Doodling with Debby: Pencils on Kraft
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Welcome to the latest edition of “Doodling with Debby” where Debby Hughes is giving us some cool tips and tricks on coloring on kraft colored paper. Please read on, watch the video, and enjoy!
Hi it’s Debby here today and I’m delighted to be joining you with this month’s Doodling With Debby feature. I have a video below pencil colouring on kraft card using the beautiful Bouquet Of Thanks set.
I’ve only relatively recently discovered the joys of coloured pencils, particularly on neutral card and I’m certainly no expert. However, I’ve had a number or requests to see a video so I thought it was the perfect project to share for my Doodling With Debby feature this month.
I started the card with a panel of Neenah Desert Storm card. I particularly like how coloured pencils pop off kraft or grey card. The Bouquet Of Thanks stamp set has a lovely large floral image, which I stamped with Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink. This leaves a tone on tone impression, which gives me an outline to work with, but as I colour the outline fades back leaving just a little definition to the areas not so deeply coloured.
I find the best way to get the most impact when colouring with pencils is to really concentrate on the highlights and shadows. With this in mind I started my colouring by blocking in areas of the petals with a white pencil that I wanted to reserve for highlights. As I continued to colour I’d avoid these areas or use only the lightest of my blue shades. Once I started to get a light base of colour over the petals I then concentrated on getting the deeper colours in place. Using a range of blue pencils and getting progressively deeper in colour I flicked pencil lines from the centre of the flower over the base of the petals. I even used a little black pencil for the deepest shadows.
With the highlights and shadows now in place I finished the colouring by blending the two areas together. I’ve tried using paper stubs and gamsol to blend with but find I prefer simply going over the areas with a pencil and using a little more pressure to build up the colour and blend the areas together.
With the colouring now complete I wanted to keep the card nice and simple. I cut the panel with a Wonky Rectangle and added a tag from the Bundle Of Stitched Shapes dies cut from white card and stamped in Versafine Onyx Black with a sentiment from the Bouquet Of Thanks set.
Using foam adhesive I added the kraft panel to a white card base and popped on the sentiment tag. I accented the tag with a twine bow kept in place with a glue dot and then, as a final touch, accented the colouring with Simon Says Stamp Chameleon sequins.
Thanks for joining me today and I’ll see you for next month Doodling With Debby feature.
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I love how colored pencils look on Kraft paper. So soft and pretty.
Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the great video.
Stunning card. The colour looks amazing on the paper and it’s put together perfectly. :)
Your card is beautiful! Thanks for sharing how you made it.
I never seem to get those results from pencils Your coloring is beautiful.
Love the subtile blue in the flowers; what an elegant card!
The flowers are beautiful.
I’ve been playing with pencils
and it’s getting easier to
have good results.
thanks for sharing.
Beautiful coloring, Debby~!
Wow! Awesome card!!! Colouring is amazing!!!
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Sweet card and lovely to see blue flowers as seldom seen. x
Oh, I just saw this on Instagram and marked it “love.” You are a pro!
The colors of the flowers are beautiful. What a good idea to use kraft paper.
Love your technique, Debbie. Beautiful results;)
In love with Debby’s coloring! Stunning CAS card!
This card is beautiful. I never use my colored pencils but this card has inspired me.
So pretty and stunning.
Beautiful coloring!!
This is beautiful!!
Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing….
What a lovely card. Thanks for sharing. I have never thought of using versamark or other watermark ink to stamp an image for coloring with pencils. I’m going to have to give this a try.
Beautiful card! Thanks for providing the video. It’s very helpful!
Beautiful card. Love how the white pops off the kraft cardstock.
Very pretty!
Stunning !!
Beautiful card. Debby has a signature style with her soft floral cards that I love.
Gorgeous!! Thanks for the explanation of how you made them, too. Great tip on the embossing ink stamping.
Debbie,
Your card turned out beautifully! I can hardly wait to try out your technique on my own. I had never thought of using embossing ink to outline the image. You are a genius! Thanks for the inspiration!
Just when I thought the flowers were as beautifully colored as they could get you add something more and then something more. I recently bought myself a set of pencils and you have given me the courage to try them out.
This takes doodling to a whole new level!
Debby, this card is gorgeous! Lovely video. :-)
What a beautiful card!
Thank you for the video..
Thanks for your great coloring tips. I always learn something from your videos. Lovely, lovely card.
Really beautiful card! I’ll have to remember the tip on how to highlight areas by using a white pencil. Thanks for the video!
Wonderful pencil coloring. My pencil coloring does not look close to yours at all.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Absolutely stunning and elegant! Amazing colouring as always. Love blue. Love this!
Beautiful flowers! I love the pop white colored pencil gives on Kraft paper.
Beautiful coloring! I love your coloring! TFS
WOW this card is so beautiful Debby!!
Oh Debby, I have loved this stamp since it debuted and your colouring skills are totally amazing! Pinned this to reference as I intend to use this video tutorial for some serious practice! TFS!
This card turned out so pretty and I can’t wait to try.
Thanks for sharing your colored pencil technique! This is an amazing card!
Stunning card Debbie!!! I loved watching your tutorial as well, it was very helpful to see the steps you took adding and building colour to the flowers.
BEAUTIFUL! I need to try working with kraft.
Pencil coloring on kraft paper is beautiful. Lovely card.
Such a pretty card, I really need to break out my colored pencils.
WOW!! Gorgeous card! Stunning job!! One of my favorite cards!!I love the pretty blue.
I can’t believe how stunning pencils look on Kraft! I must find a lighter colour to try. This is gorgeous!
What a beauty!
This card and your coloring are stunning Debbie! I’m going to have to give this a try, coloring on Kraft paper!
Love this – I have yet to try to color on kraft card stock!!!