FMS148

Here's a beautiful little FREE Birdie image from the AMAZINGLY, ARTISTICLY talented Susanne Rose! When I saw a mixed media project she'd created using this little one I knew I had to have her too! So Susanne sent me HERE to download her for FREE!

Now once I had that little file on my computer, I couldn't wait to get out my Prisma Color Pencils and start coloring. It's an easy image to color and I "flew" through the process!

Today I am featuring this little cutie on my creation for Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #148. Enjoy!

Just in case you'd like to play along with the sketch challenge at Freshly Made below is the sketch.

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Betty J Schaub

Lavinia7

Lavinia Challenge #7 -- Add a Flower

I chose one of the fairies watering her garden for my image. It's a digital image and I printed it onto glossy photo paper and colored with my Copics. I'm so pleased with the way she turned out. When I first looked at the image I didn't know what I was going to do. Then I started coloring the fairy and the rest just fell into place. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! and when my coloring was complete I added some Ranger pearl paints to it.

I have only just found Lavinia stamps. But I think I will be a "frequent flyer". Pun intended. If you'd like to play along with Lavinia's challenge you can find it on her blog HERE. If you'd like to purchase some of her lovely whimsical stamps you can do that HERE.

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Betty J Schaub

MOJO308

MoJo Monday at Verve. Challenge #308 to use the sketch Julee provided.

 For my card I chose the Bundle from Stampin' Up! Backyard Basics and I used stamps and dies from the bundle. I love to color birds so that was an easy choice for me. I added the flowers as an after thought. I chose to color them to look like the purple iris. To embellish I used a scrap of ribbon, a hat pin and a piece of bling from SU Frosted Finishes.

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Betty J Schaub

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TPP159

Today I am playing along with  The Paper Players challenge #159. Below is my card for the challenge. I chose the "Black Magic" technique for my card. The more I try this technique the more I fall in love with it. It's basically stamping your image in WHITE ink onto BLACK cs. Then when the ink dries you use your color pencils to color the image. Then you come back with a white Signo Gel pen and highlight. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeazy!

For my card I chose Close to My Heart's Treasures stamp set. I used the largest dandelion flower and the straight stem along side of the sentiment stamp in the collection. The butterfly is from Stampin' Up! Best of Butterflies which is one of their anniversary stamp sets. I colored with my PrismaColor Pencils. I invested in their 132 ct pencil set and I just adore coloring with them. They work perfectly for this technique. 

Go ahead and give the "Black Magic" a try. I know you will love it as much as I.

Here's the challenge at The Paper Players this week.

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Betty J Schaub

Whimsy Girls Drawings

Recently I signed up for a drawing class online with Megan King Suarez. When you sign up Megan provides you with a password and link to the workshops' video tutorials. I chose the WhimsyGirls workshop. Megan also offers Whimsy Mermaids reg. $45, Cute and Creepy reg. $45, Journal Jar Project reg. $85 and coming soon....Whimsy Fairies $65. 
Below are my Whimsy Girls in the order in which I drew them:

I am enjoying the drawing and the coloring. Some mornings though I think I need to do drawing stretching exercises with my hands before I begin. As you can see with my last Whimsy Girl my hand was pretty shaky. Still, I like her. Foibles and all!

Thanks for looking. Your creative criticism is greatly appreciated.

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Betty J Schaub

Doodling Henna

This is MY version of what I saw on  the 'Mir'acle Art Inspiration blog. Since I could not find a tutorial for the design I just free hand drew my hand then doodles in the lines.

I started my project by brayering Rich Razzleberry, then Calypso Coral, ending with Daffodil Delight. Then I just started drawing a hand. Once the hand was drawn I doodled.

I'm off now for my vacay. See yall next week!

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Betty J Schaub