Aurora Lost Lagoon

Hello everyone (waving) I see I have a few new followers :) Welcome aboard. I hope I can entertain you all with some of my arty pieces.

This post is about a new digital stamp which has been released from The East Wind today. Unky has drawn up this gorgeous image and as soon as I saw it i wanted to colour it. It gives me a fantasy/ alice in wonderland kind of feel.
The image is called 'Aurora- Lost Lagoon' and you can purchase it as a digital stamp here.
Here is my first sneak peek i shared on Instagram (you can follow me there @ericabruton)
it is of aurora looking into the lagoon.

Here is my second sneak peek of what Aurora is actually looking at in the lagoon, a koi fish with a magical crown, which obviously she has to have.

Here is my finished piece all framed and looking gorgeous, I think :)

I printed the image A4 size as I knew I would need some space to colour it how I wanted. i imagined it to look like a magical/fantasia kind of place. I wanted to really test my boundaries as I have never painted water let alone under water. i was googling underwater ponds, underneath water lillies and koi fish just to get how I would colour this image. I used polychromos in the beginning but ended up moving onto Inktense to really get the look I was after. I have to say it took me about three days to finally finish it. I had to set it aside each day and come back to it. haha and each time i would change my mind about how I was colouring it. I was going to have a glow coming off Aurora but ended up giving the crown a glow instead. It drew Aurora to the pond I think and somehow connected her to the fish. ....now I'm rambling. It's weird I try and make a connection with everything I colour, I think it's what make my colouring work.

Anyhow enough of my rambling make sure you head on over The East Wind at etsy and purchase this image and give it a go. Its lots of fun to colour.

I will be entering this piece into the following challenges

Inspiration Destination challenge #30 Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #8 Anything goes

SLSlines challenge #8 Anything goes (oh looky at that the same as above)

Love To Scrap challenge Blog Challenge #52 Anything goes

Design Team showcase Challenge 10 April 11- April 25

craft Your Passion Challenges challenge #258 Anything goes (sheesh everything is anything goes...lucky :) )

Anyways, cheerio catch ya next time

Erica