Overthinking bear

Series: The Daily Marker Art Card #01

Another 30 Day Daily Marker Colouring Challenge started in the middle of June and, to be honest, there was a brief moment when I thought I might give it a miss this time around; the last one was in February, but it really doesn’t feel like it was that long ago. Also, I’m not making that many cards right now — I got annoyed and removed some people who didn’t actually appreciate the work that goes into my cards from my list — and I still have quite a stash to use up, both completed cards and coloured images.

I do love colouring, especially with my Copic markers, but I didn’t want to feel I was just adding to the pile of stuff that won’t get used anytime soon.

And then I had an idea. I have a ton of digis that I’ve printed out for previous challenges and never got around to using; I always say that I will use them up and not print any more but that never actually happens. Until now. I decided to make ATC-sized art cards. And I would make them by colouring ATC-sized areas of the printed digis. And to make sure I stick to the plan, I even chose thirty digis from the stack and marked out the section to be coloured on all of them; all I have to do each day is pick the next one off the pile.

I’m not sure what I will do with the finished art cards, but at least it will be a pile of completed items and not just more stuff that needs using somehow. I may even simply pop some of them up on card bases to make quick cards.

I’m also using it as an opportunity to use a few of the word stickers and other embellishments that I have accumulated. Though it takes me a ridiculously long time to choose the appropriate words – hence the ones on this first art card 🙂

Copic markers:

bear – E70, E71, E74, E77
eyes – 0, BV0000, BV20
nose/ears – E93
wood – E42, E55, Y28, E57

Polychromos pencils:

bear – 169 caput mortuum, 177 walnut brown, 178 nougat
eyes – 146 sky blue

Supplies:

• digital stamps:
  Gerda Steiner – peeking panda
• dies:
  Marianne Design – ATC
• inks:
  Distress oxide – mowed lawn, forest moss
• embellishments:
  Tim Holtz Idea-ology – small talk – snarky
  Anita’s – floral borders gold
• paper and card:
  Neenah Solar White 216gsm
  black card

This image was coloured for day 1 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge on 15 June 2019;