Previously in our ‘Doodling Made Easy’ series we have looked at text and for this post we will also be looking at text, but with a difference.

Step 1

Sketch, copy or trace your picture in pencil.  This image was drawn onto an A4 landscape piece of watercolour paper.

Step 2

Draw your text over the top of the sketched picture in pencil.  Here we have overlapped the text which will give a 3D effect when finished.  Then when you are happy with it, go over in permanent pen.

Step 3

Draw over the initial picture in permanent pen, ensuring that you only draw within the lines of the text only.  Erase the rest of the pencil picture which is outside of the text.

Step 4

Colour in the picture within the text with watercolour pencils.

Step 5

Apply water to the watercolour pencilled picture using either a brush or water brush.  Once dry, add shading as shown with grey and black watercolour pencils, ensuring graded blending to give a 3D effect.  Finish by applying waterbrush to shading.

This text was then cut out and placed on a dark piece of card to highlight the shading for the 3D effect.  This effect can be used for lots of different applications including on the front of birthday cards (adhere to card to make it stronger), bedroom door nameplate and so on.

This same technique can be used for other effects on text such as flourishes or swirls,

or flowers.

Another effect is to stack your text.  Here the picture within the ‘SCOTT’ text is a robot and can be seen blank and coloured.

This ‘ZOE’ text has a cute cat within the text and we can also see blank and coloured examples.

We would love to see your interpretations of this doodling post, so if you would like your doodles featured on our blog, email your work to:  submissions@papercraftjunkies.com

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