I can highly recommend Colleen's class! Also, something that helped me grasp the concept of where to "shade" (i.e. have a darker area) was to get a piece of acetate and use a Sharpie pen (or even a dark colored Copic marker) to make parallel lines about 1/2 inch apart. Then, after stamping my image, I would decide where my "light source" was (top left, top right, etc), and then place the acetate over the image with the lines "radiating" (i.e. starting) at light source. Looking at the overlay, I can see what areas would naturally fall in a shadow (e.g. below the brim of a hat, below an arm, etc.). Periodically as I work, I will put the overlay back on to make sure I've captured the areas to be shaded. I know that it sounds complicated, but because I'm such a visual person, this exercise really helps. Eventually, I got to a point where I don't have to do this every time, but when I first started it was truly eye-opening. HTHs.
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Coloring Stamped Images
