Thursday, August 2, 2007

Thomas Kinkade - "It Doesn't Get Much Better..."


I've been playing around with my new Thomas Kinkade stamps made by Cornish Heritage Farms. You can find photos near the bottom of my blog of my two new stamps. These images are so detailed and because Thomas Kinkade is well known for his use of light and shading in his drawings so to color this myself was very intimidating. I'm not sure I'm there yet but I have to admit this challenge was a lot of fun.

For this card I colored the image with a combination of primarily chalks and a splash of prismacolor pencils. I inked the stamp with Vintage Sepia Versafine Ink. I tried originally stamping in forest green dye ink and it was "OK" but I liked working much better with the Sepia ink to bring out more details of the stamp.

The background behind the image is stamped with Stampin' UP! CANVAS background stamp in forest green.

Thanks for taking a peek. I know I still have a lot of work to do on this one but it is a start.

11 comments:

  1. This is beautiful, Jennifer. I love Thomas Kinkade and have several pieces of a village by him. You have captured the light very well. I love it.

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  2. How lovely! Thanks for the comment you left on my blog. I linked your blog to mine.

    (Hugs)
    Mary-toao

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  3. What I love about this card...the vibrant red shirt against the soft surroundings and the feather! Gorgeous.

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  4. WOW, your coloring is awesome, this is fantastic.

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  5. You AMAZE me Jennifer! This card should be framed. LOL You are the Queen of Coloring! Tada!

    Humbly your friend,

    L:)

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  6. I'm thinking you better apply to their design team search Jennifer, this is fabulous!! :)

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  7. This is a masterpiece! Beautiful job with coloring your card, Jennifer!

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  8. Wow, not only is your coloring beautiful which everyone is drooling over but the card background with feather are perfect!
    Tfs!...Jan

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  9. oh Jennifer this is fabulous! Love your style !

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  10. I wish my coloring skills where as good as yours! It's really great! Thanks you for sharing with us! I love the lay out of it too! It's just perfect if you ask me!
    Pesc

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