School has recently started here in Western Australia and as we moved house last year my kids are going to a new school this year. To get to their new school they are traveling on the school bus for the first time. To make it all special for them I made them these "bus books" (with special bags to keep them safe/clean) that they can write and draw in during the trip. (Well it's really a decorated front of a bought spiral bound notepad.) They are enjoying the bus trips and are excited to look out the window as they go along but they both also love their books and I enjoy seeing what the write/draw :-)
Here are the books:
The image is Rowan Fairy by Whimsy Stamps. It is printed on X-Press It blending card and coloured with Copic markers.
Copic colours used:
Clouds: C00, C1, C2, C3, BG90, W1
Sky: BG000, BG0000, BG01
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20
Clothes: V01, V04, V06, V09 + E41, C1 and 0
Hair: YR21, E21, E25, E29
Berries: YR04, YR07, YR18, R17
Branch: E21, E23, E25
Leaves: YG21, YG23, FYG2
Wings: Y06, Y18, YR15
Cast shadow: C3
I've then added some Stickles for sparkle and inked the edge with Distress Ink.
This one is Bird Swing by Whimsy Stamps. It is again printed on X-Press It blending card and coloured with Copics.
I did the background first (just in case I messed it up)! I kind of (you don't need to be exact) blended YG0000, YG00, YG01, Y11, Y06, YG11, YG23, YG17, YG67 randomly over the background (but I concentrated the lighter colours in the top left) then used my colourless blender marker to soften some edges. I then dripped colouress blender various ink (straight from the various ink bottle) over the background randomly to create the large circles. You need to be a little careful where you drip it as you don't want the colour spreading too far into your image. However, I did get green all over my birds, but I let it dry and then used the colourless blender marker to push the colour back out to the background. I like this background as it kind of gives a bokeh-like background - like you were looking at the birds with a shrub blurred in the background :-)
Copic colours used:
Background: YG0000, YG00, YG01, Y11, Y06, YG11, YG23, YG17, YG67, 0 and 0 various ink
Flowers: RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29
Birds: B00, B21, B23, B26, B28 + Y06 and YR15
Wood: E70, E74, E77, E79
Leaves: G24 and G28
Once again I added some Stickles for sparkle and inked the edge with Distress Ink.
Thanks for looking!
Oh, Elizabeth, it's so nice to get an email about a new post from you. What gorgeous images you've colored so exquisitely. And what a precious idea for the children as they ride the school bus for the first time. I especially love how you've done the background for the bird, and it's amazing sometimes how things work out so beautifully! Hugs, sweet friend! I miss you lots!
ReplyDeleteThese are absolutely gorgeous. I love whimsy stamps, but more than that, I love how you have used them and colored them. So amazing. Thank you for sharing your talent. 💗💗💗
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