Welllll, here is what I feel like I spent most of friday night coloring! Those markers take so much longer, I am not sure at this point if I wanna be friends with them! LOL How can something look so friendly and be so hard to manage... hmmmm My only consolation is that I colored up lots of images with my pencils sunday evening. I picked this Whiff or Joy from my stash because it isn't too large and I could maybe get away with it not looking to obvious that I really have never read anything about how to use copics.
I felt kinda lost just coloring without paper for inspiration, so I grabbed a pretty color...purple hues and went to town. It was a long train ride my friends and I won't say anything else about this subject!
I used a large 12 x 12 piece of Basic Grey, Wisteria paper, and then while that seemed to match alright...I had no purple colored ribbon to use, so I used pink. The ribbon could have been fluffier for my liking, but it wasn't gonna happen with this particular riboon material.
It may have something to do with knowing "my man" Jeff is probably heading out the Big Brother door on thursday. Who will I look at until the show wraps up? {I forgot I loaded a realllly nice picture of him as my desktop wallpaper!} I am just kinda bummed, and I think the BB fans out there, few of us that there is...knows my pain. :( Maybe putting together a card or two tonight will ease my pain.
See ya!
ACK! maybe i'll be getting YOU to teach the class in october!
Posted by: lindaH | August 31, 2009 at 07:15 PM
Wow Paula..you say you have never used copics. Well you rock girl! This is just amazing!
Wow!
Posted by: Christine Dol | August 31, 2009 at 07:31 PM
Um, I wish my first Copic image looked like this! And I'm right there with ya on Jeff...who are we gonna drool over? There's almost no point in watching if he's gone!
Posted by: Shannan Teubner | August 31, 2009 at 08:38 PM
Whoo.....whoo.....she looks amazing!!!
Posted by: Shannon Bracken | August 31, 2009 at 08:43 PM
Very, very pretty!!
Posted by: Danni | August 31, 2009 at 09:04 PM
Beautiful card -- and yes I feel your pain about Jeff. The only hope is that there will be twist with this whole pandora's box.
Posted by: Susie Walker | August 31, 2009 at 09:33 PM
I have tried Copic's and I didn't really like them myself- I always think your coloring with the pencils & oms is Amazing...so if this is with copics I am just speechless! I keep coming back to your blog, and browsing through your pages whenever I need inspiration, so thanks!
Posted by: Lisa | August 31, 2009 at 09:38 PM
I LOVE this...I can't believe you are talking about not knowing how to use them...I have been following tutorials and practicing for a year and am nowhere Near this good! Some people just Have it
Posted by: Rachel Hope | August 31, 2009 at 09:42 PM
Great card Paula. (I hope Jeff doesn't leave the house on Thursday either........!!)
Posted by: Carla | August 31, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Well, I've said it before and I'm gonna say it again... you're work is FABULOUS!!!! I should just cut and paste this to use on all your posts. I just love your work Paula!
I'm also with you on Jeff. I really don't want to watch it if hunky Jeff leaves, waaahh!
Posted by: Kandi | September 01, 2009 at 01:05 AM
I have NO comment!
I hope your boy gets voted off - LOL!
Posted by: Meahni | September 01, 2009 at 07:05 AM
Wow! and you said you have never used copics? The colors and your blending is out of this world. Keep playing with them! I'm sure you will fall in love with them, sorry for the pencils... LOL.
Posted by: Silvia | September 01, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Your cards, your coloring and everything you do is always so beautiful, intriguing, and fun to look at. I think any new medium takes longer at first. I'm none too speedy with Copics, either. Heaven forbid I should try pencils and Gamsol. Really, this is incredible. You're the best!
Posted by: Leslie Miller | September 01, 2009 at 02:46 PM
You did awesome for your first try with Copics! I don't really believe you...but if it IS your first time, you rocked them!
Posted by: Danielle | September 03, 2009 at 04:37 PM
You did a beautiful job! I love her hair. Here's another Copic master (she's part of the Copic Creations team) - Suzanne Dean
http://scrapbitz.blogspot.com/
She has lots of Copic tutorials and what not on her blog that may help ;o)
Posted by: Alyssa | September 05, 2009 at 08:46 AM
Paula, I have just one thing to say to you sister, just SHUT UP! I do not want to hear you whine. I have been trying to master copics for sometime. As for me, I don't mind hanging out with my beloved Prismas for awhile longer. LOL!
hugs,
Pam L.
http://stampsinc.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Pam | September 06, 2009 at 04:55 AM