Make It Crafty.....Jack goes Fishing

Hi everyone.... how's your Bank Holiday weekend been.... I have been trying to colour a few things, This is the latest Jack Goes Fishing from Make It Crafty.
I have used prisma's and Polychromos pencils.

This image is part of a new collection from Make it Crafty all available Here
This is just a quick call in, I have a couple of other things to crop and edit. so I will be back really soon  to share.
thanks for calling in
 Big Hugs
 xx

Pascal - Ball point pen colouring

Hi everyone , howa your weekind going, I just wanted to share my colouring I have been doing with ball point pens, I found this image on one of the the childrens colouring site's and I have been wanting to colour him for ages.... I do love a bit of Disney...
Pascal

I do need to find some better paper to use this was abit  thin.... I have also tried to work on expression a little, He  does look a bit miffed...lol.
Thank you so much for stopping by again
Big Hugs
xx

Make It Crafty- Jill goes fishing

Hi everyone I'm just popping by to share the new releases over at Make It Crafty... available in digi and some in rubber..

 I have used Jill goes Fishing

This new release is so cute, you really need them ;)

I have used ball point pens for the main colouring and prisma/ polychromos  pencils for the skin, I am working on doing a ballpoint skin tone , I just need to get it right...

Lots more post to share soon in the mean time Happy shopping.. store

thank you for stopping by

Big Hugs

 Kay

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Moonflower

 Hi there everyone, just popping in to share an image I recieved the other day from

 Moonflower stamps

I haven't picked my markers up in about two years so I thought it was about time to use them, I printed this on to A4 watercolour paper, and I used watercolours, markers and pencils, I like the end result for a first go but I think I need to practice and get it a bit tidier...hhmm the colours were a bit out of my comfort zone too...

I will definatley be having another go at this mix media technique, I will share again really soon, and I will keep the markers out. ;) 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek

 

Hugs

 xx

 

Make it Crafty- Stumpy Fungi House

Hi there, Wow can I just say a massive thank you to everyone for your amazing comments you have left on my blog and on the Facebook group for the Kingfisher I coloured, and I'm so glad you liked my tutorial, I will definately do some more now I know you like them and can follow the process.

Today I will share with you my Stumpy fungi house from Make it crafty

One of my favourite things to colour with ball point pens is trees and big leaves...lol. So I guess that would be good for another tutorial...

The background on this one has been done with pastels as it'a an A4 size picture and it's such a big area to do with ball points... To create the background I started at the bottom and worked my strokes up and the from the top down and just used a paper stump to even the blending.... which works perfectly for the blending different colour families challenge over on Make it Colourful

Thank you so much again for stopping by

 See you again real soon

Hugs 

xx

Make It Colourful - Blending Outside the Colour Family

Hi everyone... wow where has the last month gone...  How did you like the cast shadows challenge.
we have yet another new challenge for you over at Make It Colourful.. 

 All the details and fabulous inspiration from the the girls can be found over  on the challenge blog...

 I have done a few projects this month and I will be sharing them throughout the challenge with some detail on how I did them, as I have had a few enquiries on how I use my Ball point pens...

My first project I will share is...

The Kingfisher

This one of the fabulous new images Zoe has in the Store

  I have used ball point pens, for the challenge part I have blended the blue and the green and also blue with purple.. this is just my version of how I use the pens I haven't been using them very long so they are still new to me.

To get started you will need..

your image

a selection of ball point pens

I always work with a piece of old cardboard/cereal box card under my work 

a piece of kitchen roll to rest my hand on and to keep wiping the tip of the pens onto

 I always start with the lightest colour, it may not always be seen when I've finished but it just work as a guide for me..You need to use really light feather like stokes and build them up, sometime it seems like you are not making any marks at all... but you are.. I work from both sides of the image at once so I can create an area where there will be shine or light reflecting from it.. so I started with the light blue making quite long stokes. I also follow the shape of the iumage with my stokes it helps create shape and depth and movement

 My second colour was a dark blue, but not making the strokes as long, again working from both sides and I work towards the middle, it helps if you turn your work around so you can create the same amount of pressure on your stokes to make them even.

 my third colour was a medium blue I had a turquoise and the went over from the dark blue extenedit but not as far as the lightest blue, you should see the colours start to blend... you may need to add some more light blue if  think you need to... it's just playing and getting used to a different medium.
I then added some orange on the bottom of the beak so I can try and get a colour balance between the top and bottom, I usually work on more than one part at once so I don't make  it too dark and I can add shading when I finalise the image.

 I have added a slightly darker orange over my first colour to get some depth, again not colouring over it all.

 I have added some red in light stokes where the darkest parts of the beak are, and also some black into the darkest parts of the upper beak...

As black can be a little harsh on light colours I used a brown th help blend the darker part on the orange and red  and some more light blue to close up the white parts on the top.

It just takes practise like with any medium and some patience..

Again with the wings I use the same principal of using light strokes and making them  curved..

I used a light blue on the top part of the wing and a light green on  the bottom part,, making the strokes quite long again I want to create a lighter area in the middle, where the light will bounce off.

shorter strokes with a darker blue at the top and a darker green at the bottom

Then I start to  blend the two colour families together, I used the lighter green  to feather over the blue area and the light  blue   to feather over the green, make the strokes really light or it could go too dark...

I did also add a little lilac colour on the blue as kingfisher are a solid colour but there's a lot of irridescence and you can see lots of colours.

On the green part I added some yellow, you may want to try on some scrap paper first as this can really change the colour of the green, and then it's just a case of blending between the colours untill your happy

 My first colour was a light pink, in really light feather strokes...

 I then used quite a bright cerise  pink in short strokes.

Where I have created some veins in the petals I used purple to deepen the shadows...

I then go back to my lightest pink and blend the colours together...

 I hope you can follow this and I'm sorry it is long... I will be posting some more shorter tutorials soon if any body would like to use them...

Please don't forget to head over to the Inspiration blog and take a look at the awesome work the girls  have done.

Thank you so much for stopping by

Hugs for now

Kay