Saturday 27 February 2016

Sketchy condolences

Hi Crafters,

 today I'd like to show you a card that was inspired by a brilliant technique  video I saw on youtube the other day. Unfortunately today I don't remember where exactly that was, I've been searching the web for an hour. If anyone recognises the design, please let me know, so I can give credit.

I really wish I could draw, but I just don't have that talent, so I have to fake it.

I went to my local art supplies store an got two shades of grey Polychromos pencils, special for this technique. I already had a white one and I used the black outliner pencil from my Inktense set. With those I set out to try it myself.


I stamped one of the flowers of a Tim Holtz stamp set. Then I sketched in my shadow areas with a light grey at first, darkening the deepest shadows layer after layer.

At first I thought I didn't like it, but then I put it aside and looked at it with a little more distance and suddenly I did, so I decided to make it into a card.

I cut it down and used a border punch on the top edge. Then I cut an off-white card base and a black matte, also with a punched border.

For a sentiment I picked a German sympathy sentiment just because of the non-colour scheme. 

Have a nice week-end
Ela




4 comments:

  1. Such a beautiful and serene card, a perfect sympathy design! I try and pin the cards that I like for inspiration, saves hours of web search... or not lol.

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  2. Wow, this is so beautiful Ela, it looks like you draw the image yourself!

    Love and hugs
    Maarit

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  3. Super schön! (Auch wenn es eine Trauerkarte ist)
    Mal etwas ganz anderes und auch nicht so "normal spießig". Gefällt mir richtig gut!
    LG

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  4. Beautiful colouring, I love how you have done this card.

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