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DAY 12. Bird with pencils & markers

Hello Friends, I hope your week is off to a good start. Super quick post today. Below is the before.

This is a great stamp set from Avery Elle that is sold out. Ugh sorry. It’s called Hummingbird and it was fun to color. First I always color with markers then … comes the pencils. Tomorrow I will finish these flowers.

I filmed the pencil accents and the video went sideways on me lol. Area to note is the eye area … how I drew a circle around the eyeball to accent it.

Excited to finish this up. Have a great day and see you tomorrow. Hugs, Kathy

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  4. Jaya More says

    Ohhh Wowww…
    So adorable is this hummingbird… Love the way u did shades around eye’s.. looks perfect

  10. Karen Kochjar says

    Super cool! I am going to try pencils over marker today, now I just have to find the right image!

  12. Heather Innusa says

    I can not tell you how much I love seeing this technique!! You’re so awesome at it – I need to practice!!

  21. Heather Mills says

    Your coloring is always so amazing! I’ve tried adding colored pencil to my marker coloring, but it doesn’t seem to work for me–probably user error and the fact that I don’t have the best colored pencils.

  25. Bunny Dobbie says

    Oh yessss! The circle around the eye really makes such a lovely difference. I love how my Polychromos work over Copics. Even with sharp pencils, the white spaces bothered me. None of that with marker underneath as you taught us.

  26. Mischelle says

    I like before and afters. I just wish the photos were next to each other. I might be the only one with this problem, I have to scroll up and down, just to see the difference. I see the 1st one is lovely, but, wow the second. I just can’t place what is different due to the scrolling back and forth. As I said to me, they both look great! Thanks for the inspiration, I keep on coloring!

  43. Lisa Byers says

    Ooooooo!! I love hummingbirds!! This one is so beautiful!! I love your coloring, it is glorious!!

  51. Anne Sturgeon says

    Love these delicate creatures, can spring be far away…. can’t wait to see it finished.

  54. Donna Lewis says

    Fabulous as always, Kathy! I really mst get my pencils out! Perhaps my next 30 day challenge could be adding pencil details to all my coloured images?

  57. Lee Miner says

    Which only goes to show that even the smallest enhancements, details make a big difference. Looking forward to the rest of it. Bound to be awesome.

  60. Susan G says

    The hummingbird is so precious. I think they’re the most amazing birds. It’s interesting how that one tiny thing, the line around the eye, makes such a huge impact. Thanks for the great tip. Loving the challenge. Thanks so much.

  64. Monica says

    Gorgeous!
    Hummingbird is my favourite bird and that one has so much details compared to other stamps. Too bad it’s sold out, oh well, it might go in one of the giveaways…lol.
    Thanks for sharing Kathy, XOXO

  65. Terry Brubaker says

    This is already so beautiful! I can’t imagine what the “finished” product will look like!
    Thanks for sharing.

  66. karenladd says

    I never even thought to combine markers with pencil details but what a difference it makes! Lovely!

  77. Sweta Changela says

    Those petals!!! ESP the white edges and the colored insides of the petal… something I would so like to learn and practice more ! ❤️

  78. SHartl says

    You always make it look easy Kathy, but I know that it takes skill and time. Love that beautiful hummingbird

  80. Robin Ridpath says

    Gorgeous! And the difference on the eye is amazing. I’m setting a goal for myself to try adding pencils to a marker project during this 30 day challenge.

  81. Wendi J says

    Fabulous coloring. Like how the tips of the wings are so light. Your always so good at the extra details.

  82. Betty Hempel says

    I love the coloring and especially adore the Hummingbird. I am facinated by the birds and have taken many vidios of them and you really did your hummingbird justice. I admire all your work and thini you do best on the plane! More time to relax.
    Thank you for sharing

  86. Surekha Galagoda says

    Dear Kathy
    Your coloring on the flowers, the pot and the bird are super duper awesome.
    I am so blessed to join your 30 Day Coloring Challenge as i get achance to learn from a genius like you and practice it too. I sucked at coloring earlier but after watching videos i just started to improve a wee bit and the coloring Challenge is an icing on the cake for me.
    Thank you for taking time off your busy schedule to organise this awesome challenge and teach a person like me to color for free. You cannot even imagine how much i value this opportunity. Thanks a ton for the tips you share and taking my fears of coloring away slowly but steadily.
    I have become a wee bit more organised as i want to color something daily. I have taken my coloring mediums stamps etc and kept them on a tray so that i can stamp the images and keep them safely for me to grab and color when i have time. Bless you and your family with good health and happiness always with lots of and gratitude
    b

    • Kathy Racoosin says

      Thank you for your kind words. It is truly my pleasure to share the love of coloring with people like you. Enjoy! 🙂

  88. Gail Plaskiewicz says

    Oh my gosh, this is so cute & colorful! I have a hummingbird stamp but it’s not as nice as this one. What a great job you did! I love it! I’ve never done colored pencils over markers but I will have to try it sometime. Great job on this one but when do you never do a great job? Okay, maybe you have but we’ve never seen it.

  101. Robyn Oliver says

    You’ve really brought that lovely hummingbird to life Kathy, fabulous colours and details…. I don’t have markers but do put a soft base colour in pencil over which to add the detail…which I am working on thanks to your wonderful inspiration and advice… beautiful images…hugs Robyn

  102. Henriëtte says

    Great colouring Kathy, I still have to try some markers underneath my pencils.
    But your colouring and tips are always great, thank you so much, happy colouring and “see” you tomorrow.

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