Take a look at the next sketch from Freshly Made Sketches! This one is brought to us by the wonderful Rita Wright of Rita’s Creations. This is one of those that can be used as-is or flipped. Either is sure to be fantastic!
For mine, I kept the sketch horizontal but used a rectangle. You see, back when I got to go visit my friend Cindy Elam she showed me her techniques for watercoloring. I have to say that she is an actual artist. She draws the most beautiful things and has such talent. Of course it makes sense that her coloring would bring that artistry! She showed me how she colors this truck and gives it the nuances of light and shadow. While I’d love to take credit, all I did was mimic her work. Look at this card to see how she colored it. The truck is stamped in Soft Suede and then colored with more Soft Suede. I added some Cajun Craze for the apples and Night of Navy for the sky. Most of the work is done with a Blender Pen. I did use my Aqua Painter for a little extra blending of the sky. Rita’s sketch was the perfect showcase for this panel and I’m happy I finally found the right home for it.
The design team has created a lovely variety of cards with the sketch and you are sure to love them. I hope you will be able to join us on this one!
I hope to be back on Friday with a card I’ll be making tomorrow with my stamp club. It is loaded with Summer Smooches! Thanks for stopping in. See you again soon!
Stamp: Countryside; Paper: Watercolor, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Naturals Ivory; Ink: Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Night of Navy; Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Quilted Espresso Ribbon (ret), Antique Brads, Blender Pen, Aqua Painter
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Your work is amazing. I really like this x
That’s some awesome coloring you did there my friend! I just can’t seem to get the hang of it. Maybe I need to make friends with Cindy too! 🙂
This is beautiful! I can’t watercolor at all! I need a remedial class for sure! Love the colors and feeling of serenity with this card!
Hey… mimicking works! Wish I could learn! Awesome detail and one gorgeous card. Psst…we have a watercolouring challenge over at the Paper Players…just sayin’…
Gorgeous! And you may have learned from the master (Cindy), but it still takes a good eye and sensitive touch to get it right, and you have both in spades!
I think this has to be one of the best cards I’ve ever seen, I really love it! The colors you used, the embossing, the simple ribbon and brad all showcasing a wonderful image. Love it!
This is gorgeous, absolutely a beaut! Each of the layers works together so well… I just keep staring at it! And do you know, I never thought to stamp this image in a lighter brown and then color it in with a wash of the same. Looks vintage-y and nice on the eyes. TFS!
Absolutely gorgeous card! The coloring is fantastic — you’re a quick learner and Cindy is a great teacher!
You learned well, Grasshopper! Actually, you took to it like a duck to water – I hardly did any teaching! Hmmm, now I need to go do something with that great sketch. 🙂
Your card is beautiful Jennifer. Your colouring is absolutely fantastic, even if you did have a little help 🙂 I love the addition of the brad too.
Beautiful! You are so lucky to have Cindy show you her coloring technique! I can tell you took to it well.
Gorgeous watercoloring! This image is so wonderful for it too. Isn’t our little world of crafting friends wonderful?! Such a generous and positive group 🙂 I am so glad YOU are part of it 🙂
Oh my gosh, it looks like you’ve been doing this forever. It’s absolutely perfect. I also like the texture and elements. Perfect Man-Card!
This is absolutely fantastic! Your watercoloring really shows off that fabulous image. LOVE it!!!
I love this set and you’ve done a great job on the coloring. Great card!
Wow …. your colouring is outstanding …. you’ve taken those tips and created your own masterpiece, you have definitely captured the shadows and highlights and worked it beautifully …. a terrfic card! Hope to see more watercoloring creations!!!
Love the shading on your truck and the colours are fab. x
what everyone else said – this is gorgeous – I think you or Cindy really should consider doing a tutorial for the rest of us 😉 I just can’t get the hang of those blender pens!
Jen, I remember Cindy’s truck card and I’d have to say that it’s easy to see that your time with Cindy was well spent! Awesome card!
Simply FABULOUS! Wow you’ve colored this to perfection, great card!!
Your coloring is simply awesome. Love this card.
What an awesome card!! You sure can take credit for a beautifully colored image!!!