Green fairy

Series: The Daily Marker Art Card #11

I wanted to try something a little bit different with this one. There was quite a bit of blank space in the background and that called out for something other than a simple colour fill or even a grass/sky landscape. I decided to have a go at creating a subtle mottled feel for a change.

I picked three colours of similar intensity — it would look really patchy if one was significantly more or less saturated — and started by covering the background with blobs of the three markers. Next, I went over the blobs again, with the same colours, but using dots instead of solid colour to add texture. Finally, to even out the texture, I went over the whole background with light dots again, this time using my 0 marker.

Copic markers:

skin – V20, E21, E00
hair – E15, E09, E29
green – YG01, YG03, YG25, YG17, YG67
background – 0, B00, BG11, B41

Supplies:

• digital stamps:
  Faery Ink – Tinkerbell Fae
• dies:
  Marianne Design – ATC
• colour:
  Derwent graphite XL – raw umber
• embellishments:
  Tim Holtz Idea-ology – small talk – snarky
  silver wavy borders
• paper and card:
  Neenah Solar White 216gsm
  black card

This image was coloured for day 11 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge on 25 June 2019