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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

{TAC} Post 2: Lovely Butterfly

Happy {TAC} Wednesday,

Today, I have another post using a TAC image, Lovely Butterfly. This was my design team swap and the project handout for my presentation at seminar back in June.

The technique presented was using multiple mediums (Copic, Chalk, Ink - in that order) to create a vintage look. I started with coloring the Copic parts of the image.

Copic Colors: Face E21, R01 (cheek),

Dress RV63, V12, Accents YR21, YR23, V06

Then I added some light blue pastel chalk to the upper half of the image and green chalk to the lower half. I cut a round sponge in half and used the flat to brush off the excess chalk. The great thing about chalk is it is erasable! Don't like it or went into your image get out an eraser and touch things up - love that.

Next, I used the round portion of my sponge to apply Palette Cognac ink to the edges. I dab the sponge in the ink and start off the page and blot inward keeping the darkest ink at the edge and lighter ink farther in. You can also drag or rub the inked sponge on your image.

Lastly, I added Palette Burnt Umber ink over that, not going as far into the image. Sometimes I get heavy handed with the distressing, it is all personal taste. I also run the 4 edges of the image in the ink pad to get a nice dark edge.

This was my finished swap.

I cut a piece of cardstock 3.5" x 9.25" and scored at 2.25", 4.5", 4.75". Your average square note pad is 3". I matted the note pad with brown cardstock 3.25" square. The image was matted with brown cardstock also and the bottom half was attached to the front. (Note: the notepads I used were thin less that .25" thick, adjust accordingly for thicker notepads)

Hope enjoyed today's post - check out what the other chicks are up to...

Diana Maldonado

Debra Miller <--- You are Here

Laura Nehring

Carol Norby

Missy Owoc

Christine Pennington (Coordinator)

Donna Thielker

Abundant Blessings,

Deb

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

{TAC} Post 1: Enjoy the Scenery

Hello All,

Today is the first official post for {TAC} Design Team. I decided to share part of my presentation from Seminar in June 2011. I shared how to create a background that is not there or fully drawn. My example was my 2011 catalog cover submission, using TAC Enjoy the Scenery.

Copic Colors: Path YR21, YR23, YR24; Lettering YR23, YR24

Greenery YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, Water B000

First, I examined the image looking for clues from the illustrator. There are some hints. There is a little squiggle in the front wheel which I took as the edge of the road or at least to suggest direction. There looks like a lake behind her with the reflections of trees in the water. So I used a feathering motion to create the trees, water, golden path and grass. I color from light to dark building depth.

Notice I colored right through the lady on the bike. I did this to make it easier on myself. I wanted smooth transitions and complete coverage. She will be paper pieced in a later step.

Next, I added some sky (light blue chalk) and distressed the edges with Palette Cognac and Burnt Umber ink and a sponge. This is one of my favorite aging techniques - creates a great vintage look. Perfect for this image.

Lastly, I added the lady to the bike. The trickiest part of this was to decide where her skirt ended. All the parts of the bike near her skirt, pedal and handle bars are part of this extra piece. I colored her shoe, skirt, gloves, face and hair. Her coat is also paperpieced (TAC Maggie SWIC). I've made several of these and sometimes I paperpieced the hat out of the same Maggie cardstock, sometimes it is colored.

Copic Colors: Face E21, R02 (cheek), Hair E55, E57, E59, Skirt V06, V09, V15, Handle Bars W3, Wheels E59, Shoe and gloves YR21, YR23, YR24

Front of card - closed

Close up of the image - you can better see where I paperpieced. There is a natural place to separate the bike and the ladies skirt near the left knee above the fork of the bike.

Surprise! There is more to this card. It is an easel card and I continued the road. You could add a post it note pad in the paths place and create a fun and functional desk top decoration. More on that idea on the 26th our next {TAC} post. Part 2 of my seminar presentation in 2 weeks.

I covered a lot of things in my presentation about design, tips and tricks, layouts, sketching, color selection, Copic techniques and "aha moments" from Copic Intermediate certification class I took the day before. Drop me a note if there is something specific you would like me to blog about.

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