February 21, 2011
94 Comments
today is the day sistahs! You can now watch me colour a beeyootiful face using prismacolors and mineral spirits.. Please don’t look at the conditions of my hands.. they are sooo bad 🙁
I hope the video is informative and useful 🙂
let me know your thoughts.. place a comment and I will pick a random winner and send the cute Arthur and Annie to you!
enjoy the FEATURE FILM and there are lots more to come
today is family day in Toronto so we are spending a quiet day playing dominoes and art journaling and stamping..
mwah to da sistahs who learn something new
Em
you are a natural!!!! I love it! Now I want to put up those Copics! LOL
Could these guys be any cuter! Great tutorial… I don’t use my pencils enough!
OMG – I love it. I use Prismacolor pencils, and I realized when watching this that I use too much Gamsol. Thank you for doing this, Em. xoxo
Peace, Jenn
What a great video! Thanks for the helpful shading tips – great job and adorable image!
Great video. Nice to see your technique up close. I especially like the part where you combined the Copics with the pencils. I’ll have to try that!
Wonderful Feature Film….my congrat’s to you.
I have Copics, have not tried the Prism pencils becuase I did not understand what to do with the mineral spirits but you make it look so easy. Great tutorial to get us (your fans) involved. Ha that’s the idea isn’t it?
Love your Annie and Arthur stamps.
You make me want to send my family on a vacation, so that I can stay home and just colour for a week. Love, love, love all that you do.
Awesome video tutorial Em! I didn’t know you could also use your Copics with the Prisma’s! I picked up a bottle of your mineral spirits when I visited Stamping Bella last year and now I really want to try it with my Prisma’s! I’ve been a bit hesitant to try it and you make it look easy with your step-by-step tutorial! I can’t wait to see your hair tutorial! And, I really need Annie and Arthur!
love the video. I think i will have to get my hands on those little cuties and try the pencils myself. thanks for sharing!!
Get that girl an Oscar!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your expertise.
FAB FAB FAB.
Mel
xxx
Thanks for the great video! I think might need to another colouring 101 class or at least work on the “lines” in my colouring!
Have a great Family Day!
Michelle
Thanks for the inspiration, I acutally did this week challenge using that cute little Alice stamp and your colouring technique! Cheers!
awesome video Emily …. very well done!! I love all of the videos you guys have been posting. This one really explains how to use the prismacolours/copics with the gamasol …. great reminder for your “not so young fans” how to colour properly.
super cute Annie and Arthur too!!
Great tutorial! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Can’t wait to check out the video! I do enjoy the pencil crayons. Krista got me hooked on Bruynzeels too.
Enjoy your Family Day! No one except the kids gets that holiday in our house, so the kidlets are out having fun with their grandparents, so I guess that counts as family! The plus is that there was *no rush hour traffic*!!! That is certainly a holiday 🙂
Love it!
And you know, I almost always open the wrong end of the Copic markers too. I have no idea why. LOL.
Oh, love it!! Thanks so much. If I were on camera…….the camera would break and if anything made it to someone’s pc….it would crash!! Thanks for the tutorial……now I need to find that bottle of yours….the OMS one……not the liquor one 🙂
More please…..
Thank you
All I can say is, “Mwah back atcha!” EXCELLENT tutorial. Have been using my Copics and ignoring my Prismacolors, but not anymore!
i’m loving the prismacolor. i am new to everything and just like you a compulsive buyer. so when i discovered stamping and coloring i bought everything that i need in 1 week. but still waiting for my stampingbella stamps. huhuhu they’re taking too long. 🙁
A well done amazing video – congratulatons!
So well explained – shading, stumps, oms, sanding, paper and even Copics.
Thanx for this ! Just started with the Prisma pencils & Copics – love them !
Looking forward to more tutorials !
I haven’t ever colored a stamped image like that, but I’m so excited to try it now! 🙂
Congrats Emily! You sound increasingly confident and relaxed with each video you make. Your producer also does a great job.
That is great Emily. You explained things really well, very easy to understand. The tips you gave me last week have really helped me and I am feeling more confident using this technique. Look forward to part 2.
Thank you for this tutorial! It´s so helpful!!
Love the tutorial! I am gonna try it now! Love the video stuff and they have helped me out sooooo much!
LOVE THIS!!! Thanks for sharing these awesome tips!!
great video : )
Love this how to video, especially when you combine the copics with the coloured pencils…very inspiring…hope I can spend part of my Family Day in my scrappin’ room with my copics and coloured pencils !! Thanks soooo much !
Great tutorial.
Great Tutorial! I am definitely going to try your way! Paula was teaching me also but it’s nice to have your video to watch!!!
Great video!
I love my Copics, and have never tried prismacolors, but you are tempting me!!
OMG, I might have to convert from COPIC to PRISMA or combine b/c that is sooo enticing…very nice face…gotta love arthur & annie …pick me pick me
Luv u gals
Fabulous video…great tutorial!!!
Prisma’s are my favorite 🙂
Great video Emily! Haven’t done much with my prisma pencils but will have to get them out and play some. Can’t wait to see what else you come up with!
I LOVE your tutorial! You have officially inspired me to pull out my Prismacolor Pencils again! The image you used is SUPER adorable too! She is way too cute! Thanks for the fun video!
I love this! Thanks so much! Post bookmarked for eternity 🙂
Absolutely fabulous! Where is my Oscar nomination form, you have earned one. I appreciate how well you explained the tools and then the shading. I can’t wait to see more.
WOW! I’ve never seen this done before with the prisma pencils! Great tutorial!! Lucky students you have!! Very informative! Can’t wait to see what else you’ve got up your sleeve!
I love these two stamps – they are adorable! Thank you for showing how to blend with gamsol. No wonder it’s never worked for me – I use way more than you do.
Wow…so informative & easy to follow instructions…I love it, Thanks!
Great video! Thanks for the help. Now I want to sharpen up my pencils and do a little coloring!
I’ve been using colored pencils for years and never knew about this blending technique. Awsome! I happened upon your website jumping from blog to blog. I love your stamps and will have to purchase a few. I just can’t decide on which ones.
thank you for the most informative session! great tips! My travel kit always has pencil crayons, stumps and gamsol in it since its lightweight and portable. And I don’t have to worry about Copics air pressure if I’m flying. But I don’t carry the gamsol bottle on board well since it is a liquid.
I know I was one of those always asking for coloring tips, so I THANK-YOU. I have learned that I am using way too much gamsol, always redipping when trying to do the shading thing, and I must pick up some of your Bella paper next time I am in the store too, and see how different the images turn out…looking forward to future episodes!
Thank you for sharing your color techniques with everyone. One thing I guess I do is over saturate my stump. Lesson learned.
stamping on…
soo needed this! just see my yellow peachy pixie. 🙁 thank you!!
wow, you make it look so easy, this helps lots! I have learned some valuable techniques from this, especially the use of the sun for deciding where the brightness should be.
Thanks for sharing, have a happy day!
Amazing shading – thank you so much! (I found you via Isabelle’s blog)
I have learnt so much here, and look forward to trying your techniques.
Arthur and Annie are adorable. And I loved your video. So cool to get to hear your voice!
Loved it, when do you do the next part?
Loved it…when do you do the next part?
What a great job you did. You are a natural teacher.
love your tutorial…as I live in a northern town, there are no classes to take…can’t wait to see part 2
Awesome colouring. Love your sense of humour too.
Thanks Emily for your time in creating this video. Can’t wait to try the technique on these cute stamps.
I wish I had this about a year ago when I was just learning to color…it’s very easy to follow and beautifully executed. So looking forward to the hair! Great job ladies.
LOL Mentalated…!! 🙂 You crack me up, Em! Fabulous coloring video – more more give us more! LOVE the combo technique of using Copics and Prismas…I will have to try that! Can’t wait to see the hair done! Arthur and Annie – HOW CUTE ARE THEY?!
Your video was so helpful and I even took notes. Thank you for sharing.
WOW…. I am a Copic girl but I loved what you did here so much. Now I want to try it too.
I’m certainly mentalated!! Great video Em, love the stamps too!! They’re adorable.
That was very helpful to me. Thanks so much, Emily!!
This is a great video and you make it look so easy! You are awesome! Keep it coming! 🙂
Very helpful..I follow both Linda and Paula’s blogs and try to duplicate their coloring/shading. This video is very helpful and I am looking forward to the hair video.
Very well done – I’m also a little light on the pencils but now I won’t be so timid about laying down lots of the colour before blending out.
hello! best prisma/mineral spirits video I’ve EVAH watched! thank you! I am really wanting to give it a try!!! Thanks so much!!!! (I’m always- ALWAYS very lighthanded- seeing your technique shows me the error of my ways!) 😀
Thank you so much for this vid. I loved it. I always do the sun on a post it, it makes it so much easier for me to remember how to shade. I can’t wait to see more. I have been using my copics so much that my poor prismas are neglected, but they were my first love, time to dig them out again!
Wowwwwwww what a fab tutorial! Many thanks for sharing it with us… and it’s really good to hear your voice!
Hugs
Christine x
O MY STARS!! She is darling!! 🙂
but more importantly, I learned a lot. I have been using OMS and prisma’s for a while…I always re-wet my stump, thank you for correcting me. Also i did NOT know you could use prismas with copics.
If you do the pencil fast enough, does the alcohol in the copic layer you put down, blend on it’s own, or do you still need a stump?
I do not own any copics yet, I find they are pricey and since I do not know how to use them properly I have not wanted to invest in them. Now you have me thinking. If I could only buy 5 copics to start with, what ones would you recommend?
Also, could you do an episode(TUT) on copics without the pencils?
I am so glad I choose today to be your blog day! It must be FATE! HA! (I follow well over 1100 blogs) so I only visit a handful a day.
Thanks so much for introducing those darlings, and the tutorial was top notch!
Susan
Thank you so much for posting this video. I always colour with my prismacolor pencils and gamsol and I never knew about drawing a Sun to help know where to shade !! Ingenious!! Thanks for sharing and great tutorial!! Luv all your stamps! Authur and Annie are so darn cute!!
Lisa
Wow! Fabulous video! Really enjoyed it! Looking forward to the next one!
LOVE,LOVE,LOVE your video Em!!! Please make more! 🙂
Good tutorial! And funny. 🙂 Hope to see you make one about coloring with Promarkers too.
Awesome Video!! =D
Awesone Tutorial! Now I can watch the tutorial and practice my colouring skills. Can’t wait for more tutorials.
Thanks!
love it!!! def helpful…will watch again, again…
Wonderful. Thank you so much. I am very new to this whole prisma coloring with card making. I took a class at your store and have tried on my own but I know there is still so much to learn. I am so glad that I have access to your site and now the videos and I can work along side with you. This is great and I hope you will be posting more. Thank you so much for being so caring and patient at helping us learn this.
Love it, now have to go out and try some!
…clearing my throat here…i would happily sit and do videos like yours, IF i had anyone to do all the ‘other’ work, like Ebru does. I have tried, but I have failed MIZ-erably. Guess I am not longer needed in Bellaland and I should just go elswhere, where the ladies don’t know about videos.
I’ve admired CraftyCath’s work and great to see a tutorial on how she does some of her great shading. Thanks, look forward to seeing more.
Thank-you so much much for this great tutorial on the prisma pencil colouring. Can’t wait for the next one. Hugs, Nellie.
What a cutie! I don’t have those pencils, but they do look super fun. Thanks so much.
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
Great tutorial! Looking forward to more.
you my friend are a “supa star”!
Great tutorial, thanks! Cute images 🙂
Great video I have to remember to use the pencils and liquid I keep forgetting, I got into Copics and love the idea of using the two (or three with spirits) together. thanks for the awesome video. Great tutorial.
Thanks for the great video. Can’t wait to give it a try! 🙂
Hey Em!
Great video {claps hands}…I wonder how many fewer phone calls you will receive now that you shared this!
OoOOOoo…. *props* to such a great video! thanks for helping me
Thanks again, Em! Your tutorials are great! 🙂
Thanks for the great video and the thorough explanation of how to decide where the shading goes. That always stumps me. Annie looks like a perfect image to start on, since she has some clues about where the dark areas would be from the stamp designer.
I love it. I would love to come visit with you guys up there some day. You seem to have so much fun!
Super video – it was very helpful, especially the shading. I too love Prisma pencils (and markers) all depending on the effect I want.
Thank you for sharing :).
Hugs, Mette