Enchanted Forest

Another new digital stamp release from The East WInd today. This is my instagram sneak peek

and to follow are some colouring progress pictures as I go along.

i have used Faber Castell Polychromos pencils to colour this image. However i did use Inktense watercolour pencil to colour the edge of the background.

I coloured her hair with

-black

-raw umber

-brown ochre

-naples yellow and

-light cadmium yellow

I usually start with the lighter colour to feel out the shaded areas then go over the shade with darker colours blending as i go and fill in any gaps where needed with the lightest colour.

Next i decided to colour the main tree showing.

I used

-cadmium lemon yellow as my base colour all over

-light green was next but I was sure not to go too close to the edge

-pine green finished off the darker areas

i then went over the whole tree with a pencil stump just to give a smooth look.

That hat was next to get coloured and I used

-dark indigo for the darkest edges of the hat

-I think it was helioblue-reddish was used

-prussian blue was also used as the main blue colour

-black was to darken the edges

I had to finish the hat and i used

-deep scarlet red for the base making sure to leave white areas to depict light cast

-middle cadmium red was next to darken the shade

-dark red finished off the shading.

i again used a pencil stump to give a smooth finish.

Here is 'Enchanted Forest' all coloured up and put onto a card.

you can get this awesome digital stamp from The East Wind etsy store >>here

This is one of many of Unky's September releases that you certainly won't be disappointed in colouring. She really has outdone herself this month with fantastic images...just wait!

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Get creative challenges - #22 no printed paper

Crafty cardmakers challenge #146 - no patterned papers

Crafting from the heart #75 anything goes

The pencil case Wk1 Anything goes