Hello Friends! Good day to you!
Full disclosure! This sweet image called Group Hug from Waffle Flower is precious & makes me happy! I painted this a few months ago BUT, today I added pencil detail and it’s amazing how long it took. Lots of pencil sharpening and slow layers of color. See the “before” image below.
Keep in mind sharp sharp pencils makes all the difference especially on textured paper like this. The twine was colored with a marker and gave me some dimension and that extra somethin!
When I took this photo I already started on the green raccoon. I also added a eye brows and eye lashes with a 0.03 super fine tip marker.
Does the side by side help to see the difference?
I thought I would share the snow today before it turned to rain. So peaceful.
Thanks for your visit today and see you tomorrow. Hugs, Kathy
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This group is so wonderful. I think I might need this one. I have that same snowy picture in my back yard here in Michigan. I hope your class goes swimmingly…
Aren’t they super adorable, Anne? I love having this group of friends in my stamp set stash. Thank you for your well wishes for my class 🙂
Yes indeed, the pencil detail added a lot to the images! You’ve got a great touch. Also, your photo is the kind of snow scene I like – peaceful and quiet.
Oh, you made my day with your lovely compliment! I do enjoy the serenity of an untouched blanket of snow 🙂
I love to see what you do with pencils!
Do you a,ways keep you pr pencils Sharp? No matter what brand you use!?
Seems so against what you would assume. Seems like a “dull” pencils would make less lines. Guess I will have to re think my way if that’s the case?!
Thank you so much, Pam! And YES, always always keep them sharp. Dull pencils (along with not using a very light touch) can cause “waxing off”…that shiny sheen that sometimes happens, and cannot be undone 🙂
I love adding pencil details to my coloring!! Your coloring is Fantastic!!
Woohoo, Maureen! So glad you are in the pencil details club too lol. Thank you for your sweet comment; I am grateful to you 🙂
amazing detail!
Thanks, Tara! I appreciate your kind words 🙂
Absolutely love this!
Awwww, you are very sweet to say so, Beth! Thank you for the smile 🙂
A VERY CUTE image, Kathy! It DOES help to see it side by side! 😉 I LOVE the texture your colored pencils added! The image reminds me of Noah’s Ark! Our snow has already melted & we’ve had DOWN POURS of rain! I was thinking yesterday, we needed an ARK! LOL
That is so kind, Becky! I am happy that the side-by-side view is helpful and that you like my added pencil touches. I hope you don’t need an ark 😉
Thanks for the tip about using a marker on the twine! I have a whole roll of twine, and was wondering how I would ever use it up – now you gave me another way to make that happen!
I am so tickled that I have inspired you to use your twine stash! I appreciate your time to stop by my blog 🙂
My grandson would love a card made with that adorable stamp. Kathy, your extra colouring just makes the images pop and love that you added eyebrows and eyelashes. Do you colour when on an airplane?
You brightened my day with your lovely comment, Sandy! YES, I color on airplanes 🙂
We had snow too before it was washed away from the cold rain ☔️. Great job on your coloring .
OOF, cold rain. Tracy, I wish for warmer and sunnier days for you! Thank you for your sweet words regarding my coloring 🙂
You always teach me so much!! Love the affect the pencil added to image! Beautiful scene, coloring and extra work!
Beverly, this is the sweetest comment I have read all day! I am grinning ear-to-ear. Thank you for the smile 🙂
Your tips and techniques always are so delightful Kathy. Thanks for sharing with us.
Judy, you are so sweet! I am thrilled that you find my tips and tricks helpful 🙂
I love your grouping of those cute animals and how you colored them and brought them to life. I also posted the snow in my back yard on my blog today!
Awww, I like that you said I “brought them to life”! So sweet of you, Dot. I hope you are enjoying the serenity of the blanket of snow 🙂
Kathy this adds so much deeper layers to this image. I have this one stamp but I’ve not completed it yet. You know how it goes you start one project & other unfinished products catch your eye. I think I need a 30 day finish what’s started challenge , any body join me ?
Thank you for your sweet comment about adding “deeper layers”, Andrea. I like your idea of a 30-day finish-what’s-started challenge. I often use started projects from one 30-day coloring challenge and finish them in that same 30-day challenge, or the next. I don’t want my unfinished heap to get too tall 😉
Awesome group hug! I’m amazed at the difference the added pencils made!
Lagene, they are the sweetest of friends, aren’t they? I appreciate your kind words about my added pencil touches 🙂
Love the stamp and LOVE seeing before and afters. It really spotlights what a difference the extra time and attention can bring. Especially when it’s done by Queen Kathy.
Awww, I do believe my face is red from blushing, Lee! You are so very kind 🙂
That looks so amazing – I wouldn’t have said it needed a thing in the ‘before’ pic but there is so much more texture and detail in the ‘after’!! gorgeous snow pic too!
You are so sweet, Gab! I am tickled that you like the added details 🙂
This is so stinking cute Kathy and yes, the side by side really helps when comparing the before and after. The attention to detail you add to your work really makes a HUGE difference. A good lesson for us all to remember.
We have been getting snow for the past 2 days here. Yes, it looks peaceful and COLD! Bah-humbug! (Haha) “Springs-a-comin’….”
Teresa, I am glad you like the side-by-side pics. I appreciate your kind words! i am ready for Spring too, my friend 🙂
Wow! I love the stamp and your coloring.
Thank you, Linda! That is so kind 🙂
Super sweet stamp and your coloring is always so inspirational!
xoxo Olga
You are always super sweet, Olga! I look forward to your comments, my friend 🙂
A great stamp, love the name, Group hug.
What a difference a pencil makes, there is so much more depth and live in the image where you used the pencils. Great to see both.
Great lesson learned because I also use Zig markers for colouring, sometimes without and sometimes with water. I don’t own watercolour paints. Zigs and coloured pencil are not liking each other very much but seeing this it brought me of an idea.
I used a scrap piece of paper, used a Zig marker and washed that out with a waterbrush, let is dry and used than my pencil over it and that works!
So learned that coloured pencil over Zigs doesn’t work unless you use them as watercolours.
Thank you so much for this great post, learned again from you and see you tomorrow.
Henriette, I am so happy that you found a new technique and purpose for your Zig markers! It makes me happy when something I do is helpful, even if it is a small thing . I look forward to hearing from you tomorrow, my friend 🙂
This is the sweetest image and the before and after pics highlight how the image can be enhanced with pencil details. Thanks for sharing.
Andre, I love this group hug too. Thank you for stopping by my blog 🙂
I saw this on Instagram yesterday I think, I love it!…the image is just adorable! I love the difference in adding the colored pencil makes!
I love what you did with the animals! They are just so cute! Your coloring, as usual, is amazing. Where I live in CT we are famous for our snow. The Northwest part of the state always gets the most snow & one year they closed our whole state for 3 days! That year was so bad my sister had to cross country ski to the store to get a loaf of bread! We are supposed to get snow this weekend. Our backyard looks like yours!
Today my mom had therapy so I got to color for an hour. The Mandela I am doing is so intricate that it will take me forever to finish it. I love doing it & coloring all those tiny little things but it just seems to take so long to do! I love to color though so I will finish it someday! LOL I made some more cards so I will be posting them & how my coloring page is coming along.