Bandana Technique

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This cute card is one of Pat Huntoon’s creations. Pat is the owner of the TECHNIQUE JUNKIE NEWSLETTER

This newsletter is published bi-monthly and is chaulked full of unique and inspiring techniques. This month’s issue includes the bandana technique, as seen in Pat’s card.

I have been asked many times if the newsletter is worth purchasing, and I always respond with a yes. Here is why:

• Six glossy paper issues arrive in your mailbox each year.
• There is a website for subscribers only. Step-by-step photos are provided for each tutorial described in the paper issue.
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• Techniques are unique to the TJ newsletter. You will not find Pat’s tutorials on my blog.
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Enhance the beauty of your card with the colour wheel

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In response to the many e-mails I received regarding the use of the colour wheel, here is some information to get your started. Store bought colour wheels are designed to make life easier for you. The top piece of cardboard has holes cut into them that highlight what colours work well together. My Colour Me Beautiful tutorial describes how I used the colour wheel when I coloured my image.

Associated Colours

These colours are side by side. To pick these colours out, look at the colour wheel and pick out one colour. Now look on either side of the colour you picked. Those three colours are “associated” and work well together.

Different Shades

Using the same colour, but in different shades, work well together. Another name for using this style together is called monochromatic. Look at the colour wheel and choose one colour. Notice the various shades of one colour.

Opposing Colours

Opposites really do attract. This is one of my favorite ways to use colour. Look at one colour on the wheel and then look at the colour directly across from it. This style is one of my favourite when colouring images as seen in Colour Me Beautiful.

Another way to use the colour wheel

If you look at the colour wheel in my Colour Me Beautiful tutorial, you will see that the main colour I chose sits at the top of the wheel. There are three colours highlighted below. The colour wheel tells me that there are three colours that work well with the top colour.

This information should answer your questions. If you have any comments or questions, please leave them for me and I will be happy to help you out. Listed below are some of my favourite links related to colour:

COLOUR RELATED LINKS

COLOURlovers

Fashion Trendsetter

Kuler

Stamp’n Up Colour Combo

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Tutorial Tuesday: Colour Me Beautiful

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Today on Tutorial Tuesday, I will be providing you with lots of pictures full of information and inspiration focusing on colouring with Prismacolor pencil crayons. These pencil crayons provide a professional finish when blended with Odorless Mineral Spirits, also known as Gamsol or Odorless Turpenoid. This Odorless Mineral Spirit (OMS) can be found at your local craft and hobby store.
For more information on Prismacolor pencil crayons you can read a recent post of mine entitled Colour Your World with Prismacolour.

As I colour, I blend after each area is coloured. For purpose of this tutorial, I am colouring the entire image before I blend. I hope you enjoy this tutorial.

Supplies:
Prismacolour Pencil Crayons
Odorless Mineral Spirits/Gamsol/Odorless Terponoid
Tortillions (paper sticks)
Permanent Ink Pad (such as VersaMark or Versafine)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Colour your image, leaving areas free of pencil crayon. Here you can see I added pink to the flesh tone, to give the cheek a pink tint.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The hat is coloured gold. Notice the large area left uncoloured. This allows even a lighter area of gold once it has been blended.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To add a 3-D look to an image, darker shades are used, and this is called “shadowing” or “shading.” To add a shadow, imagine where an item is blocked by the sun. In this photo, the sun hits the tip of the hat, leaving the area around the rim in the shadow. A shadow will also sit around the ears. When two lines butt up against each other I often colour that area darker, thus creating a depth as if the item is indented.

 
 
 
 
 

When I colour an image, I chose at least two areas that will be coloured using two different colours. Once again, this adds interest to the image. Here, I chose blue as the main colour for the pants. The blue was coloured in a random pattern, leaving uncoloured areas for reasons explained next.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

One item that I often refer to is the colour wheel (I have an upcoming post related to the use of the colour wheel). I decided that I would like the pants to contain two different colours. Wondering what would be the best choice, I looked to see what complemented the colour blue. There were three colours to choose from: red, gold/brown and yellow. I chose gold.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Next, the gold is coloured in a random pattern, leaving some areas free of colour. When the pants are blended, the joining of the two colours, along with the uncoloured areas, will reveal a lovely variety of colour.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Like the pants, the boots were coloured with two colours–a light green and a dark green. The jacket was coloured, leaving areas of white so that the colour is lighter in the bottom area. Notice how the vest is left uncoloured on the bottom as well. As I go along, I add darker areas in the areas that need shadows. If you do not have a deeper shade of the colour you are using, then use brown in the shadows. When blended, it will look lovely.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Now it is time to colour the fish. I like to add as much interest to my image as I can, so once again I pulled out my colour wheel to see what colour would work well. Because the moon is yellow, I put that colour at the top of my wheel. There were three lovely colours to choose, and I picked purple because the colour was not in the image at all. Just like decorating a house, splashes of different colours is visually appealing.

 
 
 
 

Now it is time to blend my image. Here you can see the OMS I am working with. It was chosen for no particular reason. Any OMS is good. Gamsol may be just a little bit better.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

These are paper tortillions made specifically for blending. A starter kit is very handy to have because it comes with several shapes and sizes of paper tips, and it also comes with a hand held pad of sand paper. The sand paper is used to sand the colour off of the colour and to sharpen the points. I have many shapes and sizes of tortillions so I do not have to sand a lot.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The larger the area to be blended, the larger the tip I use.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In small areas I use small tips. This tip was used in the vest area, including along the blue vest edge.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

There is a lot of blending in this image. Notice the white area on the hat that was specifically left without a dark colour. Can’t you imagine the sun hitting that area? Under the shirt you can see how I added brown to the top of the pants because I felt it was in a shadowed area. There are no mistakes with colouring and blending. Experiment, have fun and play.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

You are now ready to finish your card.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Another close-up.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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