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Doodling…What Doodling?

Alicia Redshaw31 March 2013

This month’s challenge at White with 1 is to create a layout with a white base, brown and doodling. 

Apart from the page and lettering outlines there is some serious Doodling on this layout, and I am going to show you how I did it.

So what did I do?

I have used a Copic Multiliner Pen (Sepia 0.3) which is water-proof once dry, and a Crafters Workshop Mini Hexagons Template to create the outlines of various sized Hexagons in the area around and behind the photograph. 

Next I traced just inside the outlines with an Inktense (Saddle Brown) pencil, which isn’t your average watercolour pencil.  Inktense aren’t just INTENSE in colour, they are actually a permanent ink once wet and then dried.  (As this is a time consuming technique I didn’t colour the Hexagons that would be completely hidden by the photograph) 

Finally I used a damp brush to wet and blend the Inktense pencil outlines.  To ensure that the brush is only damp not wet I continuously rinse it in clean water and then lightly pat it onto clean paper towel.  I use a pretty good quality soft brush that doesn’t have any stray hairs that could make a mess.  I have worked fairly loosly so that the design isn’t too rigid even though it is geometric, and also so that there is a degree of variance in the tones of the Inktense once dry.  

This is the finished result and a close-up of a small area, where you can see the colour variance and the loose edges. 

I have never seen this technique done before, however that isn’t to say that someone hasn’t already thought of it.  I am going to keep experimenting with it to see where else it will go.

Now for some close-ups: 

Supplies used:
Patterned paper – Kaiser Basecoat (Distressed)
Cardstock – Bazzill (Lace)
Lettering, Flowers, Key Clip – Prima
PanPastels – Burnt Sienna Shade, Raw Umber
Ink – Versacolor (Pinecone), Prima (Pastel Brown)
Shimmerz Mists – Vibez (Hot Fudge), Spritz (Treasured Hymn)
Pencil – Inktense (Saddle Brown)
Pens – Copic Multiliner (Sepia 0.3), Tim Holtz Distress Markers (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain)
Chipboard – Imaginarium (Butterfly)
Template – Crafters Workshop (Mini Hexagons 6×6)
Pearl Swirl – Zva Creative

All products used have been purchased from Scrapbook Fantasies.