Catch up post!

Hi all! I can't believe I neglected my blog! Let's get that fixed right now with a  "CATCH UP POST!"

Whe-hey! First things first, I've become a Clowdie. I recently joined Kit and Clowder an online colouring community where the amazing owner Alyce creates classes for everyone, beginner or a pro! These classes are jam packed full of learning info, booklets, videos discounts on images that she has worked with. I highly recommend these classes to anyone. There are no time limits on the classes once you have them they are yours forever allowing you to learn at your own pace around your life. You can upload your colourings and you will get feedback on them hints and tips on how to change something if your unhappy and she gives feedback in  her Facebook colouring group here which I recommend you join the community is friendly and helpful and quite motivating!


Now I want to to show you my first image coloured with Kit and Clowder's monthly classes (You get a choice of pencils/markers or you can buy both) These classes suit anyone really as long as you have some knowledge of colouring. July's pencils class uses "Butterfly girl" by LineArtsy which can be found on etsy.

I've coloured this image using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils on Canson imagine a4 paper. The paper was a bit too smooth for these pencils though, so my blending has been limited to a few layers. Alyce recommends that you use paper with more tooth to it such as Canson Mi-Teintes which is a honeycombed grained paper that's double sided. It can be bought on Amazon uk if your from the uk like me. They do A3 and A4 roughly around £15 for a pack of 50 sheets. I suggest that you keep this paper for your better pieces after you've done some practising as it isn't cheap. I'm yet to purchase this my self due to funds, however I'm going to be using Winston and Newton's medium grain surface 160gsm A3 paper in the mean time whilst I practice.

If you like texture like me though I recommend you get hold of some Linen/hammered card that can go through your printer. I use a 260gsm zeta card I got mine from ebay. On my latest colouring (below) I have used this linen textured card. Please bare in mind as it's thick the layering does take time and I had to use a blending stump pressing down in circular motions with a lot of pressure I then had to come back in with my lightest pencil eggshell and then a white pencil to help smooth it out more. It's totally worth it though in my opinion. Just do it in short bursts if you have weaker hands/hand problems.

Mediums: Koh-I-Noor Magic pencils, Koh-I-Noor progresso pencils, Koh-I-Noor soft pastel in purple and Prisma colors for the skin these being (darkest to lightest) Chocolate, Burnt Ochre, beige sienna, peach, beige, eggshell, white

Well that wraps things up for today I hope you enjoyed viewing my work!
Thanks for stopping by

Larissa :)