Supplies:
Adirondack Dye Ink Pad, Butterscotch, Adirondack Dye Ink Pad, Stream, Adirondack Dye Ink Pad, Peach Bellini, Adirondack Dye Ink Pad, Lettuce, Adirondack Dye Ink Pad, Espresso
COPIC Sketch Marker YR24, Pale Sepia
Memory Box: Happy Birthday, Log Home, Memory Box 6x6 Cardstock, Enchanted, Sonoma Print, Silhouette Branch, Umbels
Basic Grey Buttons, Green at Heart
A Cardstock, Neenah Classic Solar White
stamp the flowers with a lighter shade ink than a Copic marker. Then add a darker tone to the center of the stamped flowers
It gives them a subtle "water colored" effect
Use a colored pencil that's slightly darker than the Copic marker. Press harder in the center of the flower and add depth to the image by coloring lightly
Draw a loose line around the image to give it a hand drawn look.
Next, simply add texture and interest to a stamped image by adding just a touch of paint.
Dip a toothpick into white paint and dab onto the flower tips...it's as simple as that...of course you will need to wait for the paint to dry. You may try to use this technique on glossy paper and spritz a mist over the image, so that the white paint will show through.
stamp the leaf image with blue ink. It looks beautiful as is, doesn't it? I like to stamp and leave the image alone, but coloring it in different ways can add just so much.
Dip a Q-tip in the same ink that you stamped the image with and "paint" with it.
No need to be perfect her...it's alright to go outside the lines.
add some background color with more Q-tips. Just rub the color around the image. This will give it a "chalked" look
work around the image and to not add background color to the white tips.
when you crop the image, it will be hard to believe that it started with white paper and a blue stamped image.
Stamp an image and only color half of it with a colored pencil. This will give it a "graphic" look
Another way to color with colored pencils is to start with the edge and press harder at that point...as you move in towards the center of the image, press lighter on the pencil
continue along the entire outline of the stamped image, I turn the paper as I move along the edge.
and here is the end result. You and add another color on top to add more texture...just repeat the first step.
when there are multiple lines, you can add dimension to each separate section.
repeat along each line
and then shade the opposite side for added dimension.
So, there are three ways to use a colored pencil when coloring an image. Color with Copics, paint with a paint brush, color with a dabber and chalks or just leave it alone..as is.
This paper is so beautiful, so I didn't want the stamped images to overpower the background. So, in this case, I chose to leave the images alone. When you color an image, it's easier to coordinate solid papers with your image. You can color your image first and then try to match paper to is. It's all a matter of trial and error. Discovering the perfect complimentary paper is half the fun/ So, experiment.
I hope that you rediscover how truly fun coloring stamped images can be. Thanks for joining us today.
