Let's Have Some Coloring Fun!

Isn't this a beautiful image!  This is a card I designed for two Power Poppy challenges - Hues to Use and Power & Spark Inspire Me.  I used Power Poppy's Graceful Still Life digital stamp.  For the Inspire Me challenge, I was inspired by Allison's Inspire Me video - Copic Shading and Shadow.

Allison's video was especially helpful to me in explaining using Warm, Neutral, and Cool colors to shade.  I tended  more to just go with darker colors.  I have to admit this is probably only the 3rd time I've colored roses -  these are by far the best I have ever colored!  I still have work to do - One thing I will work on next is consistency.  I was quite happy with my first rose - but although I used the same colors and technique, I think a break in between made a difference in how much I shaded or how dark I shaded.  So the colors in my roses are not consistent.  I think now when I have multiple roses, I will shade all of them at the same setting.

My colors also became somewhat muddied - so definitely room to improve!  And I sometimes blended too much, completely blending out my shading.

Overall, I found Allison's instructions exceptionally helpful!!  Thanks, Allison!  Here is a close-up of my work...I have to say, while my coloring is far from perfect, it doesn't help that when I photograph them, it seems the shading disappears.