A Touch of Whimsy!

At last, a shot of my quilled house of whimsy! It's not done, but I've completed enough work that you'll have a good sense of what the finished house will be like. Very exciting, I think!! :)

Watercolour Pencils (Ladybug Image)

I love to colour! One of the easiest watercolour methods (in my opinion) is to use watercolour pencils and a Dove Blender. I spent some time playing around with my watercolour pencils this afternoon, colouring a few ladybugs. Here's the last one I did.

Although you can use watercolour pencils in many ways, for this image I chose to apply colour only where I wanted the darkest spots to be (as you can see in the leaves on the left). The finished ladybug is fairly light because of the way I applied the colour. I could have coloured the entire ladybug to get a darker finished image. My colours are limited, so I didn't do as much shading as I might otherwise have done. For not having used my watercolour pencils in quite some time, I'm satisfied with this image! (Oh! I didn't worry about staying inside the lines because I knew I was going to cut out the image for the card I was making. I'll have to post the finished card in the next day or two.)

A New Project (...continued)

So, my "new project" hasn't progressed as quickly as I'd hoped, but these things do take time. The ideas are percolating...  :)

I've made a bit of progress, though, and here's a snapshot to prove it!

"What is that?" you ask. It's the beginnings of a lovely whimsical garden that will grow all around my fun little house. Stay tuned for more updates!

A New Project

So, here's a peek at my next project (and my messy desk!). My gingerbread house from a few years ago has been on my mind lately, so I decided to make a spring version. Well, maybe not a spring version of a gingerbread house, but a cute little spring-themed house. Just for fun! It doesn't look like much yet, but it'll be spectacular when I'm done! Check back soon to see my progress!

NOTE: I made the template for this house by adapting one found on the Bubbly Scrumptious website.

My year-long hiatus...

Wow! Can you believe it's been a year since I posted? A lot has changed in the past year, but I'm none the worse for wear and looking forward to 2012!! I've re-discovered my old love...paper quilling! Here's a pic of a really simple Christmas card I made recently. I've FINALLY mastered holly leaves! lol

Check back soon for pics of the miniature Santa and miniature angel I also made recently. They're pretty cute!!

Advanced Copics Class at Bizzy B's

Here's a sneak peek at one of the images (Penny Black) we'll colour at my Advanced Copics class on December 7 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Space is limited, so call Bizzy B's today and sign up!

Copic Sample - Enhanced

Hi! So, after my last post I spent a few minutes enhancing the elephant image I coloured. I didn't do much, but I think it makes a big difference. Here's my original elephant, coloured using B21, B24, and B28 (blues) and RV23, RV25, and RV29.

To enhance the image, I added just a little bit of shading with B60, pretending that the sun was shining from the upper left. It's pretty light in the scanned image, but it is there. Then I used E31, E33, and the blender marker to create some earth for the elephant to stand on. And to finish it off, I used G24 and G28 to add a few little clumps of grass around his feet. They came out a little thicker than I wanted them to, but you get the idea.

That's it for today! To learn how to colour with Copics, check out my class at Bizzy B's Stamp & Scrap on September 28 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. It's sure to be fun!!