Crowntail Betta Fish

Hi Everyone, it's Saskia here.

A Crowntail Betta fish is maybe one of the most beautiful in the world.

Betta fish originated in the warm waters of Thailand, formerly known as Siam.

Crowntail Betta fish (Betta splendens), also called Siamese Fighting Fish, are a very popular breed with fish tank owners. Deriving the name from their unique tail fin characteristics, male Crowntail Bettas create a dramatic first impression with their vivid colors and flashy fin extensions.

Today I want to show you how you can draw an easy ocean background.

 

Step 1: First, you colour a fairly thick line with BG10.
Step 2: With BG11 you draw thin flicks to about two-thirds of the line you put with BG10. (You do not have to blend it yet. That will come in a later stage)

 Step 3:  BG34 you draw little swipes, about one third of the bottom of the line.

After this step you start to blend.

First start with BG34, after that you start to blend with the other colours.

Step 4: First, you colour a fairly thick line with BG0000.  

 Step 5: With BG000 you draw thin flicks to about two-thirds of the line you put with BG0000. (You do not have to blend it yet. That will come in a later stage)

  Step 6:  BG01 you draw little swipes, about one third of the bottom of the line.

After this step you start to blend.

First start with BG01, after that you start to blend with the other colours

Repeat all steps until you have done the whole background.

 With these photos I want to show you how I coloured the head and body of the Crowntail Fish.

First of all, I start with a base and then I continue colouring. Everything goes on feeling.

I'm not trying to think but just go with the flow.

  

The image is a digital stamp "Betta Fish Crowntail"  from Fabrika fantasy.

I used the following Copic Markers to colour this print.

Crowntail Fish: Y35-38 and YR04-07-09

Background: BG0000 - 000 - 01 and BG10 - 11 - 34

Copic Opaque White for the dots

On the bubbles: Mod Podge Dimensional Magic.

I hope you have read this post with pleasure.

Until next time!

Baby, it's cold outside

Dear Copic friends,

Today I've a Christmas card for you all.

With a beautiful girl from The East Wind, she's called "Baby, it's cold outside".

Today I come with E tones...
Because it fits perfectly with the design paper from Studio Light.



Copic colours I used:

Face: E0000 - E000 - E00 - E21

Hair: E84 - E87 - E89
Clothing: E81 - E84 - E87 - E89

For now, that's all!

I hope you like it, see you soon.

Louna

Hi everybody,

I don't know about you, but, I find I have a few favourite colour combos I use for dark hair.

Copic Markers have a huge number of darker shades in different colours of grey. These look great when used in combination with other colours which are ideal for the coloring of hair.

Especially if you use a white pencil to apply high lights as a finishing touch.

The background is made with a Gelliplate and ARA paint.
The image is from Sakuems - Louna 

This sweet girl is of course coloured with Copic Markers.

The colours I've used are:

Skin: E0000 - E000 - E00 - E04 - E11 - E21 and R20

Lips: R02 - R20 - R21

Eyes: B01 - B02 - B04

Hair: 110 - B21 - B26 - C5 - C7 - C9 and with pencil from the brand Stabilo

T-shirt: R46 - R59 - R89 - RV99
Choker: C3 - C5 - C7

Thank you all for reading,

 a BIG hug,

Nature sprite ...

 Good Morning everybody!!

Today I have a modern Sprite for you. The thing about this
Nature sprite is that she is just like a sweet hippie girl.

First I created this background with the gelli-plate. I used some old foam stamps and stencil by Plaid

 The swirls are made ​​with a black and purple Molotov acrylic marker.
The image is by Sara Burrier "Nature sprite portrait 3"

skin: E0000 - E000 - E00 - E11 - E21

eyes: YG03 - YF05

hair: E29 - E53 - E57 - E59

top: Y26 - Y35 - Y38
wings, feathers and jewellery:
BG10 - BG13 - BG15, E33 - E35, V000 - V01 - V12 - V15 - V17,
YR04 - YR07 - YR09 and Y26 - Y35 - Y38

flower and leaves: Y26 - Y35 - Y38 and YG03 - YG06 - YG09
butterfly: E33 - E35, YR04 - YR07 - YR09 and Y26 - Y35 - Y38

Thanks for your visits and comments, hugs!

I wish you a happy day!

  Hello everyone!

Don't you just love the flowers in nature?
Our garden is already beautiful with all the flowers in bloom at the moment.
When the weather is nice then I'm colouring in the garden, so that I can really enjoy all the flowers. 

At the moment there are lots of beautiful flower stamps in the stores.

I used one of those stamps for this card..
 We have an insect and bird friendly garden; during the day there are all sorts of insects, butterflies and birds. 

Copics Used...
Flowers: R24, R29, E59
 Leaves: YG23 - YG25 - YG67 - T5

Greenfinch: Y15 - Y26 - BG72 - BG75 - BG78
Branches: E53 - E55 - E57

Robin: E51 - E43 - E33 - E57 - E29 - YR04 - YR07 - YR09
Butterfly: Y15 - Y19 - YR04 - YR07
Background: BG00 (self-made) - BG000
White Dots : Molotow Arcylic White

 The stamps are from the brand Studio Light.

Thanks for your visits and comments!!

Wishing you a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

 

Hi everyone,

Who doesn't know the classic childeren story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) from the novel from 1865 written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world.  Well I love this story and read it a lot of times.

So when this Whimsical Alice Collection came online, I immediately bought the entire collection.
 

The Alice image was coloured separately and then cut out with scissors  before being mounted on to the coloured background.

Make it crafty - Whimsical - Mushroom Forest

Make it crafty - Whimsical - Shrunken Alice

Shrunken Alice:

Skin: E000 - E00 - E02 - E11 - E13

Hair: Y21 - Y26 - YR24

Eyes: B00 - B02 - B04

Dress and bow: B000 - B00 - B02 - B04 - B06

Stockings: B00 - B02 - B04 - B06 and C00 - C1 - C3
Apron: 0 - C00 - C1 - C3 Shoes: C1 - C3 - C5

Mushroom Forest:

Grass: YG01 - YG05 - YG17 - YG25 - YG67

Dirt road and rocks: E51 - E53 - E55
Purple mushroom: V12 - V15 - V17 -R59 

Orange/ red mushroom: Y38 - YR04 - R08 - R59
Underside of the cap of the mushroom : Y11 - Y15 - Y38 - YR04 - YR07

Mushroom stem: E41 - E42 - E43 - E44
Sky Shadow: 0 - B0000 - B000 - B00

 

Have a wonderful and creative day,

Greetz

Making clouds with the activatorspray

 Hi Copic friends,

This is my first Copic Tutorial for the Copic Marker Europe Blog.

 I decided to teach you how to make clouds with the Activator Spray.

Start with making a background with your Airbrush.

For the next step you will need a rubber stamp (I'm using a cloud-stamp  by Katzelkraft), an acrylic stampingblock, a bottle of Copic Activator and a tissue.

Spray the Activator on the rubber Cloud stamp.
 

Remove the excess of the Activator Spray from your acrylic stamping block with a tissue.

Tip: Do this immediately after spraying because Activator Spray evaporates very quickly.

 

Stamp the clouds on your background. 

Press it gently and let the stamp rest for a few seconds so the Activator Spray can react with Copic Ink.

When you remove the stamp, you will see that the ink has been diluted  by Activator Spray.

It  looks a bit smudgy now, but the print will get more crisp if you give the spray a litte time to dry.

I've  used different cloud stamps  to create  a beautiful cloud cover.

 

I've used a limited range of Copic colours.

So you can see that you can create maximum impact with just a few colours.

All the stamps I have used, are by Kaztelkraft.

Here are the colours I've used for this project.:

Sky: B04

Grass: YG05
Blue shades: B000-B00-B01-b02-B05

Orange/yellow shades: YR02- YR04-YR07-YR09 and Y11-Y13-Y17-Y19

Yellow shades:Y11-13-17-19

Orange shades: YR02- YR04-YR07-YR09

Green shades: YG01-YG03-YG05-YG09

Grey shades: C0-C1-C3

Pink: R20

Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

The Good Life......

Hi everybody,

Luxurious 3D cards by Studio Light can easily be combined with cute images like the one I used here.

For this first card I used a brand new stamp by Magnolia called Pizza Tilda from the Little Italy line.

 Here are the colours I used:

Skin: E000, 000, 00, 04 and 11 

Hair: YR23, 27

Purple shades: V000, 000, 09, 12, 15 and 17

Green shades: G40, 43 and 46

Browns shades: E41, 42, 43, 44 and 47

I have made some breadcrumbs using the brown foam clay by Craft Emotions

For the second card I used another brand new stamp by Magnolia called Italian Speedy Tilda from the Little Italy line.

Here are the colours I used for the second Magnolia:

Skin: E000, 000, 00, 04, 11 and R20

Hair: E21, 25 and 29

Purple shades: V, 09, 12, 15 and 17

Green/Blue shades: BG11, 13, 15 and 18

Grey shades: C1, 3, 5, 7 and 9

Yellow shades: YR23 , Y 15

I have created a road using the brown floam clay by Craft Emotions again.

Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Enjoy your day at the beach

Hello everyone!

It's my turn to inspire you with a creation, Today i will share a very summery card with you all. Who doesn't love the sea, sun and beach? Because that means for most people they can relax on their Summer Holiday. The summer is really my favorite time of year.

 I'm really fond of the sea, sun and icecream.
And in a few weeks, I can enjoy it all during my holiday in Tenerife.

I have been using the following colours:

Skin: E00-11-13-15
Hair: Y21-YR23-YR24
Eyes: BG01-BG05
Lips: R21-R22
Swimwear: BG000- BG01-BG05-BG09
Icecream: Y15-19-E31-E33-E35-R35-R37

The papers are from the Dutch  brand "Light Studio".
The image is by "Saturated Canary".

Thank you very much for your visit, have a great "Summer Holiday"!