Take Flight 20 – Day 10, Coloring stamped images with watercolor pencils
February 13, 2013
Penny Black designer Jill Foster has a new Penny Black & Jill (PB&J) card class for day 10 of Take Flight 20 – grab a cuppa something hot, and see what fabulous things Jill does with watercolor paper and pencils, and the following stamps: 40-209 Giggles, 40-214 Flower Charm, 30-155 Blooming Garden, 30-160 Friendship, 30-156 Tweet Tweet, Mix and Match Cardstock . . . and then let YOUR creativity take flight. Share a link – we’d love to see what you do with your stamps and watercolors!
Remember as part of Take Flight TWENTY, one lucky stamper will receive TWENTY new stamps from the new catalog! To be eligible, just leave a comment on any Take Flight Twenty Post, either here on the blog OR on our Facebook page. Each comment is an entry for the random giveaway, so the more you comment, the more chances you have to win!
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Ah they are both lovely. Will savour the video later, thanks very much.
Such a cute image!!! I am loving all the new stamps–awesome!!!
LOVE this tutorial! I use watercolor pencils all the time but have such a hard time doing skin tones. Thanks for the tips!
oh my god!! just beautiful! I love it!!
Wow…. These are so stunning…. I can look at these for hours.. .Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for the tutorial and tips! Sweet images.
WOW…what a delightful tutorial – full of tips…I was glued to the computer screen! The images are so cute and made lovely cards…thanks for sharing!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
Jill you do such a great job thank you!
What a great job with the colouring. You make it look so easy to do.
Another great tutorial. My watercolour pencils will get more use now. Thanks.
These cards are very cute. Love the one with the poppies and the sentiment : “The world would be boring without you”. I have a friend that I could give this card as is. She loves poppies and she is so fun to be with: – )
Thanks for this fabulous colouring tutorial, beautiful cards;-))m
Love the coloring!
Learned again from this videa! My coloring may turn out better if I start on the white too! Thanks for sharing! And these stamps are so cute!
The PB images are great, as ever, but I really, really love Jills technique videos – they are so clearly explained and help me so much to use things I already have more creatively.
Great video, I never knew the technique of laying water down on the white areas first and then moving to the coloured areas.
What a lovely stamps and results!
Thanks for the great tutorial. Lovely cards and stamps. I so want to color them.
Such a wonderful tutorial. The coloring techniques are fabulous
Thanks for the tutorials, they are so helpful!
Thank you for explaining the various ways of using watercolour with the different media – such a helpful tutorial. I love the way you made the images the focus of your cards too.
Thanks too for the personal touch with your first Boston Terrier – it really gave personality to the whole post.
Paula (PEP)
Lovely stamps. Great cards. The technique is fabulous.
As always, these videos are not only professional, but helpful and inspiring. Thank you.
Thank you for the great video!
Beautiful coloring! Such beautiful stamps.
Arghhhh! I can’t decide which ones I like best. They are all so delightful.
Great tutorial – makes it look so easy! Love the end results too!
Another great tutorial – TFS.
Great cards! Love the coloring and the tutorial was great.
Another wonderful tutorial, great inspiration
Another fab tutorial and a gorgeous image, love it
Lindsay xx
This is beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial Jill!
Jill, you make coloring look sooooo easy! Great tutorial thank you.
Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing.
craftymom205 at yahoo dot com
Great tutorial … and such sweet images.
I love this technique, I really struggle blending with my alcohol pens and think I may need pencils, hope its as easy as you make it look, images are beautiful too
Love all your videos. This is one of your best!
Lovely cards! Thanks so much for the tutorial.
Yay! for videos with Jill! Such great images to color.
WOW, thanks so much for the tutorial. what beautiful colors. love these stamps.
I am madly in love with all of the Mo Manning designs and so appreciate the videos. I want to be a sponge and just soak it all up!
Delightful stamp and Jill makes the coloring look so easy – great tutorial ! Thanks for sharing !
Hi Jill, another great tutorial. I use my watercolour pencils a lot, but will now even more! Thanks.
Wow! You make it look so easy.
Jill’s video tutorials are just so full of ideas and tips. As always she shares amazing work. Thanks so much!!!
I always love Jill’s videos and this one is great too
These stamps are adorable and brought to life with the amazing watercolor pencils. Thank you.
What beautiful colouring -you make it look so easy.
OMG, this was the BEST video tutorial I’ve seen on watercoloring! Thanks!!!! You’ve inspired me to try something like this out….just need to look over the supply list.
Question: Did I see a hint/brief flash of a heat gun? do you “dry” it as you’re working? can you please explain? thanks!
Thanks so much for your comment and for watching! If I have a particularly wet area I do dry it with my heat gun before moving on so I don’t smear it. You could let it air dry, too. Happy stamping!
Adorable…after making these I may want to frame them. Thanks for all you do!
It is hard to believe these were colored with water color pencils. Adorable adorable….and the artist who designed these stamps…all of you are wonderful.
Your designers, your artists, and their talents shared with all of us…Any day with Penny Black is a blessed day. GRATEFUL ME!
Thanks for a chance to win!
I am going to purchase these pencils and give this a whirl..simply stunning, adorable..compliments galore!
Love PB…and love the inspiration from the DT…just so fun!
As always Jill what a great tutorial, love your work. Will have to give the water colour another try. Thanks again.
Oh my goodness, I absolutely love this stamp Giggles. It is adorable. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for the video, it was great.
Thanks for the great tutorial. I never get great results like this. Gonna try again.
These cards just make me smile – I can hear the little girl giggling!
oh pls can some of that couloring technic rubb off on me pls!! Beutiful stamps and cards!
Excellent vid – you make it look so easy! Love that surrounding colour and have tried to emulate that for years, following my first sighting of PB card samples at CHA, 5 years ago. Great work and great images. Thank you x
Really cute and thanks for the wonderful tutorial!!
I never have worked with the blending pens or markers because I didn’t really know how. After watching your video tutorial I am thinking it looks like fun! Thanks for the tips and enjoyed watching another way to use these wonderful stamps!
Your watercolor is so nice! I never use mine, but I need to get them out and try again! Thank you for inspiration on the adorable card!
Such a great video. I do some water color pencil, but really like your technique and want to try it soon. You had great results which I’d like to have. Love the stamp too. Edna B.
Oh my, oh my what a fantastic video. Love sentiment and the Giggles stamp. You have really inspired me to get out my Faber Castell pencils and do up a few images. PS, I look forward to your videos because your picture and voice are so clear. Not to mention, I ALWAYS learn something new. Thanks for sharing.
Cute stamps and I loved the tutorial! I’ve been wanting to play with my colored pencils and this was just the push I needed. I have the water brushes but had not used them this way. I think my coloring will improve greatly from these tips.
Wow! These stamps are terrific and the colouring is just awesome.
Wonderful tutorial…love your cards!
Wowwwwww… Such a beautiful cards….They are awesome…
Wonderful tutorial..Thanks. I really love the cards..
The cards are delightful….full of happy feelings….working with watercolor pencils is
fun…..
So So Cute. I love the little puppy. I have 3 dogs so anything with a dog is adorable.
stunning! thanks for the tutorial.
I love the new catalogue and it is great to see what artists are doing with them. Keep posting your projects so I can get ideas!
Love the new stamps and sets. Jill’s video is so helpful.
Debbie S
Lovely cards. Great tips on the video–I learned a lot!
Exceptional video! I am going to try the water coloring in the same manner and see what I get. I love this stamp and she is colored so pretty!
Darling images, and beautiful colors! I love Jill’s videos; they are always helpful and inspiring.
I LOVE watching Jill color! I have not used the water color pencils, but I have some that were my kids. I have colored in the same manor with washable markers, so I think it would be fun. I just love the feel that water color gives, it’s sort of an artistic freedom. Permission to be fluid and out of the lines, maybe?
Fab tutorial – time to dig out my watercolour pencils – they have been rather forgotten about since I started using promarkers
Thanks, Jill, for sharing your wonderful watercolor technique! I love these beautiful cards and stamps!
What an adorable image, and your coloring is beautiful! Thanks for your fun and informational videos! I enjoy them all
Oh Jill, I can watch you for hours. You make it look so easy. I wish I lived close by so I could take a class or two from you. I just can’t seem to get the hang of it. This was a great video.
These are fabulous! I love the PB&J series, great tutorials.
Lovely coloring…beautiful cards! I love PB&J….never miss it!
Thanks for the most excellent tutorial. It’s so timely, as I’m trying to learn to w/color right now. Love this adorable stamp with this so happy little girl & her puppy. Great coloring, great stamp & great video. Thanks for taking time to make the video and sharing it.
Love the stamps, coloring. Beautiful!
These are so adorable! Great video
You gave me such great tips regarding watercoloring that I think I’ll finally have the nerve to try again. And those darling stamps with the little girl are delightful!!!
Great video Jill, love this MM image, very cute! Ruby x
Wow! I never would have known to work from the white space into the color!! I have been doing just the opposite. Thank you, Jill, for sharing your secrets!! I am going to ink up the stamps I won and start water coloring!!
just so cute,have to do this one
Beautiful! Wish I could colour like that!
I love these stamps!!! Great tutorial.
Such adorable stamps, love your water coloring!!
Thank you, thank you, Jill. Your videos and your coloring techniques are are always so helpful. I learned so much today about using water color pencils with your great tips. I am definitely going to get the pencils out and make a card. Your cards were all lovely by the way(as they always are)!!!!
Gorgeous card and wonderful coloring job. I love that this video focused on colored pencils instead of markers!
Just lovely….love the stamps and love the coloured pencils….great card.
Love Jill’s tutorials and the card is adorable.
love these cards! I really need to try to use my colored pencils more often.
Always love your tutorials…thank you for showing us how to create this beautiful water colour effect. Gorgeous cards today.
Thanks so much for the tutorial and the card is adorable. I love the image of the little girl sitting on the cushion. She is adorable too.
Another great video! Fantastic coloring and wonderful images!
Oh my goodness!! These are so beautiful!!! I want to be able to do this!
I’ve just started back using watercolor pencils again. This is certainly inspiration to do more.
You stole my heart with the Boston Jill! We spoke earlier when the first reveal came out with a Boston and I absolutely have to have this. I’ve had Bostons all my life and my present one is named “Martin.” His great grandfather was the Westminster Champion in 1999. I replay this over and over just to see you and your little Boston, to say nothing of your fabulous talent! So glad you picked this image to sare with us. I will definitely try this one for sure and enjoyed watching your video. Thank you so much for sharing!
Michele
Give Martin a hug from me!!
Your coloring is fantastic and you make it look so easy!! Darling images!! Thank you for sharing.
gorgeous coloring! Inspires me to break out my Faber-Castell pencils and put them to use!
Wonderful video demonstrating the water color technique used with the new little girl stamp series. Lovely, natural looking images for very professional looking cards. Thanks for great demo!
Beautiful stamp and the technique is brilliant! Thank you for howing me where I have been going wrong with my pencils!
Informative video – thank you for the tips and as always, the wonderful cards…:)
Great tutorial. I remember my hair looking like that when I was younger.
Always a pleasure to see a new video posted and to learn something new from Jill. Thank you.
Oh, how did I not know of your sweet stamps! I am drooling! Great video, as I am just getting into mixed media!! Thanks so much!
Lovely cards! Thanks for the technique tutorial.
Jill – soooo much fun to watch you work. Really enjoy your tutorials and the pretty cards you make.
Jill’s cards are always beautiful, fun, vibrant and inspiring! Love her videos too!
These are beautiful! Thanks for the great tutorial. I’ll have to get my pencils out now.
Thanks for a great tutorial.
I love these new stamps (of course, I am addicted to all Penny Black stamps)
Awesome. Luv it
You made coloring with pencils and a water brush look so much easier than other videos of coloring techniques. Thanks for the inspiration. Your cards are all so great I can’t decide which image i like the most.
Thanks for the video. I learned so much watching her technique. I am new at this and need all the help I can get. Also love her card. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the tutorial and the chance to win!!!
Gosh, the coloring on this card is wonderful!
Your watercoloring is simply awesome..thanks for the tutorial!
Thank you for teaching me so much. I really appreciate your excellent instruction!
so prettyful!!!!
Again, well done! You are very talented.
These are the most darling images! I feel like I could hug them right off the paper! Coloring is soooo relaxing. Thank you for sharing your talent.
MAGNIfique §§§
Always love your tutorials…thank you for showing us how to create this beautiful water colour effect. Gorgeous cards today.
Beautiful cards andnd great video, thanks!
Thanks for this great tutorial ! The coloring is beautiful !
You make it look so easy! I’ll have to give it a try.
Cute stamps, and great tips…thanks for sharing!! You do make it look easy…so easy, that I feel like I can grab my stuff and color just like you! That’s a great feeling even if it doesn’t work out that way!! Thanks also for sharing that adorable photo of you with your puppy!
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. Has some great tips in it!
Love the images, and the colouring. If only it were that simple! I always seem to end up with a water splodge.
Great video. Thanks for the tips.
I have never used watercolored pencils before, but you make it look so easy. I’m going to have to try it. Love this stamp! It is so cute. I have several Penny Black stamps. They are so much fun to work with.
Great cards and stamps, of course. Thanks so much for the tutorial and tips!
Awesome! You make it look so simple!!!
Jill has such AMAZING talents! I really love these new images and what the DT is doing with them! Thanks for the video!
Again, another beautiful and fun card. I learn so much from watching your videos. Keep them going. And thanks for the hard work you do to bring us inspiration and creativity.
Patti
Beautiful card, I learn so much watching these videos. Thanks
Great coloring Jill! Love the little girl with the dog!
Stunning! These videos are the best!
how cute!
I love the stamp & the video! I am so inspired to try the watercolor technique! Thanks for sharing!
I love this I got watercolor pencils for Christmas, thanks for showing us how to use them
Such an adorable image! Your coloring is wonderful! Thanks for your fabulous video!
Thank you for the tutorial–it was very helpful! And LOVELY cards, as usual!
Thanks for this easy to follow tutorial, the results are just lovely.
Gorgeous!! Love this technique!
Thanks for the video and the great inspiration!
Fantastic, my favorite technique – colored pencils and watercolors!
The video was fantastic and it puts a new light on my watercolour pencils, I can’t wait to practice.
Rene from OZ xo
Now I want to try this.. Very nice cards
I love watercoloring — you make it look so wonderful!
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I love the way you used the big markers to watercolor. Just beautiful!
Thanks so much for doing a tutorial with water color pencils.. Awesome!
Great tute. Thanks so much for sharing your information. I love watercolor.
I have watercolor crayons, so will watch the video as I’m sure some of it will apply. Jill’s coloring is always great!
i loved the stamp and video was really interested i will be watching more
Blooming Garden is my favorite of all the stamps today. It seems so many projects could adapt to that set. Thanks for all your inspiration!
Thanks for a chance to win your stamps. They are all so nice.
So, that’s how it’s done! Thanks so much for the watercolor pencil tips. Can’t wait to try it.
thanks for sharing Jill – love your work! you always make things look so easy.
love your cards!
Sandra ltb
Jill your cards are beautiful! As always, your tutorials are not only informative, but they are just plain fun to watch. Thank you!
Thanks for the great video. Loads of inspiration!
Great video! Love the new images.
Great video. So helpful to see how others do watercoloring.
Lovely images! Thanks for the video and for the chance to win.
I love how the background coloring makes the image even more special!
Wow, am sorta new to water coloring and this was a great video—as usual, and liked the part on adding water to white part first. Nor sure who is the cutest, the little girl or her puppy but will say both.
I know what I will do tomorrow is watch this video – no time tonight – lovely cards thanks for sharing
Barb Housner
What a great tutorial!! Can’t wait to try this technique when my Penny Black order arrives!:-)
Love the stamps and the watercoloring. Jill is amazing.
WOW Jill!!! I learned so much in that video. thank you so much. Your cards are perfection. Your coloring is amazing!
Love these fun cards!
Carol B
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Jill, you make watercoloring look so easy. We’ve really come a long way from using Crayola crayons.
Jill’s hint to put the water first on the white areas and then going into the colored pencil areas is a new idea for me. Can’t want to try it. Enjoyed the video very much.
Wonderful tutorial!! Thanks so much
I hope PB realizes just what a treasure they have in Jill, she makes me want every stamp she uses because she shares such fun techniques and makes them look so lovely. I adore these stamps and pray I win them!
Darling cards! Fabulous coloring…. off to watch the video!
DeniseB
I love to watch Jill’s video. I learn so much!
Adorable cards! Thanks for the video, too.
Stunning! Thanks too, for a wonderful video!
Cute!
appreciate your tutorial & your stamps/card are adorable!
I love this! My favorite way to color stamps is with colored pencil. Thank you for including this in your wonderful 20 days of stamping.
I love tutoriel , thank you for thé vidéo . Stamps are adorable. Sorry for m’y bad english i’m french
really enjoyed the video. beautiful coloring. love love it when you work with Mo’s images. amazing work as always, Jill!
Thanks for this tutorial. I love using watercolor pencils – but my coloring is not nice like yours. some nice things for me to try out.
thank you that was a lot to learn but worth it
With your art & creativity you made these “cuties” even more cute!!!
I love Jill’s videos. She is so talented and easy to learn from. This method is fantastic!
Love Penny Black Stamps!!
Great video!! They all are though! Love using watercolor pencils and have learned something new today!
Thanks for the great Jill Foster video using the cute Mo Manning stramp
Great video, it’s saved in my favorites. I will be ordering the “Giggles” stamp for sure. It’s such a fun & cute image. I’ll have to practice my coloring skills, but it will be worth it.
Beautiful coloring on such a cute stamp!
Thanks so much – I love all of your work!
Thanks for this tutorial – it really helps to see how to do the colouring and achieve the light/dark effects for us not quite so artistic ones. I love the way you’ve done this and I’ll be giving it a go myself! x
Love this technique…thanx for sharing!!
I love all these stamps, they are so loveable I’m hoping to have a chance of winning some, I still have a chance if I live in Canada right. Keep’m coming, every morning I start out my day by checking Penny Black to see what the new picture card is. Love this.
Joanne
Very informative video! I never would have thought of using the peach gelato for skin tones. Great suggestion! Thanks.
Fantastic video! Love this technique and can’t wait to try it. Love the stamp too.
I really enjoyed this video, thank you very much. Love the stamps they remind me of my neices when they were small.
love water color pencils, great cards
I love your video and post. What beautiful cards! I love Penny Black stamps, they are my favorite.
You guys make it look so easy! Mine never
come out looking as good.
Carla from Utah
Beautiful colouring and cards!
Jill your cards are so beautiful. Your coloring is amazing, you make it look so easy. Thanks for the great inspiration.
Love the tutorial! I can’t wait to give it a try!
Thanks
Oh thanks you for such a great tutorial – must go have a play with my water colours – you have inspired me.!!
I learn so much from you. I love watercolor penci to color with. Thank you
I really enjoyed watching you color the girl. I haven’t done much with watercolors and I didn’t know that you could use the markers, too. Thanks for sharing!
Totally adorable!
Your cards are incredible and the tutorial is very helpful…thank you!
Such a wonderful tutorial!!
Thank you.
Your coloring is amazing
Oh I love those cute stamps !! It’s difficult to choose, but, as I have a sweet doggy myself, it would have to be the one with the dog ! Thanks for your great tutorial ! Greetings Enny
Thanks for the video. It helps so much. This is still one of the hardest techniques for me to master.
Thanks for your lovely tutorial, you sure know how to color!!!
Great Tutorial. Always learn something from Jill. She is SO talented.
Gorgeous cards and a fab tutorial, thank you! xx
Great tutorial, as always. Your videos are well done and so instructive. Thanks for sharing.
awesome tutorial. never really tried watercolor before, but now i’m inspired to try. thank you! need the skin tone color you used. what was it? gorgeous card!
Thanks so much! The skin tone was a peach Gelato by Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft.
Helpful tutorial. Nice image and card.
Great tutorial! I am learning so much!
You are one of my top 3 faves on the web… I always learn so much and you make it look so easy! Thanks for all the tips, LOVE LOVE LOVE water color projects right now!
Very pretty
Love it!
Oh she is so sweet! Awesome job coloring!
Amazing colouring!
Helen x
Jill is such a talented color-er. Amazing to watch her create.
Wow, beautiful cards! Loved the way you coloured around the motive! Thanks for showing how
I just love watercolored images! TFS!
Thank you for al the tips on water coloring. It is one technique I would like to get better at.
Cute!
Coloring with pencils is my absolute favorite way to color stamped images. This is wonderful. Thank you.
I love the bright colours!
Beautiful, love these stamps & great colouring
Gorgeous cards with beautiful coloring. Love it!
Great coloring. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing! Thanks for sharing the video!
I’ve been colouring with markers lately but I love my watercolour pencils too
Great cards. Thanks for the tutorial
Lovely cards! Thanks for the fantastic tutorial.
Your tute was terrific. Your skill is fantastic too. Thanks for sharing.
such bright and happy cards, love them
Great tutorial. Curious about what paper you use. Is it a smooth water color paper? Could you provide a product name please? Thanks so much
I love watching Jill color. Thanks for sharing.
The girls are simply adorable. The coloring is awesome.
Thank you for this Tutorial!!! Have never watercolored with pencils…(or paint)…this is soooo cool! Savin’ to try this weekend! Loooooove these lil’ girl stamps, they are so cute!
great video I love to watercolor this is so nicely done
Coloring has always been a problem for me. I guess I never was very good at it as a kid. I find I just love to watch tutorials on how to do a better job of coloring. Thank you! Your images are awesome!
Thanks for the terrific video. I need help in this technique. Love it.
Great watercolor tutorial. I really enjoy Jill showing us this technique. Greatly appreciated and admired.
great technique…
These cards are so beautiful! Your coloring is awesome! Love the tape in the design too.
Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Jill … your colouring is amazing and I just love your PB&J videos!
Stunning!
Beautiful cards! Your use of watercolor pencils is stunning!
beautiful cards, love the cute little girls!
I so enjoy all of your tutorials. I have learned so much from you. You are one talented lady.
Fantastic coloring! I am getting out my watercolor pencils!!
I have to comment again on Jill’s fantastic tutorial!
Brilliant tutorial by Jill! Very helpful. Blooming Garden is fabulous and Tweet Tweet is absolutely awesome.
Nice color.
great tips love your work
Love the amazing hues you created with the watercolor pencils and the water pen and how easy you make it look. The images are just so sweet and playful and your coloring is so beautifully done. Thank you for sharing this tutorial and these adorable cards.
Great set of cards, can’t wait to try water color painting on some of my cards. So cute with the little dog.
Wow, there was some wonderful colorful cards, thank you for video tutorials, always nice for us who don’t have English as main language.
Cathleen……………..THANK YOU so much; I have tried and tried to be somewhat comfortable with this beautiful technique, and now with this video, I’m willing to try again!!!