My Coloring Process

 

Good morning, café friends!

I thought I'd show you my very unprofessional coloring process today when using Prisma markers.

It looks a little like this: chaotic! But it works. I grab a marker and test it on a piece of scrap card stock. Sometimes, I will layer colors to see how the end result might look when blended. I like Prisma markers and have used some of them for more than ten years! That's a long life span for a craft purchase! They are cheaper than COPICs, and while there may not be quite as many colors, I feel the ones they do have suffice.

Don't get me wrong. I like COPIC markers, and have a decent amount of them, too. But I reach for my Prismas often. I recently bought some at a shop in downtown Holland for 40% off. I think that made them about $3 each. A great deal!

Like COPICs, they are double ended with a fine point and wide point. I sometimes use the wide point to fill in a large area like sky or grass, then go back with the fine point to add some detail.

{Today's Brew: Harvest Mouse stamps and dies (MFT), Pathway background stamp (hello Bluebird), Prisma markers}

I love Harvest Mouse! So cute. And I did get the dies for him years back (when the dies were a tad cheaper, as I recall). Sometimes, I make a lot of die cuts and then keep them handy in an envelope for quick and easy stamping.

Thanks for visiting the café today!