When it comes to colored pencil shading, there’s not much more fun than a darling little bear! And Reverse Confetti makes so many cute critters. Let’s get started with some basic colored pencil shading, are you ready?
COLORING TIPS
Get your pencils really really sharp – I start with an electric pencil sharpener, and if needed I’ll take a turn in a handheld sharpener too just to make sure that point is superfine! Then when the coloring is done I use a blending stump dipped into either Gamsol or Baby Oil – they both work about the same! Just be sure not to get the oil on the white paper or you may see oily stains.
The Prismacolor pencils used, chosen from the Behr color of the year brochure I picked up at my local paint store:
FINISHING TIPS AND SKETCH
I wanted that large flood of yellow seen in the picture in the brochure, so I used a panel of yellow paper across the card. I offset the two circles – one bringing in a pop of pink – and added scraps of ribbon coming out from one side. White pen stitching and two sentiments from Ellen Hutson and it really came together!
Here’s the sketch with measurements if you want to try it!
SUPPLIES
- Huggable, Reverse Confetti Clear Stamps
- Stonehenge Drawing Paper: AMZ – BLICK
- Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
- Scotch Foam Mounting Tape
- Prismacolor pencils EH – BLICK
- Prismacolor Hex Chart
- Blending stumps EH – BLICK
- Gamsol Blending solution EH – BLICK
- Quietsharp Pencil Sharpener AMZ – BLICK
Black bears get no love…super cute guy there! How do you store your pencils…do you leave them in there tins? I am finding myself digging through tins all the time looking for the right color….just wondering! Thanks for sharing your gift!!
Mine are in cases – http://sandyallnock.com/colored-pencil-hex-charts-jumpstart-class-prep/
Very cute card, I am glad to see that you made the bear black. You don’t see that often.
Thank you so much for sharing and have a great day.
So sweet
I love the completed look you get from using Gamsol. I need to start using it more and getting this look!
So funny that someone whose last name is “Allnock” has a tendency to knock everything over…nature? nurture? karma? juju? You may just be doomed. 😉
Such a cute card
Great card that I plan to do – so cute but VERY useful. I will have fun coloring a bunch of stamped critters, put them in a container with the bases already made and a bunch of colored circles. Add a selection of sentiment strips and I have instant kid cards for my grands. They are always needing a last minute card before school so this will make 4 people happy at once. Mom (no last minute trip to store), grand (cute card for a friend), friend (gets a card) and me – super granny to the rescue.
Lovely take on this fun sketch, great tip for using colour trends.
Sweet … and definitely huggable!
Marianne x