Two Stamps, Two Mediums

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I've been on a bit of a pencil kick lately and today I decided to combine two different kinds of pencils on this gorgeous, Kentucky feeling scene. This is actually two separate stamps - the horses are one image and the rest of the scene is a single image. 

I started by stamping the scenic part on cold press watercolor paper. I didn't stamp the horses yet - the scenic part is stamped in black hybrid ink.

Then I colored all over the image with my favorite watercolor pencils - these are the ONLY watercolor pencils I've ever used that dissolve completely and don't leave pencil marks. I used a wet paintbrush to activate all the color all over the scene.

I allowed that to dry, stamped the horses in Versafine Clair and then went to work with my colored pencils - adding shading to the barn, along with the dappling on the side of the barn where it's behind the trees, the shadows falling towards the left for the trees, the paddock and the horses.

I used the pencils to add grass around the horses as well - two greens and some white. I used the white pencil (which is about two inches long now from over use LOL) to add highlighting in the sky, on the right side of the trees and the right side of the horses. 

The scene before those final details was pretty, but kind of flat - it's amazing what just five or six minutes with a few details will do to even a scene where the stamp does 99% of the work for you like this beauty!!

Also, personally, I feel like cold press paper is extra fun with pencils - especially soft pencils like these - because of the texture you can get on the dappled shadows like I did here.

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There's a whole barn theme happening with this set - I can't wait to stamp the little cow!! So sweet. 

Anyway, that's my little mixed media exercise for today. It was fun.

Hope your upcoming weekend looks fun - I guess unless you're in that big snowstorm that's happening right now. BUT - if you are - it's a good excuse to stamp! Get those pencils out!

Loveyameanitbye.

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