Color With Me!

 Hey Y'all!

I've been working on my coloring more lately, and have been using a variety of art mediums. Here lately I've been playing around with gel pens, alcohol markers, and colored pencils. 

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For this first image (Prima) I used Spectrum Noir Tri Blend markers. They are so fun and easy to use! My blending is something I'll continue to work on, but I like the markers. I like how easy they are to take with me, and how quickly you can color something. My only complaint was when popped apart they can be a bit harder to handle, because they are smaller. 

The following lady image is from a set in a previous (years old) issue of a craft magazine. The bears are from Art Impressions. On these I used Gel Pens from Big Lots. They were very easy to work with, and had a fine enough tip for smaller lines. I did find the pens with glitter tend to glide more easily, and looked better than the others.

Next, I worked on a coloring book image, comparing the differences between Spectrum Noir Basics Markers, and Tombow Colored Pencils without attempting to blend. I feel the image is to small to try that comparison. However I'd like to try it for an upcoming blog if it's something you're interested in. Let me know in the comment section below.

*It seems the Basics line from Spectrum Noir is no longer available on their website.

** Tombow 36pc Colored Pencil, I won them in a Holiday Giveaway on Instagram in 2020. 

Chosen Image, I drew the black line to get a halfway point.

Pencil Set.

Markers!

Coloring:

These pencils were so easy to use, and so much color variety! I especially love the way the sunflower turned out. I can't wait to play with them more. So much better than the Daler-Rowney pencils I've been using, and those are pretty good.

Above is no flash, below is with flash.

This particular set of markers had a lot of purples and pinks, and a few shades of red, green, yellow, and brown, but no blue or orange. I found that kind of odd. (I do have more markers from Spectrum Noir I'd like to test out against these, as well as my other marker sets.) I like the vibrancy of the colors, but even the thinner tipped side of the marker is too thick for this scale/small image. 

I had fun testing them out, and like them all, however in the last image that colored pencil sunflower just stands out. What are your thoughts?

Would you like to see more marker or pencil comparisons in the future? Sound off below!

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife

Color With Me

 Hey Y'all!

Today first off, I'm doing a comparison blog on Spectrum Noir Markers vs. Crayola, American Crafts, and Daler Rowney Colored Pencils.

The stamp I used is designed by Emma Jones (The Great Outdoors) for Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine (Issue 1- Card Making Export- Mega Pack).

The paper is card stock from Recollection's at Michael's, and the ink is Stampin' Up in shade Chocolate Chip. *I'd say the closest to this currently would be either Brown, or Soft Suede.

I was originally only going to do two, but then decided two of each was more fun.

 

I hadn't decided at this point if I was going to use the die that came with the stamp set to pop up the camper or not. I then decided to color all four regardless of what I end up doing.

I started with colored pencils, and decided to try some blending. I still need work here, and realized after that I should have started with the white on the clouds. I don't hate the look of these, but there is room for improvement for sure.

I decided this one was going to be a cute little camper, in pinks and teals.

I wanted a silver here, but settled on grays. I was attempting to show wear and shadows on the camper, as well as "dirt" on the door. I need more practice, but the attempt was fun!

After that it felt kind of flat, so I decided the windows needed some light. First attempt at that with pencils went ok. 

Next I used the markers:

Blending with markers is getting better. It is far easier than pencil, but easier to over saturate as well.

I like these clouds far better than the others, however looking back (considering it's night time) they may be too light blue.

I'll have to try my grey markers next time, I just didn't want to get all of them out for such a small image.

On this one I was trying for those wood style teardrop campers. 

The light in the windows here looks way better! 

In this comparison I do like the look of the markers better, and it took far less time.

In the second set I started too dark with the window on the marker image. I also got a bit to heavy handed around the colored pencil's door, however those windows look really good. I tried something different with the clouds here, and don't really like either set. I can't pick a favorite here.

All four images together:

Which was your favorite? What colors would you have chosen? Let me know in the comments below!

I had fun coloring these, and was wondering if you'd like videos for blogs like this so you can color along with me or watch me color? IN this next image I do include a short video:

I am coloring this image from Stampendous:

This image set, Kiddo Toyland, is from 2012. They have a ton of fantastic new stamps available for every occasion.

Supplies:

Image shared above

Stampin' Up  stampin' pad in Chocolate Chip (the closest color in the current collection to this in my opinion is Early Espresso)

Studio G Card Base (from Walmart, but I don't see them online currently)

Spectrum Noir TriBlend Markers: 

Coral Blend (CR1, CR3, CR6)

True Blue Blend (TB2, TB3, TB4)

Light Green Blend (LG1, LG3, LG5)

The YouTube video, watch me color a portion of this stamped image (and struggle with the ink pad lid):

Lastly the finished image:

I had fun trying to completely color the stamp using just 3 colors. I'm a big fan of these TriBlend markers.

What would you like to see me color next? Share below!

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife