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Rusty Tractor

Good morning, afternoon, evening depending on your location! You are catching me coloring up a tractor from Rubbernecker Stamps today. You might have noted I am not making a lot of cards (or any) right now. I left behind many of my card making TOOLS in Iowa. I am gathering some basics so you will see a few in the upcoming weeks but they will be even more simple than normal Ha Ha!

So Copic coloring is the name of the game right now or at least what you are seeing from me 😁. Here are the steps I took coloring up this tractor. There are lots of colors to get that old working machine look, and this tractor is still looking in pretty good shape your could take this further.

  • Start with the base of the tractor, use W1 and W3 to creat shape on all the soon to be green areas of the tractor.
  • Without blending move onto the YG03 and YG67 right on top of the warm grays. YG03 will cover all areas that have the gray and the YG67 will go in the darker gray areas.
  • Work into the green areas creating areas of rust and dirt. I focused on edges and under the fender.
  • Use the E93 over large areas.
  • Follow that with the E99 in specific rusty, dirty areas.
  • Go over the rust/dirt areas with the G20 this not only will soften the areas and bleach out some areas for wear.
  • Now all the rest of the details. C5, C7, C9 on the tires.
  • small details of the gears, steering wheel and step with R14 and R46.
  • Lighter metal areas with C1, C3 and a little C5.
  • Add a little mud and rust on the wheels and edges with E93 and E99.
  • Go over the dirt and rust with the G20 to soften and bleach some areas.
  • Finish up the background creating rows in the field with a wash of E31 and scribbles of E35.
  • Add extra E35 under the tractor for a cast shadow.
  • Use BV23 in the cast shadow to cool the area and ground the image more firmly.

All done and ready to go! Thank you so much for stopping by today. There will be a video next Wednesday with a real time coloring of this full image. You will find it on the Copic In The Craft Room YouTube channel. Below you will find a link to the images I colored up today!

Have a Happy Colorful Day!