Copics Tutorial ~ Rosy Red Cheeks...

Hi all!

Have you been watching the Royal Wedding today. I was.....and making a card at the same time using my 'Willow With Cookies' stamp by Whiff Of Joy.

I love my images to have rosy red cheeks, especially if using on a project with rich colours. Sometimes pink cheeks just won't do for me! So how do you achieve this without your finished image resembling Coco The Clown?....

So I thought I'd put together a little Copics tutorial for you. It works with Promarkers too. Just pick out similar shades to those pictured above. I'm no expert, but here's how I do my rosy red cheeks...

STEP 1....go all over face with E00

(Today I am using E00 & E02 as my skin tones. This will vary on what complexion, hair colour etc, I want my image to have. I also consider what papers/colours will be used on my finished card and try to tone the skin & hair colours accordingly)....

STEP 2....use E02 in the areas that there would be shade (i.e. hairline, neck, under the chin etc.)....

STEP 3....use R37 to draw a small circle on her cheeks. Eeek!! don't be afraid at this point that she looks like Coco The Clowns twin sister!

(I am using R37 today, as this will tone in with the shades of red I intend to use on my finished card. Use any shade of red, deep pink etc, that with tone in with your finished project. I have a home made swatch of all my marker colours. I always hold the papers I intend to use against my swatch to pick out the best colours of markers to match.)...

STEP 4...now working quite quickly so that the markers don't have time to dry properly between steps, pop your image onto a folded piece of ABSORBENT KITCHEN PAPER TOWEL, and go all over the face in the palest skin colour again, E00.

(The kitchen paper with suck out the excess red from behind the image. If you do not use the kitchen paper, the red ink will not blend out as easily and just sit on the papers surface.)....

STEP 5....still working on the kitchen paper, go over the cheeks and middle of the face with the BLENDER PEN....

STEP 6....still working on the kitchen paper, I then take a pink shade, BLUSH - R20, and go over the cheeks again. I then add a little more E02 etc, in the shaded areas, and maybe a little more E00 until I'm happy...

STEP 7....to finish the rosy look, I add a tiny spot of white gel pen (Signo or Inkissentials) to where the cheek bone would reflect the light. This would naturally be a little below the outer corner of the eye.

I realised after I had pictured the finished image I had missed a tiny bit of hair at the nape of her neck! That's what you get for colouring whist watching a Royal Wedding!I will show you the finished card tomorrow.....all hair intact!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you find this of some use!

Jenny xx