VIDEO: Art Slice March Round-Up

April is here and so is my March Art Slice video round-up ready for a bit of creative inspiration to help get you excited and buzzing for some art making over the weekend I hope!

It's a mixed batch of illustrative, pattern and mixed media this month so I hope you find something that makes you feel like sharpening your pencils, breaking open the paint or grabbing for your stencils!


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Hand Drawn Surface Pattern



Last month found me experimenting with pattern with this hand drawn repeat element. I did set down a pencil grid to help guide the pen work but I don't think the camera quite picks it up. If you were here on Wednesday you will have seen another version of this pattern in the Watercolour and Pen project video share.

Supplies:
Sakura Micron Pigma pen 05
Bristol Board
Pencil 2B
Ruler



Stencil Rubbing With Watersoluble Pencils and Crayons



I shared a fun technique that is great for using with stencils in my second art slice for March. It is such a fun technique and a super quick way to cover a page with pattern and colour.

Supplies: 
StencilGirl Loopy Ladders stencil L434
Caran D'Ache Neocolor II
Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencils Albrecht Durer
Derwent Inktense Blocks
Fabriano Accademia Artist Paperpack 200 sheets 120 gsm
Water spray



Gouache Spring Pattern



Yay Spring and a Spring-inspired pattern using Gouache paints was the third art slice for March.

Supplies:
Gouache Paint
Mixed Media paper
Brushes



Brush Pen Flowers On A Watercolour Dot Background



Spotted the subtle title change? I'm trying out some new video title pages at the moment, what do you think?

So this art slice was a pattern share again but more of an organic pattern than the planned and guided pattern that started the month's shares.

Supplies:
Khadi sketchbook
Jacksons Art Raven Brush
Tombow Brush pen
Prima Marketing watercolours



Under The Sea Watercolour And Ink



Finally a bit of sea-inspired fun with this watercolour and pen illustration.

Supplies:
Khadi sketchbook
Daniel Smith Watercolours
Sakura Pigma Pen
Magic Sponge
Jacksons Art Raven Brush

What creative plans do you have for this weekend? Any projects you are just itching to do? Let me know in the comments below what you have planned and don't forget that my new Art Slice for this week will be out at 1pm (BST) on YouTube so go and subscribe and turn on the notifications to be the first to see it.

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VIDEO: Art Slice January Round-Up

I've got my January Art Slice Videos Round-up for you today, a little bit later than I had intended. It was meant to go on my blog last Friday but I got all excited about a recent gallery visit and I ended up posting that on my blog instead, completely forgetting that it was the first Friday of the month so was actually Art Slice Round-up day!

Hey ho, so much for my editorial calendar! But better late than never? So here are some short snippets of inspiration to start your weekend with, hope you enjoy them.


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Sketchbook Circle Page

We can never get enough circles can we? Totally circle crazy and this video shows me filling a sketchbook page with a circle pattern. I started by randomly placing watercolour circles and then finished it with pen.



Products Used:
Sketch book
Sakura Micron Pigma pen 03
Prima Marketing Watercolour paints


Watercolour Circles

So more circles and this video was Day 13 from my #DellowDailyDrawing exercise. Don't forget that you can join in too if you fancy it!



Products Used:
Jackson's : Icon : Sable Synthetic Mix : Watercolour Brush : Quill : No.10/0
Watercolour paper
Liquitex Muted colour inks
Winsor and Newton watercolours


An Acrylic Ink Abstract With Liquid Mask

For this video I used some fluid mask to add a pattern to the paper before I added the colour. It is super fun to do and fun to watch the mask coming off at the end!



Products Used:
Global Art Fluid Watercolor Paper Block - Cold-Press - 6" x 8"
Jackson's : Icon : Sable Synthetic Mix : Watercolour Brush : Quill : No.10/0
Sakura Micron Pigma pen 05
Schmincke Aqua Watercolour Paint Masking Fluid
18 gauge Fineline Applicators top



Watercolour and Pen Abstract Art
Continuing on the watercolour theme I played with some shapes from earlier in my #DellowDailyDraw and made them into an abstract mini-piece on a watercolour background.




Products Used:
Bockingford Watercolour paper cold press
Winsor and Newton Watercolours
Jackson Raven Synthetic mop brush
Sakura Micron Pigma pen 05


My next Art Slice will be out on my YouTube Channel at 1pm (GMT) today and at around 7pm (GMT) over on my Instagram channel.

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Gouache Paint Flower Buds Art Journal Page

I'm revisiting a project today for my Friday post, well it isn't so much a project revisit as a project extension. Back in September last year I shared an Art Slice videos showing me painting three flower buds in a pink circle design. Perhaps you saw it? I've embedded it below in case you didn't.

Anyway, at the time that I made that film I had no intention of doing anything further with that design but after letting it sit for a while I wondered what the design would look like as a journal page and so this project was born.

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The original artwork was done on watercolour paper but for this art journal page I am working in a Seawhite square Kraft workbook. The background is a square collaged using old book pages and Golden Regular Gel in the centre of the page then, when it was dry I covered it with Golden Absorbent Grounds to give it some tooth for the paint to grab on to.

I used the same paint as I used in the original piece and that was the Caran d' Ache Gouache set, which is a dry pan gouache set rather than a wet tube paint.  I added in some details to the painting such as the paint flicks and the scribble writing with a liner pen to add a bit more texture.

You can see all the details in these close up photos:

 It is interesting to see this design as a more mixed media piece as when I made the original piece for the Art Slice video it was more a clean look that I was going for. But I think it can work with either as a clean illustrative style or in this more distressed painty style. What do you think?

If you did miss it first time around here is the original video that inspired this art journal page and if you visit my December Art Slice Round-Up blog post you can see a couple of behind the scenes photos featuring the original flower bud design.


VIDEO: Art Slice: Gouache Flower Buds




So looking back over your recent and past projects what art will you be re-working and reusing into your next projects?

Let me know or better still do it and then come back and leave me a link to it!


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VIDEO: Art Slice December Round-Up

Doesn't 2016 seem so long ago now? I mean it has been, what, almost a week since it was 2016? And we have been back to work, planning 2017, drinking tea, all sorts of things! Well, before I completely forget 2016 (who am I kidding, I've already forgotten it!) I want to post my round-up of my December Art Slice videos.

At the start of December I really wasn't sure that I would have anything to share for my December Art Slice Round-up. I will let you into a little behind the scenes secret, my phone is not good enough to take high definition film. So at the moment I am actually using an old point and shoot camera and editing the films on my computer. I then upload them to my phone to put music on and to upload them to Instagram.

[My filming 'studio']

I know, mad right? So, yeah if you could find a more complicated way to do a less than 60 second video I'm sure I would be doing it! You can guess they take me a lot longer than 60 seconds to put together can't you?!

But doing them has been such a help to me, first I have learnt a lot about video editing (and am still learning - obviously), second it has just simply made me do more filming, which was one of my goals for 2016 and is still one of my goals for 2017. The more you do the more the process becomes easier and you become better at it, just as with everything else.

So I would massively recommend that if making videos is one of your goals this year, but you have been finding it hard to get started, then try doing something small to break into it and challenge yourself to do it regularly.

[Idea generation and practice before filming!]

But of course the best part for me is if you have been enjoying them! If you have enjoyed any of my Art Slices or have been inspired by any of them, even just one of them, then that has made it all the more worthwhile for me and puts a huge smile on my face when you get in touch to let me know, so thank you to everyone who has!


So are you ready for my December's Art Slices?

Doodle Pattern

I love patterns and doodles and practicing my mark making, so this art slice was a random mark making doodle from my junk journal.


I could probably fill page after page like this, it is very therapeutic, try it!

Materials:
Junk Journal
Sharpie paint pens - black and white


 Flower Details

Some more flowers and some work on a page which was already covered with dripping experiments I had done to work out an article project from last year with.


This is actually a sneak peek from a larger journal page walk-through video that is on my list to voice over in the future! So keep an eye out for that.

Materials:
Junk journal https://goo.gl/sDX2qn
Sharpie Paint pen water-based, Black


Drawing Exercise - Mushrooms

Yesterday I told you about my new daily drawing exercise challenge to myself for 2017 and how you can join in too, well here is the Art Slice video of it in action!


It was fun changing pens, it forces you to think up other ways of drawing the subject, great tip if you are finding it hard to come up with new forms of whatever you are drawing.

Materials:
Pitt Big Brush Artist Pens
Sharpie Paint pens Ballpoint pens
Waterbrush
Sakura Micron Pigma pen
 A4 sketch book


Quick Technique With Crayola Slick Stix

This was actually a request video from Magia (@Magia_Guarini  on Twitter) asking for some Slick Stix ideas.


I really love using the Slick Stix with water to drip and these colours work so well together and blend nicely. If you want some other ideas for both Slick Stix and Distress Crayons I have a video with some suggestions called 'Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Versus Crayola Twistables Slick Stix' you can watch.

Materials:
Crayola Slick Stix
Canvas board Golden
Glass Bead gel
The Crafter's Workshop Corncob Etching
Brush
Water


I hope that you enjoyed my little behind the scenes secrets and December's Art Slices. My next Art Slice will be out on my YouTube Channel at 1pm (GMT) today and at around 7pm (GMT) over on my Instagram channel.

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VIDEO: November Art Slice Round-Up

It is here! It is the month of Christmas! Ooops, I mean it is December everyone.  I know, crazy, right? So as it is the first Friday of the new month I have a quick round-up of my November Art Slice videos, all here in one place. Hope you have been enjoying watching them on Instagram, Youtube or Facebook as they go up week by week.

So shall we start at the beginning of the month?

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Liquitex Ink Muted Collection Flowers

The beginning of November found me trying the new Muted Collection colours inks from Liquitex.



I really love the muted collection colour palette. It is like a muted version of jewel colours, which are my favourite colours, so am a little obsessed by this collection at the moment.

Materials Used:
Fabriano 5 Watercolour paper
Liquitex Inks Muted Colour Collection
Jackson's : Icon : Sable Synthetic Mix : Watercolour Brush : Quill : No.10/0


Bubble Art Journal

The next video still finds me experimenting with the Liquitex Muted Collection to make an art journal page.



I started this page with some of the heavy body Muted Collection spread on the surface the I pressed a 'dirty' piece of bubble wrap into the nearly wet surface so that the paint residue on the bubble wrap stayed on the page when the wrap was lifted off. This way you get a bit for texture. Once this was dry I then went on to adding the swirls with the paint pen.

Materials Used: 
Junk Journal
Old plastic gift card/ credit card
Liquitex Heavy Body Muted Violet
Liquitex Heavy Body Muted Pink
Liquitex Heavy Body Muted Grey
Liquitex Heavy Body Medium Magenta
Liquitex Heavy Body Titanium White
Liquitex Soft Body Cerulean Blue Hue
Liquitex Soft Body Prism Violet
Bubble wrap
Sharpie Water-based extra fine point Pen White


Ballpoint Pen and Watercolour

I finally tore myself away from the Muted Collection to go back to some brights and a journal page using different coloured ballpoint pens.



I started this page with a layer of Absorbent Ground which is a great ground for watercolours when you are working on a surface that doesn't usually work well with watercolour.

Materials Used: 
Junk Journal
Papermate InkJoy 100
Staedtler Ball 432
Winsor and Newton Watercolour
Jackson's : Icon : Sable Synthetic Mix : Watercolour Brush : Quill : No.10/0
Golden Absorbent Ground


Orange And Aqua Journal Page

Another ballpoint pen page and flowers seem to be a big theme with me at the moment!



For this one I used gouache to block out the background after finishing the flower sketch.

Materials Used:
Junk Journal
Turner Gouache
ballpoint pen
Jackson's : Icon : Sable Synthetic Mix : Watercolour Brush : Quill : No.10/0 


I hope that you are enjoying these mini videos, my next one will be out on my YouTube Channel at 1pm (GMT) today and at around 7pm (GMT) over on my Instagram channel.

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VIDEO: Art Slice October Round Up

Hi Everyone, would you believe it? November is here! I know, crazy! But before we completely get into a new month of Art Slice videos let's have a recap of October's Art Slices shall we?

October found me playing with gouache and watercolours again and I have three films to share with you, if you haven't seen them already, and all three use different techniques. I hope you enjoy them and feel inspired to make your own Art Slice!

[I do use affiliate links and there are some in this blog post.]


So here are October's Art Slice videos:

Mark Making With Household Objects 



Marking making with household objects is such good fun and for this video I used bottle tops, cotton buds (Q-tips) and an old toothbrush for some mixed media colour.

Materials:
Toilet roll tube
Bottle lid
Cotton bud
Toothbrush - old!
Caran d'Ache : Studio Gouache
Bockingford : Spiral Fat Pad
Winsor and Newton Galeria white Gesso


Book Page Blooms



Back to a favourite of mine watercolour-look flowers. I'm really enjoying gouache at the moment and I often jump between using gouache and watercolours for these types of projects. These flowers use gouache and are really simple but very effective, old book pages make everything look good, right?! I have some up-coming projects that I thought they might work well for, so keep your eye out for them!

Materials:
Old book pages
Turner Acrylic Gouache Japanesque Colours Tenmyouya's Collaboration
Jackson's : Icon : Sable Synthetic Mix : Watercolour Brush : Quill : No.10/0


Halloween Pumpkin



The last of my October Art Slice videos was a little bit of Halloween fun! I do love to do something silly and fun for Halloween and this year I made a little pumpkin illustration/ animation. If you haven't seen this one yet, then watch it through to the end!

Materials:
Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections Watercolor - Tropicals
Ballpoint pen
Fabriano Classico 5 Fat Pad 300g/m (140lb)
Jackson's : Icon : Sable Synthetic Mix : Watercolour Brush : Quill : No.10/0 



That is it for October, but if you are wondering why there are only three videos, it was mine and David's anniversary so we took a week off!

I will have my first November Art Slice out later today so do sign up to my Instagram and YouTube channel to see it there first. If you click on the notifications for my YouTube channel it even lets you know when I have a new video to watch!

Have a fun Friday!

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VIDEO: Art Slice September Round Up

Happy October to you all! I know, it is hard to believe we are in October already but before we leave September behind, here, as promised, is the round up of all my September Art Slice videos in one place. If you missed my introduction to my new Art Slice series and any of August's Art Slices then you can find them in my August round up post.

I'm thinking of maybe doing a show and tell in my Art Slice round up post and sharing some of the makes that people share with me after being inspired by one of my mini-art videos. So if you have anything you want to share, that has been inspired by one of my Art Slice videos, get in touch or use the #KimDellowArtSlice hashtag on social media so that I can find it.

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So here are September's Art Slice videos:


Brush Pen Bloom



I think this might be one of my favourites so far, I really enjoy using brush pens, I love the ability to alter the thickness of the mark in one swirl of the hand!

Materials:
Deep Blue Kuretake brush writer (UK Amazon)
ZIG® Wink of Stella Glitter Brush: (UK Amazon); (US/Worldwide Blitsy)
ZIG® Watercolour System BrusH2O Detailer: (UK Amazon); (US/Worldwide Blitsy)
Global Art Fluid Watercolor Paper Block - Cold-Press - 6" x 8" (US/Worldwide Blitsy)


Gouache Flower Buds



I wanted to play a bit more with gouache, see what I can do with it and how it feels and works for me, so I've been dipping into it every now and again.

Materials:
Caran d'Ache : Studio Gouache (UK/Worldwide Jacksons Art)
Global Art Fluid Watercolor Paper Block - Cold-Press - 6" x 8" (US/Worldwide Blitsy)
Jackson's : Icon : Sable Synthetic Mix : Watercolour Brush : Quill : No.10/0 (UK/Worldwide Jacksons Art)


Watercolour Worlds



Totally abstract with this one and going back to watercolours for a little bit of pen work fun.

Materials:
Bockingford : Spiral Fat Pad : 300gsm : A4 : 25 Sheets : Not (UK/Worldwide Jackson's Art)
Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections Watercolor - Decadent Pies colours 31 and 32
Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections Watercolor - The Classics colour 11
Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections Watercolor - Tropicals colour 23
Sakura Micron Pigma pen 05 (US/Worldwide Blitsy); (UK/Worldwide Jackson's Art)
Size 8 Round brush


Abstract Circle Cluster With Marker Pen



Another abstract sketch and again focusing on circles, I mean who doesn't like circles after all! This time I thought I would have a play with some watercolour marker pens for the coloured background.

Materials:
ZIG Art and Graphic Twin Pens
Sakura Micron Pigma pen 05 (US/Worldwide Blitsy); (UK/Worldwide Jackson's Art)
Seawhite A4 Travel Sketchbook


Mini Gouache Flowers



Back to some playing with gouache again for my latest Art Slice. For this one I just wanted to play around with a cute floral pattern. It is a very simple pattern but the brightness of the gouache works really well with it I think.

Materials:
Bockingford : Spiral Fat Pad :11x15in : 25 Sheets : Rough (UK/worlwide) Jackson's Art
Turner : Acrylic Gouache : Set of 12x11ml : Japanesque Colours : Tenmyouya's Collaboration (UK/worlwide) Jackson's Art
Jackson's : Icon : Sable Synthetic Mix : Watercolour Brush : Quill : No.10/0 (UK/worlwide) Jackson's Art
Da Vinci Nova Series 1570 Size 3/0 (UK/EU) CurtisWard


Hope you enjoyed last month's Art Slices, remember you can see a new Art Slice from me every Friday on my Instagram feed or on my YouTube Channel. Let me know if you have been inspired in any way by them, I would love to see what you create! #KimDellowArtSlice

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VIDEO: Art Slice - My New Weekly Mini Art Video Series

Have you spotted my new weekly mini-video series yet? I've started doing a weekly time-lapse video share on Instagram for all you art and making fans and I'm calling it 'Art Slice' as it is a little slice of my latest art obsession and a peek into whatever I am working on at the moment.

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My Art Slice video share has been running for a month now and I have four Art Slice videos for you to catch up on if you haven't seen them yet. At the moment I am pretty obsessed with watercolours so the four shares this month have all been about watercolours, there is a bit of a floral and fruity theme but I've used different ideas, techniques and designs in each video, so I hope they inspire you to get your watercolours out too!

If you want to be the first to get them before they go anywhere else then follow me on Instagram. They then get automatically shared in Facebook so if you prefer using Facebook you won't miss out! But for the full, uncropped video with a list of all the products I've used, which you will find in the 'Show More' section, then subscribe to my YouTube Channel where I have grouped all the Art Slice videos together in a playlist.

At the end of the month I will put a round up of my Art Slice videos here on my blog, in case you missed them during the month.


VIDEOS - Art Slice

It is the end of the month so here are all this month's Art Slices!

Art Slice: Tribal Pattern Pineapple with Watercolour Pen



I've been playing with different Summer trend designs this month and quite liked this mix of tribal pattern-inspired designs with pineapples. Which was one of the pineapple designs I've been experimenting with this month.

Materials:
Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections Watercolor - Tropicals
Sakura Pigma Marker pen size 08
Fabriano Classico 5 Fat Pad 300g/m (140lb)
Jackson's Synethtic Quill Series 777 size 000


Art Slice: Sketchy Watercolour Flowers



Something cute and simple, a little sketchy meadow design using separate blocks of watercolour that don't meet and mingle.

Materials:
Sakura Pigma Marker pen size 08
Global Art Fluid Watercolor Paper Block - Cold-Press - 6 x 8
Jackson's Art Synthetic Quill Series 777 size 000
Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour


Art Slice: Single Flower Sketch With Pen And Watercolour



From meadows to single flowers and a sketch using a watercolour base to add structure whist you are drawing and then adds the colour to the finished image.

Materials:
Winsor and Newton Artist Watercolour: (UK) Jackson's Art; (US/Worldwide) Blitsy
Fluid Watercolor Paper block (Hot Press)
Jackson's Art Quill series 777 Brush size 000
Sakura Pigma Micron 04 Pen: (UK) Jackson's Art; (US) Blitsy


Art Slice: Watercolour Watermelon



With this video I've added water first before adding colour to get the lovely spreading effect into the white space that is just under the watermelon skin, it just adds a bit of extra texture.

Materials: 
Global Art Fluid Watercolor Paper Block Cold-Press 6" x 8"
Faber-Castell PITT Artists' Superfine Pen - Black
Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen Big Brush Pen - Leaf Green 
Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen Big Brush Pen - Deep Scarlet Red
Jackson's Art Quill series 777 Brush size 000
Acrylic stamp blocks used as palettes

Hope you enjoyed them!

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