I have a problem... I tell myself, "don't forget this idea for when you need it"... But, I ALWAYS manage to forget what I was supposed to remember! There is an old saying: After you remember not to forget what to remember, you can't forget to remember what you remembered not to forget (look at it sometime: it actually works out!)
Because I am relatively new to card making, I am attempting to find better ways to be more efficient. Once I have an idea or find inspiration what should the next step be? For instance, do I... 1.)stamp multiple images saving some for future projects 2.) make numerous cards at one time or, 3. make one card then make adjustments before continuing?
Back to my memory issue, one of the MANY things I told myself NOT to forget was which coloring techniques were softer (blender pen vs. colorless blender pencil) & which create the richest pigment images. Seems simple enough, but with all the coloring options we have available, within two days I had already forgotten the answer! ? Then I got to thinking, "could I use these options with color pencils as well as chalk"?! And, What would it look like?!!
Years ago I met my BFF at a stamp class held at our local scrapbooking store. In the class we created index cards with stamping techniques. Where oh where did I put this??? Eventually, I found them with my inks, dusted them off and decided to create similar cards using coloring techniques!! Brilliant(IMHO)!! I'm starting to feel organized! (By the way, my next post will contain those stamp index cards from class!)
It is important for me to note that for each image below I used the same amount of pressure in applying the colored pencils AND the same colors were used in each image!
Because I am relatively new to card making, I am attempting to find better ways to be more efficient. Once I have an idea or find inspiration what should the next step be? For instance, do I... 1.)stamp multiple images saving some for future projects 2.) make numerous cards at one time or, 3. make one card then make adjustments before continuing?
Back to my memory issue, one of the MANY things I told myself NOT to forget was which coloring techniques were softer (blender pen vs. colorless blender pencil) & which create the richest pigment images. Seems simple enough, but with all the coloring options we have available, within two days I had already forgotten the answer! ? Then I got to thinking, "could I use these options with color pencils as well as chalk"?! And, What would it look like?!!
Years ago I met my BFF at a stamp class held at our local scrapbooking store. In the class we created index cards with stamping techniques. Where oh where did I put this??? Eventually, I found them with my inks, dusted them off and decided to create similar cards using coloring techniques!! Brilliant(IMHO)!! I'm starting to feel organized! (By the way, my next post will contain those stamp index cards from class!)
It is important for me to note that for each image below I used the same amount of pressure in applying the colored pencils AND the same colors were used in each image!
Water Color Pencils & Dove Blender Pen: Used regular art Prisma Colored pencils. Notice minimal smearing/ bleeding occurred. I found it very important to make sure the tip of the blender pen is not worn down because it will affect the way the color spreads. Soft, pale color.
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Water Color Pencils & Water Brush: Softer color. Even less smearing/ bleeding occurred. Typical watercolor brush marks appear, with better control that could be a benefit to using the water brush. Also, with practice, I think the water brush could offer shading capabilities. Soft color.
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Stampin up "Write Markers" & Water Brush: Applied marker color to the outer line of the petal image then used the water brush to blend the line between the color and the white paper. Very important to use this technique on thicker paper because the water could potentially tear the paper and on thinner paper (like this one) small paper folds (the scan picked that up pretty well) are created in the image. It was very hard to use this technique on smaller detail areas! Smooth color- no visible brush strokes.
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Color Pencils & Prisma Colorless Blender Pencil: Used regular art Prisma Colored pencils.
Pencil strokes still show through.
Non smearing, rich color.
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Water Color Pencils & Prisma Colorless Blender Pencil: Pencil strokes still show through.
Non smearing, soft color.
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Stampin Up! "Write" Markers: Colors used: tempting turquoise, pixie pink, only orange.
Richest color.
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Stampin Up! Chalk Pastels & Water Brush: Not easy to control the color, with practice I'm sure this option could be perfected. The chalks took on a differnt tone with the water (instead of a bright blue it looks grey-blue) Very hard to obtain a blended look (maybe with practice it would blend better)
High smearing/ bleeding, muted color.
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Stampin Up! Pastels Chalks & Dove Blender Pen: Again, hard to control the color application, my blender pen tip was not sharp thus I had a very difficult time getting the color to stay where I wanted it to (in the smaller image detail). Also, I would like to note that the black outline flower stamp was not as clear (stamper error, lol) as the images above. In the scan it appears that there is more bleeding than there really is. Smearing, rich color.
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