A lovely Christmas Angel and a little tutorial :)

Good Morning and happy Sunday everybody, Copic lovers!

 

Me again, Franz, with a new Copic colouring project and a little tutorial :)

 I've a lovely image from the Crafty Sentiment Designs to share, it's a veeeery sweet one and just perfect for the incoming Christmas!

 

 

I love no traditional colours for Christmas and I couldn't resist to the latest papers from Maja Design, so I have a violet-purple Christmas card!

 

 

The background and some touches of the dress are made with Prismacolor Pencils

 

♥♥♥

 

Here is a little step by step to share with you all how I coloured her hair:

 

The markers you need are: E11, E13, E15, E18, E29

I generally divide the hair in small areas and colour them one at a time.

 

 

Start with E13 in the darkest areas making quick light-handed strokes following the shape of the hair; use a quite light colour to define where you want the strokes:

 

Then use a little darker colour, E15, for the same strokes, but make them just a little shorter:

Now simply continue the same lines with E13 again; narrow only the tips of the darker lines! 

 

Add some new darker strokes with E18:

 



 

continue them with E15:

 

and soften the tips again with E13:

 

Now  add some E11 to the darkest part of the lightest areas (it means near the darkest zone of the hair):

 



 

Finally add some E00 to the lightest part of the lightest areas (it genereally means on the centre of the zone that we are colouring):

 





 

Make the same with the other side:

 

 

Here I also added some touches of E29 on the darkest areas to give some more depth.

 

same tecnique with the other areas.

 

I hope this little tutorial can help, the only thing you have to practice is thin lines;

you will need a little bit of patience, but the result will pay you back!

 

♥♥♥

 

Here is the complete list of Copic markers I've used:

 Skin:
 E0000-E000-E00-E11+R20 for cheecks;
 

 Hair:
 E11-E13-E15-E18-E29;

Dress and Shoes:

RV91-RV93-RV95 + some touches of Prismacolor Pencils; 

 

Holly:

RV91-RV93-RV95
G21-G24-YG67;

Wings:

C1-C3.

Thanks for stopping by,

Franz.