Squirrely Challenge - Pencil Resist


 The end of January brings us to our second Squirrely Challenge, using the Pencil Resist technique from the December 2010 issue.  All you need are some good stamps, colored pencils and some distress inks!

The hard part for me is coloring the images in, not my strongest area of stamping.  Then you have to pick colors that will enhance the colored part of your image, not always and easy task.  Usually a color wheel helps me - I have a small one pinned up on the bulletin board by where I work.  I usually find using complimentary colors works well, the colors across from each other on the wheel. (yellow & purple, red & green).  Also working with a triad or tetrad works well, usually the back of your color wheel will help explain all of this.

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Comments

Maria Ontiveros said…
Love the papillon cards. That's a kit I was sorry to have missed. One of the Dina Wakley art journal classes I took had several lessons on colors, and it was really helpful. I do keep a color wheel on my desk, too.
Rinda
Jen said…
Did I mention how much I love these cards? Of course, hard to go wrong with Papillon AND anything about the seashore. I am looking forward to diving into this technique. I think it's one I will enjoy.
Rachelle said…
That Papillon stamp seems perfect for this technique. I definitely need to catch up on some back issues. So how do you become a Squirrely girl?
Chrissie said…
Nancy - you somehow are able to make Papillon even more beautiful with your brilliant technique execution!!