Country Porch

Hello and welcome back to DoveArt Studios!  Rhea here today to share some inspiration with Jennifer Dove's New Release Country Porch.

This was such a fun image to color up!  And really represents the area where I live so I felt like a was coloring a part of my small country town.  I admit I used a ton of Copic Colors for this I couldn't even begin to list them all.  I just went with what I was feeling and it was wonderful to lose myself in this amazing image.

Until next time....

Apple Basket by Rhea Weigand

Welcome to back to Dove Art Studios with Rhea Weigand.  Today's inspiration is Apple Basket 

I decided to take a clean and simple approach with this image :)

Here is the color palette.....

Covered Bridge

Hello, Rhea here to share a little inspiration with

 DoveArt Studios Covered Bridge 

Here is the color palette I used.....

Robin On A Branch

Hello Rhea here to share the new release Robin on a Branch which you can find Here

This is one of my favorite images of all times and was actually quite easy to color.

The colors I used are:

Background: BG10, B0000, B41, 45, RV10, BV20 and a water brush filled with 91% alcohol.

After it was completely dried,  I used burlap and 91% alcohol and texturized it from the backside to push the color back to the front.  Kind of like a reverse.  When you use a lot of alcohol it pushes the color to the back of the paper.  To bring some of the shadows back to the front and add dimension,  I simply used my brush filled with alcohol and on the backside of the paper outlined some shadow areas.  This was fast and easy.  I feel it gave more of a water color effect to the background.

The Bird colors were:  Belly, E12, 15, 19 with W5 all done by using the side of the nib and kind of "smushing" the color in place.  When I was done I went back over with E13 to blend it together. Now for his feathers they were simply light strokes of W5, 7, 9

The flowers were colored with : RV 32, 34, E04 and RV10 for highlight areas.

Leaves Were G21, 24, 29 with YG 21 for the highlight areas. 

Hope you enjoyed!

Ornament Background - In Not Christmas Colors

Hello!  We are half way through the year which means....Yes, we have to start thinking about the upcoming Holiday Season.  When I think about Jennifer Dove I think of these colors!  You see her Christmas tree was anything but traditional last year!  It was the brightest and happiest tree I've seen and full of magenta's and teals.  If I recall this year it will be filled with golds and chocolates which fits her wonderful sepia colorings to perfection!

This is the Newly Released Ornament Background.

I did not make it into a card I just needed to color it!  I think for the holidays it will become a frames or mixed media piece which I will cherish because it will always remind me of Jenn's tree!  Maybe I will color another version matching the Jennifer Dove Family tree for 2016!  

Here is the Color Palette I used....

Happy Hydrangea's

Hello happy hydrangea's!  This stamp by DoveArt Studio by Jennifer Dove is just perfect!  You can color it in pinks, purples or like I did here in blues.  Can you imagine doing them in purples and greens or blues and purple mixes.  So versatile.  

To make them really pop from the card, I fussy cut then turned over.  From the back side I used a knife to cut some of the flowers edges out.  Then I used a stylus to shape them.  I took the stylus around each back side and edge of the image which embossed the entire image.  It's hard to see in the photo but very lovely in the person.

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Gone fishing

Ok, quick post as I just shared this over at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends.  This amazing stamp was released by DoveArt Studios recently and I finally had the time to color it up.   This is one of my favorite images.  You can find it here