Showing posts with label colouring tutorials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colouring tutorials. Show all posts

Friday, 4 October 2013

Week 15 - Halloween's a Scream With Graph'It Marker Challenge

Crikey how fast has this week passed, where does the time go?!!


Before we get to this week's challenge we have an important announcement to make....

Design Team Call!

...we are looking for someone who ADORES colouring with alcohol markers to join our fantastic Design Team! So if you are a colouring geek like the rest of us here then please email us to apply. You MUST have an active blog and be able to commit to one project a week plus a tutorial each month. We don't care what brand of marker you currently use as we know that you will LOVE using Graph'It once you try them, we just need someone who loves colouring and is able to meet the commitment which will be a minimum of 4 months term. Closing date is 12th October so don't miss this - we have a great team and you will love to be part of it! Send us your blog link and a short bio about yourself and why you'd like to be on the team and why we should pick you.

Last week we challenged you to use Autumn Colours - but this week 

Boo!...Halloween's a Scream!

Remember - you can use ANY brand of alcohol marker to enter our challenges!


Before we get to this week's inspiration and prizes, it's time to announce the winner of last week's challenge. We use a RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR so that everyone has an equal chance of winning. IN ADDITION we also pick a Top 3 and may ask one of those people each month to join us as a Guest Designer. So here is today's winner chosen by our random number generator this week:

No. 12....Sue BearhouseWell done Sue! You win a great prize of a set of Graph'It Markers!

We're also delighted to announce that our favourite Top 3 entries are:
 No 10, Croms; No 6, Janina and No 14, Jane
Please email Nikky here to claim your prize and please grab your blinkies from the sidebar.

The winner of this week's challenge will win a fantastic prize of 6 Graph'It markers and a Mix'It Blending palette and Mix'It Fluid! 


Let's get to the great team creations this week...Remember to join our Facebook group too, Graph'It Markers UK, where we have daily inspiration and share some of our favourite makes & hints and tips every day, it's a great place to be and we have some exciting news to share very soon!....

I didn't used to be into Halloween much. But, with all the cute images and fab papers around these days, it has grown on me. Who knows, this year, I might even go out and get me some treats. Hmmm. Does new stash count as a Halloween Treat?!...
Markers Used...
Ground: 4120, 3210
Skin: 4120, 4115, 4170
Black: 9406, 9408, 9909
White: 9400, 0000
Orange: 2180, 3125



Eeek its that scary time of year again, mind you I jump at my own shadow so easily spooked!  I had fun using my Graph'It markers for this one!...

Colours used:
Purple - 6110 6120 6140
Orange - 2105 2110 2120
Green - 8240 8260 8280 
Skin 4155 4170

Simonne ... Although my family don't celebrate Halloween as a holiday, I absolutely LOVE to make Halloween themed projects!!  So even though it's not my week to post here on the GI blog (I'm part of Team B!), I couldn't resist sneaking in a spooky creation, hehe!  To create an undead feel to her skin, I coloured her entire face with a layer of 9500 before going over it with 4110.  Then I added shading and detail with the other colours listed below:
Graph'it Markers used:
Hair: 9509 9507 9505 9503 9501 9500 0000
Skin: 9500 9501 4110 3210 9503 Blush: 4150
Bandages: 9503 3210 4110 9501 9500 0000
Black dress: 9509 9507 9505 9503


Claire I adore the colours of Halloween and had loads of fun colouring this gorgeous Witch from  the Polkadoodles Witchy Witchy download bundle....

Colours used: 
skin: 4180, 4155, 4115, 4125.
 Hair and cat 9909, 9507, 9502, 6110
Greens: 8280, 8260, 8250, 8220
Purples: 6170, 6140, 6120
Orange: 2180, 2150, 1250

So there is our inspiration from the fabulously talented Graph'It team this week!...


You have until  Sunday 13th October at noon GMT to enter below by adding your creation to Mr Linky below - don't forget you have the chance to win a fabulous prize! 
The winner of this challenge will be announced on Friday 18th October here on this blog. 

Please check our rules for all entries: 
1. All entries MUST follow the challenge theme. 2. Please link your blog post and not your blog address with the linky tool - this saves us from searching your blog for your entry.  3. No back-linking to previous posts - these will be disregarded from our voting.4. Please ensure you follow the challenge theme!

Mister Linky's Magical Widgets -- Thumb-Linky widget will appear right here!
This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on your site.
For best results, use HTML mode to edit this section of the post.

Friday, 6 September 2013

Tutorial... Splodgy, Dotty Background

Hi Everyone, it's Faye here, happy Friday...

I thought I'd share how I create the Splodgy, Dotty Backgrounds I do from time to time, the technique is perfect for the firmer nib you get on a Graph'It Marker. And you may it helpful for our next Challenge, that's all I'm sayin'! ;)

First up, you need to lay down a rough base layer of colour, it really doesn't matter how uneven or rough it is, as we are going over it a few times. I've used 9100 (and 9404, 9406 for the ground):


When your base coat has dried, we are going to start adding dots. Lots and lots of dots. If it sounds like there is a woodpecker in the room with you, you're on the right track:


When that layer has dried, (you can do it when it's wet, your dots will look softer, and you need to work faster, so it depends on the effect you want, really) you do it all over again, to give some depth of colour, closer to the image (I was fast with the camera for this photo, the ink is still very wet!):


And then we go again, but this time with 9102 in the areas that may be a little darker:


One more time, Peeps, but this time, we want to use 0000, to add lighter dots and create texture:


Job done:


Don't forget to pop back later to get all the details of our new Challenge and find out if you're a winner!