Happy Howl-idays Copic Coloring Tutorial Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Copic Coloring Dogs with Ellen

Today we have two fun coloring tutorial to share by Ellen! She's showing you step by step how she colored the two dogs from our new Happy Howl-idays Stamp Set.

Step by Step Dog Coloring Tutorial: 

• Picture 1 (left): I started the coloring all the clothing in red. I choose one color for all these items because it’s nicer to have matching accessories on the dogs. All the illustrations are colored from dark to lighter colors. For the reds I used the markers: R59, R39, R27 and R24. 
• Picture 2 (center): C3, C2, C0 and 0 was used for the white in the Christmas hat and the yellow markers YR16, Y17 and YR31 where used for the bells. 
• Picture 3 (right): I stared coloring the dog on the left side. Just like before, I color him darker colors first and layer lighter on top with E37, E35, E33 and E31. 

• Picture 4 (left): We’re taking it a step further and starting to give the dog texture. Staring from the shadows and spreading out I draw dots with the same colors as previous step (E37, E35, E33 and E31). The flicking technique gives him fluffy hair. To have this effect you start from the neck and draw quickly a little line to the middle of his belly. It helps me to put the stamped image upside down when I do this. I started this time with marker E51. 
• Picture 5 (center): I draw more of the E51 marker and likewise draw flicks with the E31 and YR23 marker colors. I put darker colors on top, so it doesn’t blend so much. 
• Picture 6 (left): For the last flicks I use the E23 and E37 markers.

• Picture 7 (left): The dog on the right side was colored the same way, but with other colors: E79, E77, E47 and E71 
• Picture 8 (center): The first flicks where made with the same colors from the dog for the ears and the tail (E79 and E77) and the chest I used E37 and E35. 
• Picture 9 (right): The last step was adding dots with all the darker brown colors from the right dog and the ending flicks with E71 for the ears and E33 and E53 for the chest. 

Once the dogs were all colored, Ellen created an awesome winter scene for them. 

Here is a close-up of the finished card:

She used the coordinating Happy Howl-idays Die Set to cut out the dogs before adding them to her card. This die set has the added bonus of cutting out the space between the dogs so you can see the scene behind them. To create her scene, Ellen used our Petite Snow Stencil with white embossing paste over a fun blue distress inked sky. She added snow drifts using our Land Borders Die Set and Sea Borders Die Set to create layers of white. She added those lovely silhouetted trees on each side of the dogs using the pines from our Forest Scene Builder Die Set. To finish out the card she added a banner with the Happy howl-idays sentiment, die cut using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

I hope you enjoyed this card by Ellen today and learned a few tips about coloring dogs! 

If you love this project by Ellen you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!