Q: Deborah asks: "When you have colored your image, and notice that some of the lines (image outlines) are dulled due to being covered while blending, do you go over those lines with your black pencil or do you leave them alone?"
A: Quite often, I stamp my images in a color that will blend into my shadows, like a grey or brown, so I don't have a really hard outline when I finish coloring. If I wanted to emphasize an outline that had gotten dulled by pencil coloring, I would probably go over it with a dark pencil. You can also use a stamp positioner or a MISTI to overstamp the image again to clean it up - we have a video on that
here. A tip for coloring stamped images of people or animals - if you stamp the outline in a lighter color, use a sharp pencil to color the eyes in black, leaving a small highlight toward the top of the eye. This step really brings the image to life!
