I saw a couple of tutorials on Saturday for the 'magic coloured pencil' technique, and also colouring with pencils and gamsol/sansador (which I'd heard of but hadn't a clue what either was - hadn't realised it was basically just an odourless white spirit!) Looked pretty straightforward so thought mmmmm I can do this!
I was desperate to have a go but didn't have the right equipment so improvised lol. Followed the instructions but used watercolours instead of coloured pencils and some cheap cotton buds I had knocking around!
The first pic is just printed onto normal paper so didn't work so well as there was quite a lot of pilling which is a shame as you can't build the colour up although I do like the more subtle effect - will have to try printing it on something else.
The second is on watercolour paper - just printed a pic off one of the online kids colouring pages and coloured it - just cheap watercolour pencils I got from poundland and used cotton buds instead of a paintbrush or anything. Works quite well but the buds are a bit thick for some of the more detailed areas and tend to hold too much water..... but for an experiment I'm thrilled with the result! It makes me look like a 'proper' artist almost :-) My mission now is to get some artist grade coloured pencils and some sansador, or odourless mineral spirit.... and maybe some blending stumps lol so I can play even more!! Might have to dig my oil pastels out too see if I can do anything with those too!
I'm absolutely amazed at the result I achieved, and will definitely be using the 2nd image on a card so watch this space :-)
I love these Sarah Kay images - takes me back to my childhood in the 70s when Sarah Kay and Holly Hobby were all the rage lolol
13 comments:
Wow, thats impressive, I do have some watercolour pencils but have never tried it! it looks great, I love the image, wherever did you get it :-)
Oh wow!!!!!! Awesome coloring job. I am definitely challenged in this area. What tutorial did you watch? I would love to get some help in this area!!!
Melanie
brilliant - colouring is fab xx
Wow!! They look great!
What a great technique? Well done you for improvising :o)
I agree with you, these images are so cute and very retro. Reminds me of Holly Hobbie too.
Beautiful :O)
wow great hun, huggs jo x
I was a big Holly Hobby fan too! I love your coloring job...great work!
Love your watercoloring!!! I have to say I am WC challenged as well.
Hugs,
Char
Great coloring Caroline! Hope you enjoy your new pencils.
Watercolor paper was already on my list of things to pick up this weekend - how cool that I read this post! Now I'm even more excited about trying it.
You've made a lovely job. I love the stamp. Very cute.
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