Autumn Leaves - Fantasy Line and Color

It has been a very long time since I've blogged! Like so many of our friends, our lives just got way too busy. For that, I apologize. I just realized how much miss sharing with you.

If you are visiting here for the first time, please note that I am just a card crafter, just like you. I do not consider myself a professional, just an old "want-to-be" artist.

During the past few years, I've continued creating and experimenting with new ideas and revisited some of my almost forgotten techniques. Watched so many videos that I was starting to get confused (ok, so I'm pushing the 80 year old mark and that may explain some of it!). 

When I finished the project I'm showing today, I thought it might be fun to share the step-by-step process. Years ago, when I did my Fantasy designs, I used  acrylic paints and would double and triple load my brushes. Recently, my husband asked me to try sketching out the design and use alcohol inks (pens) to blend. It was different but so much fun. 

Well - here we go - the material will be listed at the end. Fell free to borrow my sketch and let me know what you come up with. 

  

Materials:     

Sketch pencils

Tombow-Mono Zero Eraser

Susan’s Garden Specialty Cardstock – 8-lb.

Lavinia Stencil – Leaf Trails

PanPastel – Hansa Yellow Tint

Solve Make-up blush brush     

Gardeners Green Pea – 10lb Christmas cardstock

OLO ALCOHOL PENS (MARKERS):

·        O2.5   CARMEL

·        OR1.3   PAPAYA

·        OR4.7   CHOCOLATE

·        R0.6    CRANBERRY

·        R1.8    MAROON

·        R5.7    AMARANTH

·        Y8.6    FENNEL SEED

·        YG2.5   AVOCADO

·        YG8.5   MOSS

·        YG8.7   FERN

·        YO2.5   YELLOW OCHRE 

Well, that is it for today. 

Till next time - May God Bless You!