Hello everyone! I am so glad you are here with me today, as I have two cards to share with you featuring some of the new Altenew Artist Marker colors and colored pencils!
Note, this post is part of the Altenew Marker Release Blog Hop; if you have already been hopping along with us, you should have arrived from Svitlana Shayevich’s blog.
I recently was at a retreat for Kathy Racoosin’s 30-Day Coloring Challenge Road Trip. While I was there, I colored one of the floral panels you see on these cards. It was a fun weekend of sharing time with friends I know; and I got to spend time with many of you that I knew only as my blog readers or YouTube viewers!
The stamp set is the Spring Daisy set from Altenew; I had packed my new Altenew Artist Markers (along with their previously released markers) into my travel bag (plus a million other supplies! LOL!). While at the retreat, I slowly colored away with my markers and then added additional details with my Prismacolor pencils. I will say, that this did take quite a bit of time, but it was worth the effort!
During the retreat Kathy Racoosin was sharing some of her favorite tips and tricks for coloring with us. One of which was her “nooks and crannies” technique, where she takes a really dark, black pencil and adds small shaded areas in the corners of her image. Well, I thought it would be fun to take a spin off her technique and instead use a brighter color, not black. I chose a scarlet red pencil, which is very intense and contrasts the yellows and oranges in my flowers. The difference it makes to your coloring is pretty awesome!
I hope you will watch the video below to see the coloring techniques used in these cards, as well as see the new Altenew markers in action! Thanks for visiting with me today; I will be back soon with more ideas to share!
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Gorgeous cards, thanks for the video!
Learned something new today. Your colouring techniques are inspiring. Thankyou.
Gorgeous!! Love how the markers and the pencil crayons work together – great coloring tips too. I just ordered all three marker sets and can’t wait to play with them.
Love the coloring technique you used for the flowers. I would not have thought of leaving the tips white. Thanks for the inspiration
Ooh love the yellows!!
Beautiful card! Love how vibrant the colours are.
Your card is so bright and cheery. Thanks for sharing the technique video.
Beautiful coloring of the flowers. I need to practice some more! Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous cards! Love this!!!💞
Thanks for sharing ☺️
God bless!
Nina, these are both so beautiful, the colours of the markers and pencils are amazing together. So apparently it doesn’t damage the marker tips to colour over the pencils? Good to know.
Wonderful cards. Thankyou for adding the video too. I would not of thought putting pencil over the markers….great idea Thankyou. I’m looking forward to watching your you tube videos and getting lots of hints tips and inspiration. Thankyou for sharing your talent and being the Altenew November release blog hop. Xx
How beautiful. Your coloring is wonderful. Thanks for including the video.
Your sunflowers are absolutely gorgeous !
I love the creativity!
I love how you use pencils to add detail. This is truly beautiful. Thanks.
Gorgeous! Love how vibrant your colours are.
Beautiful and vivid…always great to use multiple colouring mediums.
What a great card, the colors are so vibrant and real. I love the way you used Markers and Pencils together. I new the “nooks and crannies” technique but did it never in a other color then black. So I found it awesome to see that you used a red pencil. Thank you so much for your video, I have learned a lot from it.