Norman Rockwell Christmas

Hello crafty friends!   A little extra post from me today.  My last Christmas card for the year.

This was a class from Christopher Kerry.  He drew the lines for this image and 4 more, all inspired by Norman Rockwell.  Even though I usually print class images 5x7 or even a full page to learn techniques, this little one is 3.5".  I wanted to make a card out of these images, why waste time and paper printing off big images.

By keeping my Prismacolor pencils extra sharp, I could really get some details and depth in this small image.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Merry  Christmas!!!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create: #204 Anything Goes: opt twist Christmas/Winter
• A Gem of a Challenge: #209 Anything Goes
• Card Mania: #99 Christmas
• Come & Get It Challenges: Christmas
• Glitter 'N' Sparkle: #270 Colour - Traditional Xmas
• Ike's World: #103 Anything Goes + opt Victorian Christmas
• The Crafter's Cafe: #187 Anything Christmas Related
• Through the Craft Room Door: wk Dec 19th: Anything Goes

stamps: Christopher Kerry: Christmas image, SU: Four the Holidays
paper: Bazzill: Red Devil, Bo Bunny: Noel Joy, MME: lost & found
embellishments: 3GJ: lace, Recollections: epoxy stickers

There Be Dragons Here

Hello crafty creative friends!  I'm here today with another colored image from Christopher Kerry.  I really love coloring the detailed images that Christopher draws.  They are beautiful and really come to life when coloring.

Christopher had a class all about dragons.  Here's the first dragon that I colored (which was the class image) using Prismacolor pencils.  The technique he was teaching was about blending.  There is a video and booklet with the class image, the other 4 images included in the class, you are on your own.  Christopher will guide with the other images as well, if needed.  I'll post some of my other dragons when I have time to finish coloring them up.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this image in the following challenges:

• Unicorn Challenge:  #24 Mythical & Magical 

Spider Maiden

Hello crafty friends!  Just sharing another mythical maiden colored image from Christopher Kerry.

I really love the images from this class and coloring packet, something about mythical creatures that really catches your attention.  I gave her purple tones in her skin, just trying out some new blends. I didn't know what to do with sky at first, but knew it needed more orange, to go with her orange spots.  This was really fun to color and to watch it transform from black and white lines to this.  This image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this image in the following challenges:

• Crafty Awesomeness: July: Anything Goes
• The Fairy and The Unicorn: #5 July: Anything Goes

image: Christopher Kerry: Mythical Maidens

Mythical Maidens

Hello crafty friends!  It's been awhile since I shared some coloring with you.  Sometimes it's nice just to coloring and not worry about making it into a project.

I love Christopher Kerry's images..the details and unique images he has are my favorites.

How about this female centaur kicking some snake butt?!!   This was the class image for Christopher's online coloring class.  He teaches how to color with a booklet and videos for this image, but then gives you 4 equally beautiful image to perfect the technique on your own (which I will share some later).  Even though Christopher teaches in Copic markers, I colored this image with Prismacolor pencils.  Yup, I prefer the pencil method.

Here's the the link to Christopher's Mythical Maiden coloring pages.  At the end of the month, he makes the class images available for others to purchase who didn't take his class.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I like to enter this image I colored in the following challenges:

• A Gem of A Challenge: #198 Animals
• Not Just Cards: #46 Anything Goes
• The Fairy and Unicorn Challenge Blog: #5 Anything Goes July

image: Christopher Kerry: Mythical Maiden sneak attack

Is That Me??

Hello fellow crafty friends!  My post today, is another coloring page that I absolutely love.  I love vintage and who doesn't love pin-up girls.  I decided to take a "No Lines, Realistic" coloring class from artist Christopher Kerry.  No lines can be kinda of scary, specially if you are use to stamp and digital images having that nice black line to follow.  I love this technique and I'm hoping to use it some more in the future.

Christopher redrew the image "Your Choice (Me)" by original artist Mr Gil Elvgren.  He explains in his class why this is not a copyright infringement.  Christopher made it his own image by adding the painting dog.  If you listening to the videos...Christopher is the painting dog :o)

 He teaches the class with copics markers, but there is a conversion chart for pencils and other type of markers.  You could just follow the step-by-step guide booklet to do this image, but listen to the videos.  Christopher gives the hows and whys to coloring and being an artist, and adds some little stories here and there.

I colored this image (and background) with my Prismacolor pencils.  I didn't add the white gouache that Christopher does for his images.  It's all about being yourself.

Isn't the dog a cutie with his little hat on :o)

I really think this is a technique that all colorists or crafters coloring in images need to put in their "tool boxes".    Even though the video is for this one beautiful image, if you crave more pinups, Christopher does offer pinups with puppy dogs pages to color for the no lines technique.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Have a great weekend!

I would like to enter this page in the following challenges:

• Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes

Christopher's website
Is That Me color and create class
Pinups and Puppy Dogs coloring pages

Friends and Secrets

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here's today showing off Christopher Kerry's new mermaid package.  They are ALL beautiful images, but this one is just too cute.  It's called "The Secret".  Even mermaids have secrets that they need to tell their best fishy friends.  Christopher's images are just beautifully detailed and drawn.  This image is a free image: The Secret....so grab this cutie.

The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I had different color schemes in my head, but the hot pink really just needed to be done.  I saw a black cherry car and decided my tail needed something to that effect.  As you can see, the images are beautifully detailed.  I loved coloring this.

This smaller image was colored for a card.  I added a touch of pink with the ribbon, but kept it sea worthy in the colors.

Found the perfect sentiment from Unity for the inside of the card.

I colored the image a 2nd time, but bigger.  It's slightly different, because it's easier to add details and more color in bigger areas and sometimes you see things and want to make it different. (I did lighter details on the tail on this one, but the light pink didn't show up too well).

Check out Christopher's online coloring classes: Color Academy Ink.  He will release the mermaid images from class later on, if you just want the images and/or an image.  Christopher is an amazing teacher and has the background in teaching.  Even if you think you know how to color, you can still learn new techniques.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this cute card in the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create - #181 Anything Goes
• Alphabet Challenge - H is for Hand Coloured Image
• Aud Sentiments - #157 Under the Sea with Sentiment
• Cardz 4 Galz - #24 Summer Fun
• City Crafter - week 316 Let's Go to the Beach
• Craft Your Passion - #316 Anything Goes
• Crafting with an Attitude - #16 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #76 Summer Fun
• Crafty Girls Creations - #21 Anything Goes
• Crafty Ribbons Challenge - #156 Anything Goes
• Dream Factory - Fairytale Special
• DRS Challenge - #231 Inspired by Color  
  
• Ellibelle's Color Linky Party - #10 Let's Color
• Glitter 'N' Sparkle - #193 Anything Goes
• Inspiration Destination - #90 Anything Goes
• Just Us Girls - #348 Colour Week 
  
• Left of Center - #135 Tic Tac Toe (LOC with mermaid)
• Lemon Shortbread - #17 Anything Goes
• Little Miss Muffet - #140 Anything Goes
• Ooh-La-La - #207 Sun, Sand & Sea
• One Stitch At A Time - #264 Layer It Up
• Really Reasonable Ribbons - #143 Sizzlin' Summer Colors
• Retarte: Stampart Papel - #79 Anything Goes
• Simon Says - Animal Magic
• Stamping Sensations - Feature a Creature
• That's Crafty Challenge Blog - In The Pink
• The Corrosive Challenge Blog - June: Lots of Layers
• The Crafty Addicts - #17 Anything Goes/Summertime
• The Cutie Pie Challenge - #100 Splish, Splash, Splosh
• The Pencil Case - V=Variety (Anything Goes)
• The Ribbon Girl - June: Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - June 14-20 Anything Goes
• Unicorn Challenge Blog - #10 Inspired by a Nursery Rhyme/Fairy Tale/Children's Story (Little Mermaid)

stamps: Christopher Kerry: The Secret, Unity: A friend loves you just the same
papers: Bazzill, Glitz It Now: rebel teal distressed
embellishments: gauze, 3 Girl Jam: cherry lipstick ribbon, bead gallery, traditions:seashells, ribbon from a friend

Playing With Fire

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here today with another coloring page post.  This one took me awhile.  I did put it aside for a month after finishing just the head and top of the Phoenix's body.  I needed to look at it and decide how I really wanted to finish it.  Yes, I seem to overthink and think about it some more :o)

This beautiful image is from artist Christopher Kerry.  It is one of the images from his Erotic Coloring Page Set.  I love the way the Phoenix is looking into the "devil girl" and the passion in this drawing.  It's a complex drawing, but it's amazing all the details that still can be added.  He does have cute stuff to coloring (and more coming) that is not risque, as well as some amazing tutorials.  Check out his website.

I colored this image with my Prismacolor Pencils.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Heaven Devil Girl

Today's post is about my other version of Christopher Kerry's beautiful image that I've colored.  About a month ago I posted my "hell" version of this image.  Here's my "heaven " version of this image.  Christopher loves to play with the naughty/nice in his images.  His work had SO much details and passion in them.  Being trained in classical oil painting and a religious background is really  prominent in his work.

I wanted this version to be light and airy with golden tones.  The light blue I used in the clouds doesn't show up very well in the pic, but it's there.  This image was colored with Prismacolor pencils.  This image is from Christopher's Adult Coloring Pages.

Check out Christopher's website.  He has free tutorials and right now...he is having a 72pc Copic giveaway.  

 Here's both versions together.  I did touch up my "hell" version since the post, because I saw things that needed touch up and changed a little.  

thanks for reading and looking :o)

Angel in Fire

Hello fellow crafters!  If you have been following my journey, you know that I have taken a coloring class at Kit and Clowder.  I took the Perfecting Pencils and for almost a year now, I've been doing the Create and Learn monthly technique class.  I've been trying to figure out how to post my coloring, since they are not on a card or project.  I have slowing been putting them a journal book.  That way I can see my progress of growth and learning.

Today I'm sharing my latest coloring.  I fell in love with this image from Christopher Kerry.  He has a package of 5 images and I will slowly get to them, but this one had to be colored first.  Actually, I want to color her up again in a different version.  I wanted her to look like she was in Hell...She not quite human or demon, but both.  That's why her skin is red going to normal skin tones.  The background can be challenging, but just breaking it down, made it very easy to do.  Except for the blending, the blending killed my hand...lol.  Anyway, I'm very pleased with this beautiful image.

This image was colored completely with Prismacolor Premier Pencils.  Artist of this image Christopher Kerry.  If you check out Christopher's website, he has free Copic tutorials.  Because of his background, he has artistic ways of teaching Copic coloring, with some neat tips.  He's approach is worth checking out :o)

Here are the 5 images in the Adult Coloring Pages.

If you prefer something unusual, but not risque, Christopher has these cute little guys to color: Friends Not Food.  He has also announced that mermaids will be arriving at the end of the month, so keep a look out for those cuties, that are not risque.

thanks for looking and reading :o)