As the guest designer for the month, I get to help introduce some new artwork available now at Clear Dollar Stamps! This adorable image is from the new Nesters digital set designed by my friend Lisa Lara!! I used Touch Twin Markers to color the base colors of the dolls, and the shelf I created for them to sit on, then added detail with Polychromos pencils.
Here's a close-up on the dolls and shelf - it doesn't show well, but I did drag some texture lines into the shelf with a fine stylus.
These are the Touch markers that I used:
I wanted to give a quick tutorial on creating that wood grain look - it was really easy to do with the Touch brush marker. I started by laying down some overlapping lines of color with the chisel end of my marker. These are the colors I used in my sample:
The overlapping lines in your base color will add shade and interest to the look of your wood grain, so don't worry if they don't blend.
The great thing about a brush nib is being able to control the width of your line, depending on the pressure you place on the tip. With very light pressure, you will achieve a very fine line.
With more pressure, a heavier line.
I created horizontal grain lines on my colored area, varying my pressure as I went across. On the next line, I alternated - where I had made a fine line before, I made a heavier one below, and vice versa.
Hope that gives you some ideas for adding detail to wood when you color! Enjoy the new release!
I used a Bow-Easy to tie my double bow, and left one tail pretty long - I tucked that tail through the hole in my tag, wrapped it around the neck of a bottle of bath gel, then tucked it back out the hole.
These are the Touch markers that I used:
Have a great day!
