Following the workshop project on page 10, this card has plenty of stippling for you to practice. An ideal card for someone who loves a day by the sea.
Designed by Lesley Shore
You will need
Your basic tool kit plus:
Pergamano:
Dorso oil A range of sizes of ball tools Wheel embossing tool Bold Straight Grid (Multigrid 28) Bold 1-Needle perforating tool Parchment scissors
Plus:
Black fine liner pen Faber Castell Polychromos pencils:
Cobalt Blue-Greenish (144) Dark Indigo (157) Light Cadmium Red (117) Cadmium Yellow (107) Purple Violet (136) Warm Grey V (274) Dark Red (225) Black (199) Dark Sepia (175) Invisible thread Double-sided adhesive tape Blue and red card White card blank
Trace
• Place a piece of plain parchment paper over the pattern and with a white pencil, trace the border, waves and birds.
• With a black fine liner pen, trace the greeting and the remainder of the image.
Colour
• Working on the back of your work with Polychromos pencils, colour the sea and sky following the next steps.
• Start with a strip of Cobalt Blue-Greenish across the whole width of the bottom edge.
• Continue with a thin strip of Dark Indigo on the horizon.
• Follow with a wide strip of Light Cadmium Red.
• Then Cadmium Yellow, Purple Violet, Cobalt Blue-Greenish and Dark Indigo at the very top.
• Blend horizontally across your work with Dorso oil.
• When dry, erase the colour from the back of the lighthouse, rocks and waves.
• Continue to colour the image on the back as follows and blend with Dorso oil:
• Rocks: Warm Grey V
• Light: Cadmium Yellow
• Red stripes on lighthouse: Dark Red
• Door: Black
Emboss
• Using the 0.5mm embossing tool, emboss the birds.
• With the 1mm embossing tool, emboss the solid lines of the waves.
• With the Wheel embossing tool, emboss t