Alphabet Canvas

I used Golden coarse molding paste and lots of different stencils to make this.

40 Week Drawing Challenge - 20-25

Numbers [TAW] and Rolling Stamps 68-71

The Take a Word challenge this week is 'Numbers'.

The numbers I drew in a sketchbook individually, the background was created with a rolling stamp and paint. Then the numbers and background were digitally joined together and altered.

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The top two rolling stamps were made from fun foam, etched with something sharp, and the lower two are textured wallpapers.

See my article in Cloth Paper Scissors about making rolling stamps, free download here

Pen Comparisons and Shape Doodle

 Earlier this year I bought an assortment of fine liners and did a similar drawing with each to compare them [above].

I repeated the exercise again recently [below]. 

Some of the pens don't work at all well although I have used some more than others. Having said that the two that don't work went like that very quickly although I wonder if the paper has spoilt the nibs, rather than the ink being all gone as they feel very scratchy. One of the Edding {1800 drawliner 0.05} has gone like that but the other Edding {1800 profipen 0.01} I like very much and is still working fine. I've not used the Pental Ultra Fine as much as the others as it produces a thicker line but it is smooth.

I doodle using a number stencil - a personal shape challenge