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More Sketchbook Explorations: Gel Pen Drawings on Colored Paper
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22 min 38 sec
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In this final class, Lisa shares how to take the tips and tricks you’ve learned along the way and apply them to new and exciting surfaces. Embellish the matte cover of kraft paper notebooks with bright Gelly Roll pens, and learn to transform a stark sheet of black paper into a stunning piece of Japanese-inspired art that beautifully sweeps across the page. You now have the skills to apply your personal style, which you have developed throughout this course, to any surface you please.
Learn how to:
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Notebook with a kraft paper cover (Lisa uses brown-paper Scout books but these come in a variety of other colors you might want to use)
- One or two colored Gelly Roll Pens that will show on the paper color you’ve selected
- White Gelly Roll Pen
- Black paper (Lisa uses a 9” x 12” sketchbook filled with black paper by Strathmore)
- White paint (Lisa suggests using watercolor from a tube, gouache, or acrylic white)
- Small paintbrush
Downloads:
- Use gel pens to adorn the cover of kraft paper notebooks
- Create a wave motif across an entire page of black paper using white gel pens and white paint
- Learn from Lisa Congdon how use gel pens to create a wave motif on black paper
- 3 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
- Detailed supplies list
- Step-by-step expert instruction from artist Congdon
- The ability to leave comments, ask questions, and interact with other students
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More Sketchbook Explorations: Gel Pen Drawings on Colored Paper Reviews
210 users recommended this class to a friend
Maria Dunlap
This class was quick and satisfying - with immediate results and room for play, growth and improvement.
More than 3 months ago
Leslie Muldoon
I learned a lot from this class about creating a spread. I really liked using the Sakura brush pens and the white jelly roll pen.
More than 3 months ago