My way of colouring...

Hi stampers!

Today I have a new distress ink

tutorial for you.

I made it for The Magnolia Day and

showed it at my workshop.

You can follow how I colour this new

Tilda from Sweet Christmas collection.

There is som many different ways of

colouring with distress ink reinkers.

This is just my way and as I love to read

about how other work with different

medias I hope you will enjoy this!

Here I have stamped the same image four times

so you can see how I work through the process

of colouring with Distress ink reinkers.

The ink I  use is Staz on Timber brown

as you see in the end of this tutorial.

The paper is Montval Canson 300 gram.

Brushes are Italeri 00, 000.

To the left: I  start colouring.

Skin: tattered rose mixed with vintage photo.

I always start with the face/skin as this is

the most difficult part to do, for me that is.

I add distress ink firmly in the edges, rince the brush

in water and work with smooth hand and

circle movements towards the center of the

face leaving a brighter area in the middle.

I make the skin by putting on colour

2-3 times in this first step. It have to

dry a little in between.

Dress/socks: Victorian velvet mixed with

dusty concord and aged mahogny.

Hair: Antique Linen.

To the right: I have used the same mix of colours

 for the dress and added it in the edges

for more and deeper shadows.

Here you can see how I try to create shadows in

the edges of the image.

Here you can see the first step with

antiqe linen for the blond hair.

I have now added very little walnut stain

mixed with a big drop of water.

I still want her to be blond.

At the third image you can see how I made

the colour darker to create shadows.

Dress/socks: I have used the same mix as

before and just added weathered wood

for the edges. I try to only add this dark

 colour to the edges to keep the bright

look in the middle.

Cheeks: Aged mahogny in a big drop

af water (I  make it very light).

Line of hearts: Aged mahogny mixed with black sooth.

Around the image I have used antique linen,

which make it looks like a warm loving light

behind/around cute Tilda.

I have added a white line to the socks to make it

look like highlights. I use the pen: Inkessentials white.

Here you can see how I have added walnut

stain a second time to Tildas hair.

I use this ink for colouring with distress ink reinkers.

It´s a very beatiful brown tone, not to red as some

brown inkpads are in my oppinion.

I prefer this brown  inkpad instead of black ink.

Thanks for visiting me!

Love & Light