This betta, a fish known for its fancy, elaborate fins, glides serenely through the seaweed at the bottom of a lake. Mixed media using inks and colored pencils.
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Beautiful ATC! I really like the design. Cutting the main image in a sort of church window shape is very striking. And, again, your coloring is amazing.
Registered: December 26, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 19
Tue, Apr 23, 2024 @ 2:19 PM
Thank you all for your kind compliments. The sparkly seaweed on the navy blue cs is stamped with watermarking ink and dusted with different colors of Pearl-Ex pigment powders. The betta was colored first with watercolor pencils and then accented with glitter gel pens to achieve the shimmer. The seaweed background immediately behind the betta is colored with watercolor pencils and blended to achieve the gradient from blue at the bottom to light-streaked green at the top. The corner decorations are actually the "negative" pieces from a gold sticker sheet; that is to say these are the pieces left behind when a sticker is removed from its backing. I use EVERYTHING, even the edges of the sticker sheet. I cut them down and use them as trim on cards and ATCs.