Art

I am a bit behind this am.  I just sent my boys off to a AFROTC Drill Team competition for the weekend--those uniforms have to be immaculate.   

I thought today I would post  some coloring  "in the process"   and where I am going with them.  For the basket I am going to work with the background adding lighter colors to it.  For the sheep, I am going to leave the background alone and add colored pencil to the sheep.  Finally, for the Snow guy--he is done, except for a tad of shading around him.  The Snow guy is my technique of "painting" with marker.  It gives it a watercolor feel.  Since I am on the go a lot and spend many a hours in waiting rooms, the marker portability is a plus for me. 

I haven't demonstrated the painted technique yet.  It is more complex and I use more color than it looks like in one area.  The pants have 4 blues and a gray!  Also I use watercolor pencils over marker so I think that will be a definite tutorial.  I may need to do these on video--  Oh, don't forget to send in your children's art for our gallery.   I will remind people periodically.  Enjoy your weekend.  It's Friday.

Oh, one more thing.  I  use Bristol art vellum in rough finish  for my  "white" cardstock.  It's much cheaper (and better quality) than the white card stock I have encountered in the craft Industry.    There is also a "smooth" finish that works just as well.