HEY FRIENDS! We had a quiet New Year’s Day so I spent it in the studio for a little coloring session. As many of you know, I’m immersed in elder care. Mom and Dad are doing OK right now and we’ve been blessed with a wonderful caregiver for them. So my spare time these past weeks were spent getting ready for the holidays. We put up a tree this year and I did all of the gift shopping and wrapping. We managed to fit in a quick getaway this past weekend to St. Michael’s where my husband marched in the Christmas parade. Somehow in the midst of all of this, we completed a major renovation on the front of the house — the rowhouse of Rowhouse Greetings — and redecorated the living room and dining room with new rugs and slipcovers. Still needs fresh paint but that’s for another day. We had twelve at the house for Christmas Eve and took my parents out to dinner on Christmas Day. Holiday cards fell through the cracks this year and none were sent. Better luck next year!

To be honest, I don’t have the mental bandwidth right now to create cards. I’ve decided to skip cardmaking and just color up some images. Today I’m coloring an image from the Bundled stamp set by Penny Black. I turned on the camera and recorded a new Copic coloring video for this image. You’ll see that I’ve been experimenting with underpainting and I’ve gone back to using X-Press It Blending Card. I realized that I picked up some bad habits coloring on Hammermill so I’m working on improving my technique while also introducing new skills into my coloring.

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Today’s Project

Featured Supplies

• Bundled by Penny Black [ SBC | SSS ]
• X-Press It Blending Card [ AZ ]
• Intense Black Ink by Hero Arts [ SBC | SSS ]
• Copic markers (listed below)

I stamped the image on a piece of X-Press It Blending Card using Hero Arts Intense Black ink. The image was colored with Copic markers as shown in the video below.

Coloring Video

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That’s all for today!

Supplies

COPICS: V20, R20, E000, E00, E21 (skin); C00, C0, C3, C5 (fur trim); V25, R35, R46 (coat, mittens, bow); BV23, BV25, BV29 (purse); YR24, E21, BV23, BV25, BV29 (skates); C1, C3 (blades); YR24, E21, E23, E25 (dog); YG03, YG17, YG67 (leash); Y35, YR04, YG03, YG17, YG67 (green bag); BV20 (shadows)

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