March 7, 2016
20 Comments
Hiya sistahs,
We all know how instrumental my Design team is to me and to my company.. OUR company. They educate da sistahood, inspire da sistahood, and have fun WITHIN da sistahood. I am SO grateful for them all.
While Elaineabella (aka MARKERGEEK) may not contribute weekly to our Bellarific Friday line up, she is also an integral part to our group. She colours all of our images that you see online.. she designs and provides our FREE COLORMAPS for da sistahood.. and now she is contributing to our blog every Monday with different colouring techniques that we always wondered about but never quite knew how to do. She’s sharing her SECRET SAUCE… mmhmmm. Are we lucky or what?
In this Tutorial, Elaineabella used TINY TOWNIE SALLY and her SNAIL
So without further ADOOOO
Let’s see what she has planned for us today!
“With so many fun character images in the Stamping Bella range, I thought a post about skin tones would be a good start to the Marker Geek Monday post series! You can apply the skin tone combinations below to any of your character stamps.
I tend to lay down colour as follows: Light – Dark/shadow colour – Medium – Light. This isn’t a hard and fast rule, and sometimes it isn’t the best approach for a particular combination (with some darker blends it can help to work from Dark to Light). The best way to find out what works for you and any particular combination of markers is simply to practice and experiment!
Skin Combos:
Colouring Tips:?
I hope this post inspires you to try out some new skin combos with your Stamping Bella images. We would love to hear from you, so join in and show off your own Stamping Bella colouring using these colours or your own favourite combos in the comments below. If you would like to share your own favourite skin combinations with Copics or other markers, go right ahead!
Join me next week for a look at some of my favourite Copic marker combinations for hair.”
MWAH!
Elaineabella
thanks for sharing the tutorial!
You were in my head…right? In the section with my secret dreams…right? Thank you for picking this particular dream to make it come true…:))
Anyway to get a tutorial using Spectrum Noir or at least getting colors that come close?
Unfortunately I don’t own Spectrum Noir pens, so I am unable to provide any info on using them, sorry!
Thank you Elaine for this quick tutorial. I have always
admired your coloring abilities and look forward to these
posts on Mondays. My go to skin color for Copics is:
E50–E51–E21–BV20–E93
Ah, thank you Jane for your comments and for sharing your go to skin combo! 🙂
I am excited.. About the coloring & the color mapping..
Thank you!!
Sandy
I love Elaine’s colouring and I’m so pleased these are up, I’m just getting back in to my markers and I am so rusty. So these are fab for me, hugs Pops xxx
Even though I don’t have Copics (only chameleon pens..sighhh…they’re okay but…’nuff said), I do have several handfuls of Polychromos pencils that have colours ‘similar’ to what you’ve used here, so I’ll definitely be practicing alongside you. I also have intentions of ordering several Stamping Bella images – because they’re awesome and because they’re ideal for colouring – so this series is fantastic! Thank you for sparking ideas today!
~carol
Hey Carol! You should definitely get some Stamping Bella stamps, they are wonderful to play with!
Watch this space, I am planning on doing some posts with both Polychromos and Prismacolor pencils in the not too distant future. 🙂
Elaine, thank you so much for your enthusiastic response! I’m stoked that you’ll be sharing your artistry with pencils…Call me EXCITED! I used my polychomos recently on the Stuffies, Small Gang image (followed the colour scheme on the packaging) and I’m fairly pleased with my ‘first try’ effort. More practice and guidance required, so I’ll be watching for your posts! Off to see what you’ve dazzled us with today! Thank you!
~carol
This is really helpful; thanks for posting.
cs
Oh thanks so much for sharing! I so love Elaineabella’s coloring! I have learned so much from everyone, but really love her coloring of these special images! I have been kind of stuck on the same colors for skin tones – E000, E01, E21, E11, BV000, and RV10. I have tried several other combinations, but keep coming back to these colors….I’m trying to spread my wings a little. LOL!
I definitely have a couple of favourite “go to” combos that I find myself reaching for more often than not! But it is fun to wander out of the comfort zone and try some different ones!
Thank you for your lovely comments Nancee, so happy you enjoyed the post!
Great tutorial, thanks.
Wow, thanks for the great tutorial!
This is just wonderful – such a great idea and to share your fave recipe in coloring!!! Thank you so much.
Yeah! Elaine does amazing coloring! Thanks for the tutorial esp of skin colors! Looking forward to Mondays now!
Thank you Elaineabella 😉 I tend to use the same colours for my skin, never thought if using BV tones, will have to try this soon. Great tutorial, very helpful for us who are still learning to master copics 🙂 have a great wkend
Elaineabella is a genius!! I love this new Marker Geek Monday!!!!!!