For Christmas, Tracy gifted me with two classes from Sandy Allnock’s Art Classes. I started the first one right after Christmas–Colored Pencil Jumpstart. I envisioned that it would be a one month project. Two things, however, have caused me to reassess my goal. First was the amount of time the Coloring Challenge Road Trip, Online Version took. It was so worth the time. (I blogged about it here.) The other was I had no idea how much content was included in the colored pencil class. There are 10 lessons, and each of the lessons I’ve worked through so far has included 3-5 videos with practice sheets to complete. Each practice sheet is time consuming if one wants to learn the principals behind the lessons. One night, however, I decided I wanted to use some of the skills I learned in the Road Trip class with some of the things I’ve been learning in Sandy’s class to actually complete a project.
Before the holidays, I had purchased a few items from The Stamp Market, included an overall design of leaves, Just Vines. It’s not the kind of stamp I often order, but it was great for doing some coloring practice. And it took some time! I worked on it while I watched my favorite women’s basketball team play a game on television. It was a win/win. I enjoyed the game and completed a project.
Once I had colored the background leaves, the challenge was to turn it into a card. Another Christmas gift was a gift certificate to Simon Says Stamps. I used part of it to purchase a new set of frames, A2 Thin Frames. Cut in black, it provided just the right contrast.
Finally, I cut another piece of black cardstock and embossed it with the sentiment from Simon Says’ Brush Stroke Messages.
All the colored pencil work was done with my Polychromos pencils on Stonehenge paper (recommended for pencil work by Sandy Allnock.)
There’s a lovely texture to the paper which goes well with the leaves.
Once again, it’s been a long time between blog posts. The days fly by. This week, however, I’ll be checking in soon with my progress for my OLW: COMMIT as I believe Honoré is hosting a link-up early in the week.
That is indeed lovely – so fresh and clear, yet delicate in its shading – love the little yellow bits on the leaves! Nice to be able to use what one’s learning to actually produce something instead of just practice pieces?
Really, really professional-looking work! You must be thrilled to bits with this. Such finesse!
How fun Karen! Love all the subtle shading.
Your skill shines through on your creations. I like the leaves, there’s movement in the card.
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