Hello everybody!
A couple of months after I posted my Stag Christmas image I was diagnosed with PVD (Posterior Vitreous Detachment) which affected my vision and I had to stop drawing.
I am now thankfully able to get back to doing what I love, albeit I'm taking it slowly.
Back in April 2020, Caroline McFarlane-Watts from Tall Tale Productions released a free colouring page - she set it as a #talltalescoloringchallenge during lockdown.
Oh well, I'm only 4 years late!
I had such fun colouring this and I even remembered to take some photographs along the way.
It features some of Caroline's characters, including Hortense with her creepy stole.
I was a little rusty at first but it soon started to click again. The picture is highly detailed and it was far too fiddly for Copics alone, so I enhanced my colouring with coloured pencils (Caran D'Ache Pablos and Luminance)
As I have done in the past, I printed the image in pale grey so I could achieve that "no lines colouring" look.
I can even see my technique improving as I moved down the page, the lower half definitely has more depth and richness of colour.
Maybe that's why Hortense is not looking too happy!
Nearly there!
The owls were a "hoot" to colour!
But, oh boy, those curls took ages to complete.
I am pretty chuffed with the end result and it feels really good being back in the studio.
Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Until next time
Happy Colouring
first....Welcome back!!!! OHMYGOSH JANE YOU HAVE BEEN SOOOOO MISSED!!! And how scary the PVD must have been, and I am so thankful that you are back in your studio again.
ReplyDeleteThat image is incredibly funny, and as always your coloring is breathtaking and as one of your biggest fans, I can't wait to see more :)