I just couldn't pass up Thursday's challenge to colour and use more than one medium. I "had" to do a purple Christmas card - it's a tradition in our house, because we have one daughter who LOVES purple, and I mean LOVES. I had so much fun making the lights on this image glow! I coloured Penguin Christmas Tree (rubber image with Whimsy) with the following Copic markers:
Beak and feet: YR30, YR12, 21, 28, E04 (I usually make them more bright orange, but for this card I wanted it to be a bit more neutral looking because of the strong purple and blue - otherwise they would have been too distracting in bright orange!)
Whites of penguin: YR30, E40, E71, BV20, B0000
Purples: Bv0000, 000, 00, 02, 03, 13, V25
Ground: BG90, 93, 0 blender
Blacks: C0, 1, 2, 3, 5 7, 9
Also used a digital sentiment from Whimsy, from the set Christmas Long And Lean
I used the lightest colours around each of the lights to create the effect of the glow. It helped a whole lot to leave the areas around the lights as light as possible - so, that's where I used the C0 and C1, so that the colour of the glow would show up. I also used a bit of coloured pencil overtop the whole thing, and especially to smooth out some of my black areas, because my C's need cleaning, and they were leaving some messy areas with the pigment coming out unevenly. It's a pain to clean each marker tip and so I usually put it off... about ten minutes per marker - a lot of time, but it is worth it because then the marker acts like it did when it was new.
When daughter got the card, she said, "oh wow, I don't even care what it says inside, I just want to see the front!" Made me feel really good (although I did write a sweet sentiment too, on the inside!).
Thank you so much for looking!
Date: Thursday, December 21, 2017 GMT Views: 726
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Thu, Dec 21, 2017 @ 10:28 PM
I love your images. Your coloring is just gorgeous. I love the dimension you give your card with the bow, pearls, fiber and the star.
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Thu, Dec 21, 2017 @ 10:56 PM
Your colouring is always a treat to see, Crissy. And I love the details with the faux stitching right across the layers like that, and the muslin which I can never get to look so loose and natural.
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Fri, Dec 22, 2017 @ 6:51 AM
So sweet and what a detailed description - thanks for the tip about the coloring around the lights to make them glow!! So glad it was a hit with your daughter (how could it not be?) Faved.