Coloring Three Ways

Well, you've probably guessed that my favourite part of the stamping process is the coloring.  This Christmas my daughter and husband picked out some more Prismacolor pencils for me (which I love).  We were talking about it one day, and my husband said, "you love having more than one way to color don't you?"  And I had to smile.  I really do love my three mediums.  I've learned copics and prismacolors in the past year or so and really love having a few more options in my coloring repetoire.

So I thought it would be fun to do a post focussing on my three favourite methods of coloring, and to show you the difference between them.  I've also included 3 sketches for this week, Mojo126, SFYTT, and the Splitcoast SC268. 

Here's how it all started. 

On the left we have coloring with Prismacolor Pencils, in the center we have Watercoloring and on the right we have coloring with Copic Markers.   All with PTI's Autumn Abundance set. 

And here are the finished cards, and I'll tell you what I love about each medium.  ( You can click on any photo to make it larger). 

From left to right SFYTT, Mojo126 and SC268

Copic Markers have this wonderful richness to the color, it is vibrant smooth, and most images color up really easily and quickly, if I'm in a hurry I always reach for my copics.  They also work really well with smaller images that aren't as easy to watercolor.  It's fun to blend the color combinations, and there are SO many color to choose from.   This was Jen's SFYTT for this week.

Prismacolor pencils are such fun to work with, I feel like I'm back in elementary school again.  They have the nicest gradiant of color from soft to deep and I really love that.  It really creates a sense of light in your creation.  Plus you can also blend with a blending stump and or gamsol or another solvent based material too.  I also added color to the designer paper coloring in some of the flowers to look more like the sunflowers in the picture.  I colored this image first on Christmas vacation, just to color, so in hindsight I might like to have had more olive in the leaves.  This is the Mojo126 sketch. 

And now for some watercolor.  This is the medium that I've used the longest, since High School actually.  What do I love about watercolor?  The blending is unlike any other medium, and you can achieve really lovely rich color too.  It's not a quick process laying down color, but it's peaceful, and I love the results.  It gives such a lifelike effect.  This is for today's SC268. 

In these last two samples I also colored the ribbon with Copic Markers for a perfect match to the paper. 

So after all this, which is my favourite?  Well, I do LOVE them all, at different times for different reasons.  But, I have to go with my baby...watercolor.

A delightful day is a day full of coloring!  In any medium!

Come back on Friday and I'll have some more coloring to show you! 

Recipe:  Stamps:  PaperTrey Ink - Autumn Abundance;  Paper:  Brilliant Blue, More Mustard, Flourishes Classic White, Watercolor paper, Jersey Shore DSP;  Ink:  Brilliant Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black, Black Stazon;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Labels One Nestabilities, MS Rings Punch, and Rings Corner Punch, Circle Punch, Mustard Brads, White Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Bow Easy, Markers, Aqua Painter, Prismacolor Pencils, Copic Markers

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Coloring Three Ways