Hello Sistahs!
I am so stinkin' excited to share this creation with you. But first, let me share my woes. *giggle. I saw this image of ROSA at Mo's Digital Pencil and knew I just HAD to have her. So I purchased her, downloaded her, and printed her up. I printed her on both X-Press It blending cardstock & vellum. Originally I had hoped to color her for the Make it Colourful {Color on anything but white cardstock challenge} but ended up coloring a different image for it instead. Anyway, I had already started coloring her and realized what an arduous task she was going to be, so I set her aside for later.
Two weeks later...enter...Make it Colourful {Shadow & Depth Challenge}. I decide it's time to take Rosa out, and give her another go. Aye Aye Aye was I cursing Mo! Mostly because she had drawn an image with so many darn ripples, and even more folds. I was feeling very inadequate. But...I persevered. Here is my submission for this week's Make it Colourful Challenge, AND once I saw it...I knew it would be perfect for jen del muro's February SFYTT.

I spent a night at Archiver's with my bestest friends and got close to finishing her there. I probably spent a total of 5-6 hours coloring her. And all the while, I learned some very valuable lessons...like...don't color on vellum unless you are a glutton for punishment. AND...don't color ROSA unless you have tons of time and an infinite amount of patience. (Neither of which I have BTW.) Vellum is incredibly hard to color on and is incredibly unforgiving. You cannot use your colorless blender like you would on a regular blending surface and creating a soft shadow is near impossible. By the end of the coloring, I had finally gotten the hang of it, but I was not a happy camper most of the time. In the end, I LOVE how she turned out, but I don't think I'll be coloring on vellum for a long time. *giggle
Thanks for stopping by!
Inky Hugs & Happy Stampin'

Colors used:
Dress:
BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG02, BG05
Y13, Y17, YR24
R20, R22, R24, R29
Skin:
E000, E01, E11, E13, E15