I'm in such a mood to do fall things. Fall is a season we don't get in Florida and I miss it. I invisioned trees with brightly colored leaves and a field of pumpkins and an old, rusty, beatup truck going out to harvest them. Here's what I came up with. I just love the little truck!!!
I sketched the trees with an artist pen. I used an artist pen directly on the stamp to get a single pumpkin to lay around the field. I used my scruffy brush to lay down the old olive green for the field, and close to cocoa for the road. I sketched in little sprigs of grass around the pumpkins and trees and then watercolored them with a small liner brush. I decided to try my hand at filling in the rest of the ground with the liner brush to create the uneven grass of a filed that can't be mowed due to the pumpkin crop. After coloring the the truck I scruffed it up the truck a little with my artist pen and added More Mustard to the dents and borders to make it look rusty. I don;t use much embellishment lately but decided a little hardware from the hodge podge kit would look cute fastened to the tailgate of the truck with the Loads of Love sentiment. I made this especially to send to my MIL in a few weeks when falls comes to south Jersey where she lives.
I've had lots of people write and ask me about my waterproof artist pens. I'm including a link to Dick Blick when I purchased mine so you can see them. I have the set of four black.
Registered: February 17, 2006 Location: Southern Iowa Posts: 937
Mon, Aug 14, 2006 @ 5:07 AM
Kittie, your card is FANATASTIC. You really caught the beauty of fall colors, and I LOVE the rustic truck with the hardware!! Great job, as usual. We are all so blessed to see your wonderful creations. tuvkfs
Registered: May 15, 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 8029
Mon, Aug 14, 2006 @ 5:17 AM
Another one of your fantastic creations. What a terrific card! I'm particularly fond of the truck...it looks so real. The field and trees are marvelous looking as well. The fall colors are great. Adding this to my favorites for inspiration with coloring and adding realistic touches. TFS
Registered: August 9, 2005 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 16812
Mon, Aug 14, 2006 @ 6:03 AM
Kittie, there must be an epidemic! I'm thinking Fall all time time. This is so gorgeous, I love what you've created here. It makes me think of when my kids were small and I would take them to a pumkin patch in their little overalls and take lots of pictures of them on the pumpkins.
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Registered: October 11, 2004 Location: Anywhere Parrotheads phlock! Posts: 4945
Mon, Aug 14, 2006 @ 6:48 AM
This is one of your best! The truck is just perfection. I love the hardware . I have the same artist pens and found mine at Hobby Lobby just incase someone doesn't have Dick Blick in their area.You can buy them individually.They are in the art section.
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