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Welcome MacKenzie, our Guest Contributor this week! She made a simple, easy to follow tutorial on how to color woods floors that she's kindly shared with us!
MacKenzie Bruckler
Blog: Midnight Scramper
Hi, my name is MacKenzie and I'm a totally obsessed paper crafter from Northern California. When I'm not busy being my kids Mom and my husbands girlfriend, you'll find me upstairs in my purple room stamping away. I first became familiar with Copic markers through several blogs that I read. I loved the bold colors and the subtle shading that could be done. I tried to find them locally, but it was like searching for a unicorn! When my husband asked me what I wanted for my birthday a couple of year ago, I showed him the 72 piece set and he ordered it for me right away.
I've never taken a class or any formal Copic training. Everything that I color is practice and trial by error. I've picked up so many fabulous techniques from online tutorials and my fellow bloggers. I never quite know what an image is going to look like until I'm done. Everyday I have the opportunity to learn something new.
Wood Floors
After I had little Kiki stamped out and colored in, I thought she needed a little something in the background to ground her. I decided to try drawing my first wood floor and took pictures along the way - you know, just in case it came out well and was blog-worthy! Being my first attempt, I was thrilled with how it came out and thought I'd share it with you!
And let me just say that if I can do this, ANYONE can.
Using a ruler and a 0.05 Copic Multi Liner, I drew in a wood floor and a baseboard.
Then I used Copic E49 (Dark Bark) to scribble around the edges and do a little shading under her feet.
Then I blended in some E29 (Burnt Umber).
And filled in the rest with E57 (Light Walnut).To finish it off, I filled in the baseboard with Y28 (Lionet Gold - not pictured).
I hope that you found this helpful and give it a try!
Thanks for taking the time to stop by my little corner of the world today.I hope you have a happy day!
