Hello Friends, It’s Day 24. and I am here to announce that it’s Friday lol. I hope it’s been a good week and that you have some fun plans for the weekend.
Spotlight coloring … I am pretty sure you have heard of it? Here is an example that I did two years ago! Basically you are highlighting an image to color and the rest of the area is not colored. Power Poppy’s stamp set, “Artful Display” is perfect for spotlight coloring and for creating a fun background colored or not. I added the vase of flowers to the collection of plates from this stamp set.
I am a collector at heart and I have always loved plates. My sister in law once told me I don’t need any more plates for the rest of my life….or something like that. Well as you might imagine that only encouraged me to keep adding to my collection. My new thing is small crystal appetizer plates … love.
Have a great day and thanks so much for popping in . Hugs, Kathy
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Oh, OK…I’ve been spotlighting when all along I thought I was just giving up mid-project because I didn’t like where it was going. 🙂 I’ll revisit my pile and see if they look different now. I do like the effect you achieved. Have a good weekend. Lots of March Madness basketball on tap, so I should get some coloring done. My tulips are about ready to bloom and I’d love to have an orange pitcher like this one to put them in.
LOL. Yes Lucy, go revisit those piles of unfinished coloring pieces (which we all have, by the way) and try this technique. I have seen this technique be popular, as of late, on IG. It really accentuates and makes the item you colored, POP! Happy coloring!
Wonderful card Kathy, love how you used the vase of flowers here. Perfectly coloured and spotlighted.
gorgeos!
What a great card with this technique…need to try…its been a while.
love your spotlight coloring Kathy!! TFS 😀
Gorgeous bouquet in the pitcher, Kathy! And I love the outline background too – fun technique!
Just stopping by to say HI & tell you how much I love this!! Really, really pretty!!!!
Gorgeous!
I love that. Sometimes I feel like I’m not finished if I don’t color every single image.
Turn it into a spotlight card and no one will even notice! LOL 🙂
Well Kathy I had to go look for you today, for some reason I never received an email. Love the idea of spotlighting a part of the front. lol Sometimes that’s the only part I get done lol.
Well take those that you’ve already done and turn them into a card!!! Now they are all finished! LOL 🙂
Love the colorful flowers against the awesome vase. Great color contrast. The wall of plates and leaving just black and white is perfect.
Today I stamped up some images and will put in a baggie and color when I get time. Maybe sit at the kitchen table vs. my craft room and see different lighting/natural light. I think I need to do more masking and create more of a scene like this card you just did. Starting small first I guess is best. Thanks for the inspiration.
Question.. with my color pencils I have a blending pencil .. should I use it or not? and if so should I use it when I am done or during after each color? I am confused on what to do and should it be sharp or more of a chisel end?? thanks
The blending pencil can be very handy. You shouldnt have to use it after each color, unless you want to. It is helpful when you’re blending two colors together. For example, if you add a dark pink in a nook and crannie of a flower petal then color light pink over it, you can then go back with the blender to soften the edges and blend the two shades together. The blender pencil just contains wax and no pigment color, so you dont need it as sharp as if you were using color. The tip really depends on personal preferance. Hope this is helpful!
Thank you so much for the comment on the blender pencil and how to use it. You’re so helpful. Thank you.
Aren’t they adorable, but they make me hungry!
Amazing!! This is on my MUST TRY list. :o) Thank you for sharing and inspiration. :o) xx
Very cool! I think I’ve only tried spotlighting once and was not happy with it. It felt unfinished, but yours looks amazing so I will try this again! Thank you for always inspiring!
Love the bright & beautiful Springy card – also love to watch you coloring in action. Very inspiring……..!
Beautiful card Kathy. Love the spotlight coloring… what a great scene… the frames on the ‘wall’ look awesome. Such pretty pot of flowers.
Oh, Kathy, YOU are amazing! I so love everything you do and just encourage us to COLOR, COLOR, COLOR…something I absolutely LOVE to do…haha! But truly, this is such a beautiful set, and I love how you’ve left the dishes black and white to really make the pitcherful of tulips pop! Beautifully done and so inspiring! Hugs!
Thank you so much for your sweet comments, Cheryl.
another very beautiful card, thank you so much for sharing all these beautiful cards
I love that you get an entire background with this set. I collect ceramic pitchers like your drawing!
Beautiful!!
Very effective!
I’m with you on that collecting thing. My mom once told me that I didn’t need to buy more books because I had enough already. LOL! Seriously, how can you ever have enough books??? Or plates, or stamps, or coloring mediums, or fabrics, or… ;-D
Beautiful! Love leaving part b&w for more pop!
Oooo thanks for reminding me of this technique, it looks fabulous but I haven’t done it for a while and had almost forgotten about. Thanks for sharing. Creative Blessings, Tracy x
Kathy, I can’t tell you how much I love this card. The flowers have been so beautifully coloured.
LOVE the spotlighting technique! My aunt is a collector of plates too. They line the walls of her entire kitchen :o)