Welcome Paper Nest Friends,
My husband and I are
celebrating our 22nd wedding anniversary next week and headed to Florida
for a much needed vacation. Between my mother's 8 week Rehab from knee
replacement, and Randy and I purchasing a new home we need a week away to just
RELAX.
So my project today has a bright and cheerful summery feel to it. I
have used one of the newly released Paper Nest Dolls stamps called "Pinwheel Ellie"
Here
is a Copic Color Progression Tutorial using E51 for the highlights, E53
for mid-tones, and E57 for cast shadows. In the first photo I am simply
mapping out where I envision my lightest shades will land. This is
where the sun is hitting the hair. (In this stage think of the hair
as mountains and valleys. Your mountain areas will get hit by the
sunlight and the valleys will be left in the shadows.) After the
highlights are added I then begin with my darkest shadow and work from
darkest to light meeting where my highlights were placed in the first
photo. After laying all three colors down I like to go back with my
darkest color again to deepen up those beautiful valleys in the hair.
Below is a close up of my coloring of the entire image. I have used the following Copic Markers:
Skin: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, and R20
Hair: E51, E53, & E57
Clothes: BG01, BG05, Y15,Y18,Y19,YR07, YR09, R24, & R29
Here is a close up of the flowers - These are such fun summer colors!!!
Thank you for stopping by today. Click HERE to visit my webpage for more fun Color Progressions.
Melanie
