This is for Lisa's fun ways to use it challenge, New Year, New to You.
Santa was very generous this year with lots of goodies and he also discovered that he could put money in my PayPal account!
By 10am Boxing Day, I used some of my PayPal pressie and bought some new digital stamps. The white pen is also new.
I am away for a couple of weeks, armed only with copy paper Digi prints, Prismacolour Pencils, Zest in pencil blend and a handful of Copics.
To colour this copy paper image, I rested it on a rough tooth paper pad. I sharpened the pencils to a good long tip, then used the side of the pencils in long gentle strokes, colouring up and down the page.
The rough tooth paper pad gives a bit of texture to the colouring and working in one direction also gives an arty grainy effect.
Her face is coloured normally although I did place her on smooth copy paper to colour, then back onto the rough tooth pad when I did her cheeks.
This looked a bit dark when I finished and was destined for the scrap heap. With nothing to loose, I chose my least favourite Copic (good chance it would be destroyed) and coloured all of her hair with long sweeps of the bullet end of the Copic.
Like magic, the last 3 or 4 layers of pencils disappeared in front of my eyes. I think the waxy pencil and the Zest it blend, which is like Gamsol, reacts with the alcohol in the Copic.
I then touched up the image with some more pencils, then added white streaks with my new white pen. This will go in my journal when I get home.
Thanks so much for looking. Happy new year every one.
Date: Thursday, January 4, 2018 GMT Views: 1406
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Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Sat, Jan 06, 2018 @ 9:26 PM
OH MY GOSH!!!! How astonishing is this image!! Wow, Susie, you are remarkable with your coloring skills!! The coloring of her face is of the highest quality, and the hair is of the uppermost beauty! Susie, your use of colored pencils is so close to being unmatched! Wow!! To think that she came close to being lost to the trash is unfathomable! Sweetie, anytime you believe you must can a piece of artwork, let me know and I'll give you my address!! Enjoy your time away, my friend, and I look forward to your art with Making It Crafty!! Hugs!
Registered: March 30, 2008 Location: Somewhere between the Shire & Mordor! Posts: 4642
Mon, Jan 08, 2018 @ 3:17 PM
Susie, this is GORGEOUS!!! You did a WONDERFUL JOB on this, despite your thought of limited supplies! LOL I LOVE how you did the stars in the shadow of her hair! I also like the whispy strands of her bangs! Your coloring IS AMAZING on this!!! She is BEAUTIFUL!!!! Santa IS NICE isn't he???? ;) Thank you dear friend for your visit! I would HUG YOU if I could get my arms around you! ;) STAY SAFE while away!!!! ;)
Registered: June 9, 2006 Location: Wauconda, IL Posts: 55667
Mon, Jan 08, 2018 @ 3:33 PM
This is gorgeous Susie!!! What an awesome job the copics did after your pencil coloring. I love the highlights in her hair. Great job with her makeup too. I'm glad you got all the new goodies so you will have some fun stuff to show us. Happy New Year to you too!! :>)