Apples Galore... a

This is a repost from last fall... I am thinking of doing this card at SMS next month for a quiet break from the holiday buzz.... what do you think? (and maybe roses). This time of year I love Carmel Apple Cider... and apple pie so thought it would be fitting.

I LOVE this image. It was so fun to color. I was sitting at the car dealer waiting for my car to get fixed (something in the steering column) and had plenty of time to color. I didnt have the right colors for the inside of my apple and ended up redoing them after I got home (cut and paste) I love the E50's for my apple centers and cant wait to do it again without cut and pasting... isn't paper crafting perfect... if ya boo boo you just cover it up! In this image, I used more gray rather than a brighter colors to shade and shadow.













At the Intermediate Certification we talked about shading with grays or colors with more gray in them. Here I used more gray rather than a more intense color as I had previously used. This way of shading makes more sense to me than just using a more intense color. IE: when shading use the same color Plus 10 in grayness (first number) and 2 in brightness (second number). For Example for R27 I would shade with R39. If you don't have a color that is darker then try adding a bit of gray to your image. Note I also added some Yellow in both my red and green apples. I took a look at a real apple and it had green and yellow in the red so I thought i would give it a try. It worked - it is so amazing what ya can do with Copic Markers....

Stamp: Peddler's Pack

Illustrator: by Karen Medler

Colored by: Jennie Black

stamp available here: Peddler's Pack

Indian Corn

This will be Austin's Thanksgiving card. Being a manly guy... he prefers realistic images rather than the cutsie ones that I color. I thought this would be perfect! The image drawn by Karen Medler and rubber stamp by The Peddler's Pack, and of course colored by me....

It was amazingly quick to color. I colored it in bed last night trying to settle down for the night... I think it took about 10-15 minutes max to color! Very EASY

colors: Y21, YR21, E30, E33, E35, E19, E15, E27, E09, E08 chosen randomly!

Message In A Bottle

Like a message in a bottle, I am ready to set sail on the ocean blue. Cruise leaves on Sunday... two more nights in my own bed, then off to be rocked to sleep on the Mariner of The Seas departing from San Pedro. I finally got caught up on my sleep and got up real early this morning to color this image. I love the image which is from The Peddler's Pack (who has some of my favorite images drawn by Karen Medler).

Colors used were:

Sky B000, B00

Sea: BG000, Bg01

Browns: E50, 53, 55, 44, 47

Yellow/Greens: yg 03, 13, 17, 63

FACES & HAIR CLASSES - part 2

These images will also be included in my Faces and Hair classes. I absolutely love this image by the Peddlers Pack https://www.peddlerspack.com/. Peddler's pack has so many large images that are just perfect for Copic markers... I have several of my students addicted to their stamps!

These were all stamped from the same stamp - yet by the changing her colors she takes on a whole new personality. In class each guest will get to personally select their own color combos for their image. How fun is that!

Green & Yellow - Dark skin: E11/E13/E15

Greens: G20, G82, G85 Yellows: YR21, YR24

Orange: YR16, YR18, YR21 Dark Eyes: E33, E35 -

Hair: C3, C5, C7 Lips: E09

Green & Yellow - Pale Skin skin: E000, E01

Green: G20, G82, G85 Yellows: YR21, YR24

Oranges: YG16, YG18, YR21 Eyes: B00, B01

Hair: E07, E09, E00 Lips: E07

Lavender on black Skin: E51, E11

Eyes: B00, B01 Flowers/lips R20, R22, R24

Greens: G20, G82, G85 Lavenders: BV000, BV02, Bv04

Hair: E30, E33, E35

Blue/Yellow:

Skin: E00, E02 Blue: B91, B93, B95

Yellows: YR21, YR24 Pnks: R81, R83, R85

Hair: E41, E43, E44 Lips/flowers: R81, R83, R85

Eyes: B92, B93