Hello again TCW friends

Great to be here with you this morning to share another fun TCW blog tutorial and video!

In today’s page, I am using the TCW750 – Dahlia Blooms – but in both the sizes it is available – (12×12 & 6×6). I am using a process that will add dimension to the page. The final page has a sculptural feel to it, as you can rearrange the way the flowers look each time you open the page up in your journal.

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– The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own –

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If you enjoy seeing a page come together quickly, you can just go ahead and watch the process video below. Captions within the video will tell you what products I have used along the way.

…here is the page, step-by-step…

1 – I randomly painted Dina Wakley Media, heavy body acrylic – Fuschia diagonally across the journal page

2 – Next, I used various stencils around the edge of this painted diagonal, blending the edge to bring the page together.
– TCW382 – Garden Gate
– TCW381 – Quatrefoil
– TCW481 – North Star
– TCW811 – Floral Statement

3 – Some mark making with my Stabilo Woody pencils follows.

4 – A final script stencil – TCW261 – Art Is – in a dark color (DWM – Night) brings dome clarity to the final background

You could stop here… but I continued on with an idea using the 12×12 version of the TCW750 – Dahlia Blooms stencil along with it’s 6×6 counterpart.

5 – I grab this gorgeous large floral stencil to begin to create the flowers for my sculptural additions to this page. I am using a large A3 piece of watercolor card to stencil onto.

6 – Using the largest flower, sponge through the stencil in rough circles around the flower centre. Beginning in the middle with a dark colour (DWM – Night), moving out in concentric circles, blending the colors somewhat through the stencil (DWM colors – Blackberry, Fuschia, Ruby, Blush & Tangerine). Cut out the flower from the card.

8 – Repeat this process for 2 large flowers. When you start using the 6×6 version of this same stencil… I used blue tones of paint only – Create 3 or 4 smaller flowers for your page. These smaller flowers will create a visual contrast, not only in size but also in color.

9 – Cut down the edge of each petal, on each flower with some scissors, so that each line of color, is separated.

10 – Position the flowers onto your page and stick down with double sided tape on the center back of each flower

11 – I added some brush lettering, cut from a magazine. It comes from the Allen Ginsberg quote:

– “Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don’t care who’s listening.” – Allen Ginsberg

I do hope you have enjoyed this walk through of my page and the accompanying video. Hopefully it gives you some inspiration to create your own dimensional art journal page.

Have a great day!

Dani Choate

To follow along on my art adventures and/or view the complete supply list for this page, please visit my blog – here