I learned a fabulous technique of coloring stamps with markers at the Art Impressions booth at the Scrapbook Expo. They were using Le Plume markers (which I don’t have), but I thought Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers<\/a><\/span> could work just as well, and I was right!<\/p>\n

<\/a>This started out as just some marker coloring\u00a0play, but in the end the scrap I was coloring up was just large enough to eek out a CAS ATC (Artist Trading Card 2.5″ x 3.5″). The following are the colors I used to color up the adorable pups on this Art Impressions “Dog Stackers” stamp<\/a><\/span> (top to bottom):<\/p>\n

Chihuahua (top):\u00a0Mid Brown – 065 with Light Pink (in ears) – 026
\nMutt: Dark Gray – 095
\nTerrier: Beige – 072
\nPomeranian: Bright Yellow – 052
\nDachshund: Dark Brown – 062
\nGolden Mix:\u00a0Oatmeal – 064 with Geranium Red (on tongue) – 029
\nCocker Mix: Dark Brown – 065 and Beige – 072
\nI used Black – 010 for all the noses, eyes and the insides of mouths<\/p>\n

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The water coloring is a bit rough on this highly textured water color paper and my fat Pentel waterbrush, but I thought that added to the painterly look (or at least that’s what I’m telling myself LOL). To finish up the simple scene, I grounded the dogs by adding a floor (bear in mind I didn’t do the whole stack of dogs since my water color paper scrap was too small) and doodled some double lines and dots to frame out the image.<\/p>\n

The following is a process video of coloring up this adorable doggy stamp (one of my new favorites!):<\/p>\n