Tutorial: Color Outside the Lines Art Journal Page.

Hello friends!  I wanted to pop in really quickly to share a link with you to a tutorial I shared this week on the StencilGirl blog.  It features a page from my very long neglected art journal.  It was so fun to create and it let me use every single color of ink!

When I first spotted this Shattered Stencil in the StencilGirl shop, I imagined it exploding in full color.  I wanted to create that blast of color for my art journal as a celebration of my love of colors.

It is kind of odd, given that I am an illustrator, but I am always hesitant to doodle or letter on a project.  I think I worry that I will mess it up!  (When I draw my stamp designs and other pieces I work in pencil and erase a lot!)  Sometimes if we use a little helper we can get a doodled look without some of the hesitation.  In this case, I used the stencil to trace the lines and fun shapes.  I didn’t have to think about how to fill the spaces, it was done for me.  Once I had the lines, I felt a little more bold about filling in some lettering.  And truly, once I did I kind of wondered what the big deal was!  Why was I hesitant in the first place!  I wanted it to look fun and random and a little imperfect.  And I think that is what I got!

You can find the full step-by-step tutorial here: Color Outside the Lines Art Journal Page.