Friday, November 22

Day 22 - "T"

I'm going to use today's letter prompt to share a colouring tutorial with you.


YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "T" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
Three Wise Men, twinkle, turkey, tidings, tinsel, toys, tree, trimmings, teal, turquoise, tutorial, techniques, tent card, tilt card, tri-fold card, two-fer cards

Products:


I want to show you how I colour a night time snow scene using markers and a white gel pen. 

1. Print or stamp your snowman onto a piece of blending card, and colour with cool grey markers. (You can colour with pencils or paints if you prefer).


2. Use a pencil to lightly sketch two "hills" behind the snowman. I've drawn them both on angles for a little more interest.


3. Colour the first hill in four light shades of grey, keeping the lightest area around the snowman and the darker areas at the sides and bottom of the panel. This will help to create a "spotlight" effect.


4. Colour the second hill with the darkest shade you used on the first hill.


5. Add another three shades keeping the darkest area at the base of the hill, just above your first hill.


6. Now colour the sky with the three darkest shades you have - I used C8, C9, and C10.


7. Use white gel pen to add "snow" to the bottom of the snowman, completely covering the bottom line of the image. Add a little more to the top of the hill on either side.


8. Add some "snow" to the top and brim of his hat, his carrot nose and any areas that would naturally catch the snowflakes, such as the gift and tops of his hands.


9. Now completely fill the panel with dots of varying sizes. Remember to take them all the way to the edge and try not to make them too uniform in size or placement.

10 comments:

  1. Beautiful how the Snowman comes to life in this nightly winter scene! Thank you for this tutorial Beccy!

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  2. Oh my goodness. This little guy is so darn cute. Love your card

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  3. Thank you for this gorgeous tutorial. I'm a great fan of copics and I will surely give this night time snow scene a try.
    xxx Margreet

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  4. I love the little bit of snow on his nose! It makes him look even cuter!

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  5. I love your coloring tips! Awesome night scene with this fun snowman!

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  6. Wow, he really looks cold Beccy!

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  7. This looks so freakin real! like the piled up snow on his hat!! Omg!!! amazing. amazing!!

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  8. This tutorial is so clear, you made a beautiful job with the copics. Unfortunately I have no copics, only coloring with pencils buth I try with them.

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  9. DELIGHTFUL card and FABULOUS tutorial!!!
    Thank you for the inspiration and tutorial, as soon as I catch up with my daily prompts I will try my hand at colouring him too ... I do have a soft spot for sweet snowmen, even more so tonight, it's still 34oC here and the forecast is to not go below thirty tonight with an even hotter day tomorrow :)

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