stormy Seascape – Working on a prepped Sketchbook Page”

Art Journal Page – Distress Inks Smooshing – Video Tutorial

Hi everybody! I’m sharing an art journal tutorial today using one of my favourite techniques to create a background. I am using stencils together with Distress Inks and Distress Oxides. By layering up different patterns you can create depth and interest. I’m combining the background with stamps from Mixed Media Marks 1. My focal imagesContinue reading “Art Journal Page – Distress Inks Smooshing – Video Tutorial”

Landscapes – An abstract Version

The main thing why I am playing in my sketchbooks is fun I have doing this. I almost feel like a child when I can grab all kinds of colourful materials and put them onto the paper without being afraid what comes out. I truely never care about the result! In my opinion that’s theContinue reading “Landscapes – An abstract Version”