Colouring Digital Images

I have a mini tutorial to share with you today, all about adding extra colour to already coloured digital stamps. This is a great way to add your own little touches to digis when time is against you. It's also a useful way to practice your colouring, highlighting and shading because the base is already there to build on.

Start with a pre-coloured digital image printed on your favourite card stock. We're going to be applying pencils over the top, so the type of card isn't all that important, but just keep in mind that the surface texture will show when the pencil is applied.

I've added strokes of white pencil to the ears, chins and chests of each koala. I'm not trying to re-colour them, just add a hint of texture to give the impression that they're extra hairy. I've also used various greys to darken their noses and deepen the shadows under their arms, feet, legs and little bellies. The last addition I made was a large shadowy area at the bottom of the picture. This helps to "ground" the characters so they're not floating around in space.

And here's my finished image made up into a Christmas card. I hope you'll give this little technique a go, it's not too difficult and is a wonderful way to help boost your colouring confidence.

Stamps:

Sing Joy digital stamps

Sing Joy clear stamps

Sing Joy cutting dies