Welcome! I haven't forgotten my blog password or anything like that; I've been trying to get ready to leave for Oregon for a couple of days to work on a Copic class. This afternoon I took time to [are you ready for this?] Just. Color. Yes--color!
Lockhart Stamp Company had released some new 2011 stamps, one of which was begging to be colored. Of course I had to oblige. . . I used the African Violets in a Teacup stamp and the Copic markers shown in the stepped out photos below.
First I colored the blossoms and their centers. (Don't worry; I came back later to add more contrast.)
Next I colored the leaves. I had decided that my light would come from the left.
I used the G20's to color the teacup and added shadows with the cool grays and the BV00. The dirt in the cup is colored with E21 and E25. See my little cup handle shadow? I'm not sure it's exactly right. I think that the handle shadow would have to be more squaty and compressed than it is, but it's staying that way for now.
I added a bit of color around the cup with blues and blue-violets, softening the edges with my colorless blender.
I darkened a couple of petals as well as the shadows after I cut the image out with a Spellbinders Standard Circles Small die template. The background is stamped with Papertrey Ink's Background Basics: Sheet Music set.
That's it for tonight--thanks for stopping by!
