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Day 11. Quick Tip on Hair! Quick 1 Minute Video

Hello Friends, How was your weekend? Were you able to get some good coloring time in? Did you see the post yesterday announcing all 15 winners? Please check it out if you missed it and if you are a winner add your shipping address to that email. Thank YOU! If you didn’t win I still have 45 giveaways plus more coming. It’s how I show my appreciation for you all that follow me.

So I have been wanting to color one of these beautiful stamps from Sandy Boone who owns Three Room Studio. I have been a fan since she started the coloring challenges in the beginning. Her coloring is an inspiration to me and off the charts.!!!!

It’s pretty  exciting when your friend is picked up by Simon Says Stamp because her designs are that awesome! This “Welcome Little One” Stamp set is perfect way to welcome a new baby. I honestly love it so much!

Coloring this beauty was the best way to pass the time on the airplane. I finished it up today.

I pre-stamped two of my favorites. This second one is called “Mermaid at Heart” and it’s a love too. The sentiment … “friends are like seashells collected & treasured” yes please!

The first layer of color was with marker and then I added pencil accents with a VERY  SHARP PENCIL. Coloring the mermaid tail was easy and fun using some dots with the markers. I kept the dots especially the darker dots concentrated  in one area then added pencil accents.

Thank you all for playing along I am having such a great time seeing what you are entering.

See you tomorrow. Hugs, Kathy

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Comments

  8. Kari S says

    The mermaid is beautiful! Thank you for including the marker colors you used! I struggle with color combinations.

  9. Dot says

    You colored that stamp the best I’ve seen! I loved the tips on the hair, too. I do struggle with hair.

  10. Heaney says

    Thank you for the hair colouring tutorial which I have been struggling to improve it whenever I coloured the Magnolia Tilda stamp image.

  14. Dee Earnshaw says

    Thanks Kathy; I always find it difficult to color in hair and your tip on using a pencil will make my coloring more realistic – can’t wait to try it out:)

  16. Susan G says

    Excellent video. The coloring of the hair is truly amazing. In the photo the hair almost looks real. I also love the tip on making the “fish scales”. Will definitely try these tips. Thanks so much for the great ideas, the inspiring coloring and your kind generosity. Keep doing what you do —- you’re fabulous.

  17. Randi Marquez says

    Thank you for the wonderful video on hair and fish scales. Great tips. Love your coloring and the 30 day challenge.

  23. Arianna Barbara says

    Oh my!!! How sweet image!!! And your colouring is really amazing!!!
    I’m glad to hear you had a good trip!!!

  29. Mischelle says

    I know it’s too early when I thought your post today, was gonna help me with a new hair tip. (as in the hair on my head). I came back after a cup of coffee, now I get it! Oops. LOL

  31. Sheri K says

    Thanks for the great tip! I love your coloring Kathy. I’m finally going to post what I’ve been working on-colored designs with copics from color play color me pages. My November bullet journal theme is being thankful, so I will use these images to decorate this month’s activities.

  34. Becky Green says

    The mermaid with the baby is an ADORABLE IMAGE, Kathy! I see why you like it! 😉 AND the other image looks SO FUN TOO!!! You coloring, as usual is WONDERFUL!!! Her hair looks REAL!!!! PERFECT HIGHLIGHTING!!! AND THANK YOU for putting a link to yesterday’s post! I didn’t get that e-mail for some reason. AND THANK YOU for the win!!!! I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU & YOUR TALENT & YOUR GENEROSITY!!!! (You also get me to go out of my comfort zone & try new images I wouldn’t otherwise try!) LOTS OF HUGS!!! ;)<3

  36. Monica says

    Thank you so much for this short but helpful video. Personally, I find hair very challenging and I’ve been able to improve thanks to your tips.

    Have a great week!

  38. Patricia says

    Wouldn’t we all love to have hair as beautiful as your coloring! Glad you had a a good trip back home.

  39. karenladd says

    Coloring hair is probably the thing I need to practice the most so these tips are so welcome and helpful! Love the texture of the mermaid scales too!

  40. Henriëtte says

    Awesome image and colouring Kathy. I saw the video how you did the hair stunning!
    You let it look so easy and the tail so stunning also.
    Thank you so much for sharing your awesome work, happy colouring and “see” you tomorrow.

  45. Bunny Dobbie says

    Oh the dots is a super idea!! I sometimes draw scales but this looks fabulous and the scales were…. oh.. Ha! not to scale! Love the extra shading in the hair. Great tips again!!

  50. Sheri K says

    I just tried to link up a photo of my first week of coloring on your blog first day–it says the
    link party has ended and there is no way to link up. Thought you should know.

  56. Anne Sturgeon says

    Oh how beautiful… super in love with that tail. Glad you are home from your trip and aren’t we all so spoiled with good internet??

  62. Monica Linerode says

    Thanks for sharing the tip on using color pencils over colored image. Since I’ve plugged in my pencil sharpener I’m real close to start using this technique. Lol keep the pencils sharp. I practice at my cursive writing as much as I can every day & find that a wooden pencil is better for this practice because mechanical pencils always have a sharp point but not the same as a wood pencils sharp point. The lead is softer and needs sharpened often.

  64. Lisa Byers says

    I love mermaids and that mermaid holding the baby is adorable. Your coloring of that image is precious. Thanks for the tips on hair!!

  66. Lee Miner says

    Oh those hair coloring tips are so welcome. I can’t wait to try to get the heightened sense of reality you achieved. (Well I won’t, of course, but I’m sure it will help. Love the mama and merbaby. Sweet.

  85. Teresa Doyle says

    What a beautiful image. Congratulations to Sandy! You of course have certainly done it justice Kathy. As always, you amaze me with your colouring skills.
    Congratulations to your winners!

  88. Liz Ford says

    WOOWOWOWOWOW!! What great tips. I never thought to use the pencil atop the markers and it would make the hair flow better than just with the marker. Superb! I hope you have more of these quick tips! Gonna have to go out to YOUTUBE to check it out. I so appreciate this and this is just awesome! You ROCK!

  89. Mary-Anne V says

    I honestly don’t Know how you color on an airplane with all the turbulence. I love this Mamma mermaid- thanks for their hair coloring tips.

  90. Melissa Friedrich says

    Beautiful mermaid and thanks for the hair tips and reminder to get out my pencils along with markers. Those details really make a difference in the image your coloring is amazing as always.

  95. SHartl says

    My 6 year old always like to pretend she’s a mermaid when she takes a bath, so this just made me smile. Loving all the tips you give on how to add texture.

  96. Wendi J says

    Beautiful hair. I have a hard time with getting hair to look more natural. Thanks for the tip of using colored pencils.

  99. Surekha Galagoda says

    Dear Kathy
    I dont know simply how to thank you. I am learning such a lot and already my fiends are saying that i am improving. Isnt it awesome. Thanks a million, ton, a bunch my dear friend for organising this challenge.
    You are a genius and i simply love your coloring. Thanks for all the tips you share. You and your family are in my daily prayers.
    Though I take time to color daily writing the post and uploading might take awhile as i am on a crazy schedule with my job as a freelance writer but i always tell my friends what an awesome world of people i have found with crafting.
    I hv three markers which i bought with a gift card i won. Other than that i hv watercoler pencils. color pencils and crayons and some stamps. As you said i am looking at my stamps differently and today i am trying to color a girl as i want to try your tip on coloring hair. My life has become so beautiful after learning to color as i knew that i sucked at coloring earlier. To be a genius like you it will take years of practice but I have taken the first step towards it. I am so humbly greatful to you my dear talented friend. May God bless you and your family with good health and happiness always. with lots of love and gratitude

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      Thank you so much for your kind words. It sounds like you are getting better as your practice and having fun doing it! And that’s what it’s all about! 🙂

  100. Gail Plaskiewicz says

    I love the way you did her hair! I like those colors because, of course, there is yellow in there! This is a very cute stamp & I love mermaids. I have a mermaid stamp & I am going to try some of your coloring tips on her. Today my mom went to therapy for her bone on bone in her knees. She was there for almost an hour. I had stamped the front of 4 greeting cards & managed to color 2 & a half of them. The rest I did tonight. Now I have to get some embellishments & card stock & put them together & I will have 4 more Christmas cards done. Go me! LOL
    You did a really beautiful card here & you should be so proud of yourself. Now I am going to post some more for the challenge here & on Facebook.

  109. Robyn Oliver says

    WOW how beautiful is your mama mermaid…. the light and depth is wonderful and the added details on the fin gives so much dimension, and her glossy hair… wow wow, just fabulous… happy colouring Kathy, hugs Robyn

  110. Tracy Moloney says

    SO BEAUTIFUL!
    … our dear little neighbour over the road is IN LOVE with mermaids at the moment, so I’m feeling especially INSPIRED for her birthday card 🙂
    … now I need to take a brave pill and try adding pencils to my Copic colouring!

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