Coloring Technique

I love my Prisma Water Color Pencils but don't always want the watercolor look, so I decided to buy the regular Prisma Pencils and some baby oil to blend them with. I wanted to do a very simple card to focus on coloring with them and am happy with how this one turned out. I think it's really pretty even though there are no layers or any other embellishments. I really like the regular Prisma's too and now have more of choice in the type of look or feel I am going for.

**As a note** I tried the Gamsol (odorless mineral spirits) for the blending and though they say odorless there was still a definte odor to me, and when I read the warning label on the bottle it said that it is a very toxic substance that with prolonged use has been verifed of causing permanent nerve and brain damage. So, even though using the small amount it takes to blend the Prisma's, the health concerns it poses just aren't worth the risk to me. And more than that, in the hour or so I was experiementing I got a slight headache. I also found the baby oil to blend just as well.

Supplies:

Ink: Black Stazon, Onyx Black VersaFine

Stamps: Fancy Pants, PTI (Everyday Blessings)

Prisma Color Pencils and baby oil used with tortillons