Week 2c: The Shadow Knows – Complex Stamped Images

The videos for this week feature a complex stamped image. Stamped and Shading: Coloring Shaded Image with Inktense Pencils: Here is a pictorial of the image, step by step in its development. And here is the overall stamped image at each finished point: Stamped: Shaded: Colored: FYI: I've created a page, which is under the Online Classes menu at the top … [Read more...]

Week 2b: The Shadow Knows – Copic Grays and Inktense

This week's technique focuses on a foolproof method of coloring images that have realistic shadows and bold, intense color.  I'm breaking this post into two parts.  You are viewing the second part.  Here is a link to the first. Now that our shading work is done we can concentrate on coloring the image.  I am using a foolproof method of coloring known as Inktense pencils.  Long have I … [Read more...]

Week 2a: The Shadow Knows – Copic Grays and Inktense

This week's technique focuses on a foolproof method of coloring images that have realistic shadows and bold, intense color.  I'm breaking this post into two parts.  You are viewing the first part.  Here is a link to the second. I love to use paper that has a resist pattern on it, as a starting point.  That way I know my contrast is already built in somewhere.  You can use a paper with a … [Read more...]