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I know this question is ages old, however, to share some information regarding this topic. On the website named www.youtube.com there are heaps of amature video demos that might be helpful. I just found a whole lot of valuable copic marker demos.
Just a quick FYI, I tried the stumps, and didn't like them, so I use a small round paintbrush meant for oils. So if you have don't stumps, you can try a good paintbrush that will hold up with the mineral spirits.
These are the papers recommended in my first Debbie Gimbel's kit
Weyerhaeuser Cougar Opaque Cover-This is what they demo at the conventions. I always get it at Marco's Paper booth. It is usually on sale. So I pick it up whether I need it or not
Easter Premium Bristol Cover
Bienfang 527K Drawing Bristol
Watercolor Paper HOT PRESS finish
Hammermill Laser Printer Paper best for practice
The book also recommends doing the stamped project on a good paper then layering on cardstock.
Great. Thanks for all the tips. I have also found the blending with the stumps quite difficult. I did find that it depended on the quality of the paper too. I haven't tried the paint brushes yet, that makes me curious to try that. I will have to check out your gallery. I would have thought the paintbrushes wouldn't give you enough firmness to push the color around.
I have just been using a good quality paper from my local art store and it
works fine.
I use Georgia Pacific, the key to gamsol and pencil really is just the stump you use, if I use stumps from china, I can not move the color, but my stumps made in Taiwan just melts and blends the colors beautifully. This was something I picked up from here when I first started.
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At the end, I have listed where to get all the supplies that I used.
Happy coloring!
This tutorial is great, I've been collecting stuff I will need to use with my Prismacolor pencils and Gamasol or baby oil if you like. I've used my pencils for years and just blended with very light colored Tombo markers to smooth out the lines. I purchased my Gamasol from Inky Antics which included a few Taiwan blending stumps, I have whisper white cardstock, but may have to try suggestion of the paper from Marco Paper. I don't own a sanding block. Can the sanding block for shrink plastic be also used to the stumps?? I have an exta one of those.
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Thanks for the compliments on my tutorial. I'm glad it will help you! The sanding block is just fine sand paper cut down to 1x4 size in layers. I would think that any fine sandpaper would do!
I'm not able to read all of the posts right now so I apologize if I'm repeating but on scanning I didn't notice this mentioned.
When you lay down the color, don't use too much pressure. A light but repetitious hand seems to work the best - if you want more color, put it down in layers but not by using more pressure. You are simply adding more pigment to the area but not pressing it into the paper. Does that make sense? I found this helped me out with this technique.
Also, consider playing around with your pencils and an eraser. I have managed some good results without using Gamsol:
I wish I could find someone in Fresno/Clovis CA that does PrismaColor Pencils! If you are out there....hollar!
Is turpenoid the same as gamasol? I can't find gamasol in my area, local art store sold me odorless turpenoid and said it was the same....
Yes, turpenoid is the same as gamsol.
Check Aaron's Brothers for Prisma's. Today's (2/15) paper has an ad and they have Prisma's for 50% off the sets. They also carry singles so you can buy a few to see if you like the technique.
What I use instead of the blending stumps are these q-tip swabs or cotton swabs for infants. The heads are about 1/2 the size of the regular q-tips and are wound really tight. They work well for getting into those small areas.
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