Friday 28 August 2015

Pretend Pencil Sketching.

Hi everybody,

Jill here.  How are you all feeling today?


I was on Instagram the other day, and the guys at Mama Elephant posted this amazing picture to celebrate 'National Elephant Day'.  It was so simple, yet beautiful and brilliant.  It was the 'Ella and friends' set, and it looked like it had been pencil sketched.  I fell in love with it instantly, and knew I had to try something similar...



I don't even know how they did it to be fair, but certainly mine doesn't come close to how awesome theirs looked, haha.  Never mind, practise makes perfect, eh?
I used grey colouring pencils, but I think it would have looked much better using actual pencils.


I used Mama Elephant's 'Woodland Gifts' to create my 'sketch'.  I stamped out my scene using a really pale ink, and followed/sketched over the lines using a dark grey colouring pencil with a lighter grey to blend.  I introduced a touch of colour and some Glossy Accents to the balloon for a little interest.  I stamped the sentiment in grey ink, and matted onto an Avery Elle 'Truffle' note card.   Obviously this technique is all about the simplicity, so I left it there.

*update*
I've had a try with a normal pencil, and a little shading and blending, so thought I'd share where that got me...


...I actually much prefer this as it's a lot darker and a lot more intense.
What a relaxing technique though?!  I really enjoyed it and can't wait to give it a little more time.



I hope you like both efforts, and would love to see if any of you have given this technique a try yet, if so, maybe leave a link below and we can share our findings?

As always, everything I used is linked below.

See you next week.

Jillx

Woodland Gifts  Natural Collection Notecards (12 pack)

       Carnival Cupcakes  Sunday Sentiments

3 comments:

Claire said...

What a lovely effect this gives❤️I like both the softer look and the darker shading. Definitely going to be trying this out,thanks for sharing. C x

Dotty Jo said...

Gorgeous! Jo x

Clair said...

Wow! This is such a fabulous idea! I have *always* wished that I could sketch and now I have the perfect, little 'cheat'. Thanks x