One of the 4 hour sessions I took at Junkiefest was a Coloring Class with Kathy Racoosin. She provided us a variety of images where we could color along with her. I attempted this sweet little Paper Smooches So Fairy Cute images (you can see Kathy's version here) using a set of new AlteNew Markers that she had for each table to try.
Kathy said her fun little dots were due to her marker blooping some ink ... my marker didn't bloop, but I liked it so much I created the dots on purpose. She also taught us how to use blending solution and a piece of wash cloth to create fun texture, so I used that on my fairy as well. I finished with a sentiment from Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler.
I'm also linking my sweet fairy up at the Paper Smooches Anything Goes Challenge.
For this card, we were supposed to learn to draw a shadow around our image. I was unhappy with the results, but like the coloring on my tulips, so I used some detail cutting to rescue my design.
When I got home I attached it to some texty designer paper to finish the card. I'm linking-up at the Anything Goes Challenge at The Corrosive Challenge Blog.
I hope I have the courage (and mostly the patience) to keep coloring. I spent most of Saturday coloring some upcoming cards ... it takes longer than I'm used to spending on a design, so it's a bit of a mental and scheduling shift for me ... but I was happy with the results, so I think it's one I need to make. Hopefully I'll get to take more coloring classes in the future.
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