![]() ![]() i got to work right away using the pastels (and some colored pencils) to color in one of the greeting cards I designed as a thank card. It was a full set of gorgeous Neocolor II pastels gifted to me by a dear fellow artist! I can’t tell you how much it meant to me that someone would send me art supplies – such a thoughtful and generous gesture and I am still in awe. I carefully slid it out (because I didn’t want the ginormous black spider who has taken up residence in said mailbox to hitch a ride on my package). Just a few days later I opened my mailbox to discover a rather large and heavy package inside. If you order Neocolors through Amazon, be sure you are ordering the correct type of pastel you need (I or II)! The item description did not specify which set I was ordering, and since there was a picture of paintbrushes next to the pastels, I assumed I was getting the watercolors. What the hell? And then it dawned on me … I had mistakenly ordered the Neocolor I pastels (which happen to be water-resistant) instead of the Neocolor II pastels which are meant to be blended with water! The Neocolor I pastels are beautiful, don’t get me wrong, but they were not what I needed. They did not blend at all with my water brush. After opening the box and grabbing a few pastels to try out of a scrap of paper, though, my heart sank. I did order a set of 40 off of Amazon and I was so excited to get them in the mail. So about the Caran d’Ache Neocolor II pastels …. This set of 8 designs can be printed at home (card stock is best), trimmed to size and colored with your favorite media. Carlson / Ruby Charm Colors, colored by the artistĪfter that, I modified a collection of my moth and butterfly illustrations and turned them into greeting cards, too. Little Bird line art for coloring books, pages and greeting cards (c) 2018 by S. Though it was my first time using the pastels and I was still getting the hang of blending them with my Kurtake and Aquash Pentel water brushes, I was pretty happy with the outcome and decided to order a set of the Neocolors through Amazon so I would have more colors to work with in future projects. I used Turquoise, Chromium Oxide Green, Olive Brown, and Fast Orange for the background, sun and leaves for this piece. I was attracted to their intense hues and how they appeared to blend really well. I had ordered about 8 individual (open-stock) pastels from Blick to try them out as I had seen a number of beautiful colorings on Instagram and Facebook using the Neocolors. I started coloring this illustration using a mix of Caran d’Ache Neocolor II pastels and colored pencils. The line art, if you would like to color this finished design yourself, can be found here in the Rub圜harmColors Etsy shop. The gecko itself was done quite some time ago, but as with several of my mini projects, sometimes they fall by the wayside until I have a reminder to git ‘er done, as they say. Lucia’s Crestie gecko, Nacho, was the inspiration for this illustration and I finally got around to finishing up the background in July. The first illustration I completed was actually started a few months ago and was a special request by a fan, Lucia, who is now on my coloring team. In addition to working on an upcoming book (which has somehow morphed into two 100+ page volumes) I’ve created a few new illustrations for my Etsy shop and have released several sets of cards for coloring. The past month has been busy for the Ruby Charm Colors project. When I have a chance, I plan to use Neocolor II pastels for the background. The Irojitens pencils were used to burnish and set my colors. I started with lots of light layers with the Luminance pencils, then worked in my Polychromos for variations in color and more blending. I used a mix of Caran d’Ache Luminance, Polychromos, Prismacolor Premier and Irojiten pencils so far, plus Sakura Souffle gel pens for the dots on the fish. Here’s a sample of the color test I did of this design – it is still a work in progress and might be for some time since I’ve really got to get back to the books and finish them up for a September release. Two pages are included in the file–the black line illustration and also a grey-line version in case you enjoy working with lighter lines. The Bear with Fish will be included in Volume 1, but it is also available on Etsy right now as an instantly downloadable PDF for coloring. A few days ago, I pulled it up and was inspired to finish it off for inclusion in my new set of books which will be offered on Amazon soon. I had roughly sketched the bear months ago, but then it sat neglected in a folder on my iPad. There’s a new addition to the Rub圜harmColors Etsy shop and I really enjoyed completing the line art for this one.
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