Art and crafting by Rebecca Davies-Sandall. Art journaling, Spectrum Noir Design Team, Crafters Companion, paper crafting, mixed media, stamping and more.
These new metallic pens from Spectrum Noir are amazing! They are highly pigmented and opaque which means they are they can be layered and are amazing on dark backgrounds including black card. They have dual nibs (bullet and brush) which means that they will be a complete game changer for both dark colorista colouring pads AND brush lettering!!! They are water based pens so you can try out your favourite water-based techniques but are stable once dry. The pens come in 2 packs of 6 colours and will be demoed firstly on HSN in USA and coming soon to Hochanda in the UK.
Summary: I LOVED using these pens!
Images from Colorista Dark pad: Under the Sea
Sentiment: brush lettering on top of Crafter’s Companion script lettering stamps.
Coloured with Spectrum Noir Metallic Brush Pens
Embossing folder and stamps/die by Sheena Douglass Day of the Dead collection
Premium black pad from Spectrum Noir
You can stamp or emboss black card for interesting colouring effects. I have also coloured straight over clear embossing with somehow goes super shiny.
After taking a break from making art journal videos to knuckle down and finish my final dance teaching qualifications I’m pleased to say that I am back! I really enjoy art journaling so I’m hoping I can get back into a regular routine for you.
In this first video of the new series I’ve decided to demonstrate some of my colouring techniques with you as this will be my first video since becoming part of the Spectrum Noir design team. This entire spread was inspired by my daughter (who micromanaged the different stages lol x) (Scroll down for video…)
YouTube Partnership Changes
Before we get into it I have a few points to make: firstly, my channel has been affected by the recent changes to YouTube’s policies and now all of my videos that I worked hard to make have become demonetised. This basically means that I can no longer receive ad revenue (which was only pennies on my channel) but it was a very good incentive for me to carry on creating and sharing content. It also helped me justify buying another art journal or replacing supplies that ran out. In order to get monetised in the future I need to greatly increase the number of hours my videos are watched by people. Each video takes several days to create, then edit the footage, produce the final video and give you the blog entry listing all the materials, etc. If you would like to support my channel (for free!) then the best thing would be to subscribe to my channel and maybe watch a playlist or two on there from time to time. This, as well as liking and commenting on my videos, lets me know that you like my content and that you’d like to see more. Of course, if you’re a company and would like to sponsor me to make a video using your products then please get in touch too!
Voiceovers or Background Music
I’ve had a chance to reflect on comments made and there have been some occasions that people have said they would prefer a voiceover and/or more descriptions of what I’m doing to help them make similar artwork or learn from my techniques. I am super happy to start doing voiceovers for you but I also know that other people prefer to have the background music as they find the videos quite relaxing to watch. Therefore, for this video I’ve created TWO versions – one with voiceovers and one without. To help me know which format you would like to see in the future please comment on the video that works best for you.
Materials Used
Templates and Stamps from Paperbabe: Female Profile, Long & Fringe and Profile Face Stamp Set
Spectrum Noir Colorblend Pencils
Skin: Walnut, Saddle Brown, Vanilla, Peach, Cream and Linen
I’ve been playing with my artist-quality watercolour pencils by Spectrum Noir this week to create samples for the upcoming shows with Fiona Clayton. She will also be bringing the latest floral stamps by the talented Stacey Barras. All of the stamps on my samples are from this collection and are ideal for watercolour work! I’m also listing all the colours that I used below…
SHOW TIMES ON HOCHANDA: Saturday 17th February 2018 at 7am, 10am and 2pm
