Hey everyone! Elaineabella here again with another festive themed Marker Geek Monday post for you. This week I’ve got some suggestions for colouring our adorable new Rudolph the Reindeer stamps from the Holiday 2016 release. Click through to check it out.

Stamping Bella Rudolph Reindeer Stamps:

There are three adorable new reindeer stamps in the latest release. Check them all out HERE.

In my posts today I have used Rudolph the Skating Reindeer. Love him! You can also see a fun card design featuring Rudolph in Sandiebella’s DT Thursday Envelope Card tutorial from last week.

Here on the Stamping Bella blog today I’m going to talk a little about colouring Rudolph with COLOURED PENCILS!

If you’re looking for Copic Marker combos for Rudolph, head on over to my blog where I’ve got a whole sheet of Copic Marker Combo suggestions for you: Copic Reindeer Combos & Earth Tones.

Coloured Pencil Combos for Rudolph:

I have put together a few combos for colouring Rudolph using Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencils. I know that many of you use Prismacolor pencils, and I did try to come up with some of those but sadly my Prismacolor pencils did not want to play nicely. I don’t have all of the brown shades, and those that I do have are unfortunately not in the best shape (see my previous post about Prismacolor Pencils Vs Polychromos). I do have a few suggestions for Prismacolor colours you could try, so keep reading!

All of the examples were coloured purely using the pencils, no blending medium, on hot-pressed watercolour paper. If you’re looking for some tips on selecting paper to use with your coloured pencils, read my previous post: Paper Choices for Coloured Pencil.

My favourite is the top one. Which one do you like?

Prismacolor Pencil Suggestions:

Here are a few combo suggestions that I was considering:

• Fur: Dark Umber, Dark Brown, Chocolate Antlers: Dark Brown, Chocolate, White Nose: Crimson Lake, Scarlet Lake, White
• Fur: Dark Brown, Chocolate, Light Umber Antlers: Dark Brown, Chocolate, White Nose: Crimson Lake, Scarlet Lake, White
• Fur: Dark Brown, Terra Cotta, Burnt Ochre Antlers: Dark Brown, Chocolate, White Nose: Crimson Lake, Scarlet Lake, White

If you use a blending medium such as Gamsol or Zest-It with a paper stump or brush, you may very well like to try using some of these colours on their own too. In fact when colouring purely with the pencils you could of course use less colours and vary the pressure you use to vary the intensity of colour. Play with your pencils and see what looks good to you.

Give it a go and report back! Let me know how your experiments go. 🙂

Over To You!

If you try out the techniques or colour combos shown in this post with your Stamping Bella stamps, be sure to share! We would love to see the results and hear how you feel about them. Show off your creations in the comments below and even better, share your own favourite tips with us. Let’s talk colour!

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Until next time, HAPPY COLOURING!

MWAH

Elaineabella