Hi everyone! Today I'm revisiting a card I posted about a year ago here on the bloggy blog. Now that I am on the Design Team for iCopic, we are talking Copics all the time! I thought it would be good to share this card again. It is a classic example of coloring something shiny and using a light source for your shading. I hope you enjoy this tutorial today! This was such a fun card to color.
Here is a close up of the finished coloring of the umbrellas...You can see that my light source is coming from the right and hitting all the umbrellas on the top right side of each image. This is a great way to make your coloring eye appealing and realistic - by using your light source uniformly. Also, this extreme use of shading makes the items appear shiny and and like they are reflecting the light.
I used three colors for each umbrella, keeping in the same color family. Here you can see that I've left the white space on the yellow one and am getting ready to fill it in with a very light yellow.
I used ALLL those colors!
Here's a peek at the back of my image. You can see how much color there is on the paper...it's soaked. That is why the image is so dense and yummy. Keep coloring...don't be afraid to do too much.
If you look at this super close up, you can almost see exactly where I laid down each of my three colors for each umbrella. I started with my middle color, then put on the darkest color and then finished with the lightest color to blend it all together.
Amazing Wanda! Thanks for all of the tips! This is beautiful! :D
Posted by: Kimberly Gajewski | 01/29/2011 at 05:54 AM
Geeezzz, you have mad coloring skills, girl! Truly! I don't know why this intimidates me so much, but this whole coloring thing seems beyond me. But you totally have it down, even to light sources and shading. What a gorgeous, gorgeous card. I so adore how each umbrella looks, and yes, they look shiny. Awesome!
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 01/27/2011 at 11:54 AM
Wow what a beautiful image, love your coloring!
Posted by: Maylee | 01/27/2011 at 10:05 AM
This is gorgeous, Wanda! Love the cheery colors you chose...sure to brighten anyone's day!!
Posted by: Alyssa S | 01/27/2011 at 10:01 AM
Lovely!!! I want to play with Copic Markets!!! Thank you forsharing your talent. Xo
Posted by: Julene | 01/27/2011 at 07:43 AM
Love the way you color your images Wanda!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 01/27/2011 at 07:30 AM