Thursday, 15 March 2018

Dylan in the Limelight by Tracey Fairgrieve

Hello Creative Friends,

It's time to share another That's Crafty! Creation, this week using New Stencils.
Onto an A4 Journal Page I traced through the 8x8 Dylan Stencil with pencil sketching 
out some of the finer details and added an upper torso to fill in some of the page.


Adding watetcolour pencil activating with water I let each application dry 
before building up more colour layers repeating the process until happy.


I used the new Circle Line Stencil to fill in the background space. Drawing through the 
stencil with the watercolour pencils this time activating by dabbing over with a wet sponge.
I repeated this process until all the background space way full.


When dry I highlighted around the background image with both a black and white pen.


I was planning on adding stamps and wording to the background
but I quite liked the balance of the 3D effect alongside the stencilled portrait 
so decided to leave it just as.. well for now anyway...!


I hope you like it..?

Thank you for sharing your time,
I look forward to sharing more of mine with you all very soon.

Wishing you much creativity
and a great week ahead.

Hugs
Tracey xx

Crafty Supplies:

That's Crafty! Stencil 8x8 ~ Dylan TC8029
That's Crafty! Stencil 8x8 ~ Circle Line TC8036
Pink Pig Sketchbook ~ A4 Posh Watercolour 270gsm

17 comments:

  1. Wow Tracey! You really do have a way with making stencilled images look so like portraits and Dylan is totally amazing! Love him and the stencilled background too.
    Fliss xx

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    1. Thank you Very much Fliss, I just love to play with colour to produce colour. Open spaces are the perfect canvas xx

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  2. Oh YES! I like it so much your shading of the face is brilliant and the stencils make an amazing background as well! SUPERB!

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    1. Thank you Susi, the Dylan stencil gives the perfect guide to produce a realistic stencil and the background stencil is amazing!! xx

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  3. What a fabulous transformation from stencil to water colour painting, stunning
    Love
    Amanda x

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  4. Dear Tracey, you are so talented, I simply love your portraits , my dear.
    Look how you make him look like an immovable teenager, but not too strong in his own believes , it is gorgeous, how you can manipulate with the colors, and make any stencile portrait shine and alive , and your background is so wonderful .
    I`m overwhelmed every time watching, your fantastic talent, dear friend.
    Big warm hugs, and goodnight from me . :-)
    xoxoxo

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    1. Thank you very much Dorthe, it was nice to have a day to myself to play with this especially when the stencils do all the hard work and keep everything within those lines xx

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  5. I’m constantly amazed what you create with a humble stencil Tracey, absolutely stunning work of art!
    Hugs
    Donna xx

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    1. Aww Thank you so much Donna, it's nice to have the time to play in this way xx

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  6. Your very sweet Melina Thank you, I just like to play xx

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  7. Wow, from your sneak peek I was not expecting a face! The face is fabulous, you have coloured it so beautifully, the shading is superb!! The new stencil (which I love!) makes the most wonderful background, the colours make Dylan stand out perfectly. This is an incredible piece of art Tracey, I just love it!! Hugs, Anne xx

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    1. Thank you very much Anne, the background stencil leaves an amazing effect. Glad you like my take on the face too xx

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  8. Tracey this is wonderful and I like that you used a stencil to complete the background, it make Dylan's image all the stronger xx

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    1. Thank you very much Lynne, we are so lucky to be able to work with great products. It makes creating even more enjoyable xx

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