Copic Owls

As you know, I am currently running a contest on my Memory Box blog that combines markers with some of the new Woodland Springtime images.  In honor of the contest, I thought I would post my own card that features Copic markers as well as some of the new release stamps. 

For today's card, I stamped the owlette (B1254) inside the dotty ring (c1252) using black Memento ink.  I repeated this step nine times until I got all of the owls I wanted.  I then colored the images with an assortment of Copic markers that matched my 6" x 6" Sprout collection paper and added a saying (owl be the first B1247) to a strip of Cherry Blossom paper using black VersaFine ink.  I punched each of images using a 1 1/4" circle punch and then glued everything onto my card.

I wanted to walk you through coloring the owls with a little more detail.  I colored the owls with my Warm Gray pens #1 and #3.  The warm grays have a hint of brown to them that I thought would work well for coloring birds.

I first colored over the entire owl with Warm Gray No. 1.  I even colored over the eyes and beak with the marker.

Next, I added some shading with the Warm Gray No. 3.  I tried to add more ink to the bottom of the owl and then lightly feathered the Warm Gray No. 3 into the first layer of Warm Gray No. 1.  As you can see, I still had a rather distinct line between the two grays.

Finally, I went back and added more Warm Gray No. 1 to the bottom of the owl to smooth the color and get rid of the line between the colors.

Here is a picture of the three pens I used to color the circles.  I used each pen to color three circles.  I chose these pens because they matched the stripes in my paper.

I used the same green around each of the rings so that there would be unity between the various circles.

I hope you feel inspired to enter your own marker card for my contest.  The deadline is March 28th and is fast approaching.  More information about my contest as well as the other 3 Memory Box contests can be found in the right sidebar of my blog.  I encourage you to enter all four.  It never hurts to "go for the gold!"

Comments

[Diana Foster]

WOW, these are gorgeous, Laura!

[Linda Beeson]

Isn't that card cute! I like the way you varied the color of the background in your coloring.

[Tami]

This is just outstanding Laura. WOW. I just posted a MB card on my blog. I love how you colored this card. Thanks for the great directions. I want the stamps now. Darn it. Dave is the master and you are so talented. Back to check out your blog. I love COPICS. Thanks!

[Kelly Booth]

I just got this OWL...Can't wait to try him!! Your Card is so Cute Laura...Love it....

[Jane]

Thank you for the tutorial! I am just learning how to use Copic markers and I am thankful for the idea. I will try this today! Your card is wonderful!