I started with a wash of blue and white acrylic paint to cover the entire background. I let every single layer dry completely before moving on to the next step. I started with layering some stencils, and I try to use stencils with a larger opening at the base of the layers (TCW288 – Pointy Circles and TCW473 – Fireworks)

I really love this stencil and I know it’ll be used in a scrapbook page in the near future! For my art journal I used both layers, so I painted the negative space first completely in black. Once it was completely dry I went over with white paint to add the line details to the building.

 

You can see I finished off the buildings by adding a shadow and darkening the bottom of the pages. I wanted to add more black to the top of the page for balance, so I included some clocks from TCW201 – Time Travel to the corners. I also used modeling paste over TCW345s – Confetti throughout the layout.

I drew the quote on tissue paper using a brush and India Ink and adhered the tissue paper to my journal with matte medium.

“There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.” – Simone de Beauvoir

Thanks for joining me for my first TCW post! I hope I’ve inspired you to get a little painty in your journals and just have fun with your favorite stencils!

Rachel Kleinman

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The Crafter’s Workshop Design Team Member

The Crafter’s Workshop Certified Educator

Stencils used:

TCW 201 – Time Travel

TCW342 – Urban Landscape

TCW473 – Fireworks

TCW550s – Mini Thoughts

TCW540 – Striped Flower Circle

TCW288 – Pointy Circles

TCW345s – Confetti