Dragon ....make a wish

Hi Everyone, it's Saskia here for the last time.

I am so busy with my work and study that I have to stop all my work for Copic Marker Europe and Copic Marker Netherlands.

Because of that pressure, I also made a step by step tutorial, without text.
But I think that the photos adequately explain.

I do not like busy cards anymore. Partly because the attention is then removed from the colouring work. I made this card especially for the son of one of my best friends.

The dragon and text are stamps by My Favorite Things.

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I used the following Copic Markers to colour this image:

Yellow-orange shades: Y35-Y38 and YR04-07-08

Purple shades: V09-12-15-17

Grey shades: W00-0-1-3

   

 I hope you have read this post with pleasure.

Of course I do not stop with colouring with Copic Markers ....

so you're still are going to see my creations coming by on the net.

Felicity at Christmas

Hi Everyone, it's Saskia here.

It's almost Christmas. Before we know it, it's 2018.

A new year full of new opportunities.

For me personally, it will be year with a lot of changes. 

 This time I have transformed a summer image into a Christmas image.

I have coloured Felicity in the traditional Christmas colours,

so you too can create a Christmas picture.

Because I'm so busy with my studies and work this time I only have a photo tutorial for you.

But I think the pictures give enough explanation: 

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The image is a digital stamp "Felicity" from Alicia Bel.

I used the following Copic Markers to colour this image:

Skin: E000 - E00 - E21 - E11

Hair: R35 - R37 - R39 - C7 - C9 - 110
Red tones :  R35 - R37 - R39 - R59

Green tones: YG01 - YG03 - YG06 - YG09 - G07

Shoes: C5 - C7 - C9

 I hope you have read this post with pleasure.

Until next time!

We are the Adams Family

Hi Everyone, it's Saskia here.

It's almost Halloween. I really like Halloween.   I am a very big fan of all kinds of creepy stories and series. One of my favorites, I think, is The Adams Family.

Before I show you how to easily create ghost windows with Copic Markers. Let me first tell you a little bit where Halloween comes from.

This information comes from Wikipedia.

Halloween is a holiday that is traditionally celebrated in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. Meanwhile, the party is becoming more and more popular in the Netherlands, Belgium and other European countries.

On the 31st of October, children will dress and bell or knock when darkness occurs at nearby houses decorated with pumpkins and light and call trick or treat, choosing between a trick or something trick (treat, usually sweets). The residents then give the children candies. Young adults sometimes go to Halloween.
 

The name "Halloween" is derived from Hallow-e'en, or All Hallows Eve (All Saints Evening), the evening for All Saints, November 1st.  In the Celtic calendar the year began on November 1st, so October 31 was New Year's Eve. The harvest was then in, the seed for the following year was ready and so had a free day, the Celtic New Year or Samhain (Saun pronunciation, which became the Irish word for the month of November).
 

Samhain was also very special for another reason.

On the island of Great Britain, Halloween was celebrated especially by the Celts, who believed that on that day the spirits of all died of the past year returned to try to inherit a living body for the coming year. The spirits that would rise from dead people were attracted by laying down food for them in front of the doors. However, to ward off the evil spirits, the Celts wore masks. When the Romans invaded Britain, they mixed the Celtic tradition with their own traditions, which at the end of October involved the celebration of the harvest and also the honor of the dead.

In the 9th century a European Christian use crossed the sea and mixed up with the halloween party. On all souls (November 2), clattered Christians walked around the villages and prayed for soul cake (bread with currants). For each loaf, they promised to pray for the dead relatives of the donor, in order to speed up his liberation from the temporal punishment of purgatory, thus speeding up his incarnation in. The trick or tread may well originate. 

 In the United States, the party especially rose during the second half of the 19th century when large groups of Irish and Scottish immigrants entered the country. In the US, the famous jack-o'-lantern appeared in this time, a hollowed pumpkin that appears on a face. Worldwide this may have become the most famous symbol of Halloween. For much of the 20th century, Halloween in the US was especially a children's party. During this children's party, the children dress at the door (often accompanied by an elder) in the evening and ask for a treat (trick or treat). The intention is to frighten those who open the window. Often the resident has candy in the house, from which the children can choose. The participating houses are recognizable by visible halloween decorations. From the 1980s, it became more and more a celebration for adults.   The dressings and the griege aspect became increasingly important after this time.

Easy way for colouring Ghost Windows.

 Step 1: First colour your first part of the window with BG93.

 Step 2: Then you colour the other half with YR31.

Step 3: You go with W3 all over both colours. By mixing these colours you get spooky look on the windows.




The images are digital stamps "Gomez and Morticia"  and "Wednesday and Pugsley" from Vera Lane Studio. The house is a digital stamps "Spooky-house" from Make it Crafty.

 

 

I used the following Copic Markers to colour:

Gomez:
Skin: E50 - 51 - 53

Hair: C10 - V17 - 110

Business suite: V12 - 15 - 17 - 09

Blouse: V20 - 25

Tie: V28 - V17

Shoes: V17 - C10 - 110

 

 

Morticia:

Skin: E00 - W2

Hair: C10 - V15 - V17

Dress : 110 - C10 - C8 - BV08

 

 

Wednesday:

Skin: E50 - 51

Hair: C8 -10 - B95

Eyes: W3 - E53

Dress en shoes: B97 - 99

 

 

Pugsley:

Skin : E000 - 00 - 21

Hair: YR24 - 27 - Y38

Shirt: W5 - 7 - 9 & YR23 - Y38 - 35
Pants en shoes: W5 - 7 - 9

TNT: B95 - 97

Background: Y38 - B95 - BG07 on Yupo paper with Activator and white Gesso

The Soopky House:

Roof: E04 - R56 - 59 and RV69
Wood: E74 - 77 and - W3 - 5 -7

Windows: B93 - YR93 - W3 

I hope you have read this post with pleasure.

Until next time!



 

Mom's Little Monsters ............ green skin

Hi Everyone, it's Saskia here.

It's almost autumn. Before we know it, it's done with the beautiful weather.
Colouring the leaves is another great source of inspiration for many people.
But also the different holidays are coming back. One of those days is Halloween.

Maybe that's my favorite holiday. I only feel so sorry that we do not celebrate that holiday in The Netherlands.

But fortunately, I can colour all kinds of nice digital prints that are related to Halloween
This time I chose an image by The Paper Shelter. It's called Mom's Little Monsters.

This time I want to show you how to colour a green skin.

I'm  not going to explain it so much. I think you can see what the intention is from the pictures

 I'm going to tell only which colour I've used.

 In addition to Copic Markers I also used Molotow Marker white, Molotow Liquid Chrome and embossing powder.

 Image 1: YG61   -  Image 2: YG63  -  Image 3: YG97 - Image 4: G24

 Image 5 : YG61 - Image 6: G24 - Image 7: YG63 - Image 8 : YG63
 

 Image 9: YG95 - Image 10: G21 - Image 11: YG63 -  Image 12: YG61

Image 13: YG61 - Image 14: YG61 - Image 15: G91 - Image 16: YG61

Image 17: G21 - Image 18: YG95-97 - Image 19: R35-37 Image 20: R32

Copic Marker Colours: YG61-63, G21-24, YG95-97, R32-35-37 , Y13
Molotow Markers White

 Copic Marker Colours: W0-1-2-4-6,  YG95-97 and Molotow Liquid Chrome

Copic Marker Colours for girl
Skin: E000-00-51-53 G21

Hair: G21-24 and C5-7

Green shades: G1-24-28-29

Purple shades: BV01-02-04-08
Moon relfection: Y11-13

Moon: Y26-28-32-35-38

Caine: R32-35-37 , W1-3-5 

Head stones: W3, E41-42-43, G21-24

Ground: E49-55-59-71-74-77-79

Sky: B45

I hope you have read this post with pleasure.

Until next time!

Crowntail Betta Fish

Hi Everyone, it's Saskia here.

A Crowntail Betta fish is maybe one of the most beautiful in the world.

Betta fish originated in the warm waters of Thailand, formerly known as Siam.

Crowntail Betta fish (Betta splendens), also called Siamese Fighting Fish, are a very popular breed with fish tank owners. Deriving the name from their unique tail fin characteristics, male Crowntail Bettas create a dramatic first impression with their vivid colors and flashy fin extensions.

Today I want to show you how you can draw an easy ocean background.

 

Step 1: First, you colour a fairly thick line with BG10.
Step 2: With BG11 you draw thin flicks to about two-thirds of the line you put with BG10. (You do not have to blend it yet. That will come in a later stage)

 Step 3:  BG34 you draw little swipes, about one third of the bottom of the line.

After this step you start to blend.

First start with BG34, after that you start to blend with the other colours.

Step 4: First, you colour a fairly thick line with BG0000.  

 Step 5: With BG000 you draw thin flicks to about two-thirds of the line you put with BG0000. (You do not have to blend it yet. That will come in a later stage)

  Step 6:  BG01 you draw little swipes, about one third of the bottom of the line.

After this step you start to blend.

First start with BG01, after that you start to blend with the other colours

Repeat all steps until you have done the whole background.

 With these photos I want to show you how I coloured the head and body of the Crowntail Fish.

First of all, I start with a base and then I continue colouring. Everything goes on feeling.

I'm not trying to think but just go with the flow.

  

The image is a digital stamp "Betta Fish Crowntail"  from Fabrika Fantasy.

I used the following Copic Markers to colour this print.

Crowntail Fish: Y35-38 and YR04-07-09

Background: BG0000 - 000 - 01 and BG10 - 11 - 34

Copic Opaque White for the dots

On the bubbles: Mod Podge Dimensional Magic.

I hope you have read this post with pleasure.

Until next time!