A quick step by step guide to using Prismacolor to colour your stamped images

1. Choose your image. I have stamped mine with Stazon ink, this is really the best ink to use if you are colouring using this 'magic pencil technique'. For my image I used the following Prismacolor Premier pencils, PC1007 Imperial Violet, PC1022 Mediterranean Blue, PC926 Carmine Red, PC1086 Sky Blue Light, PC1083 Putty Beige, PC927 Light Peach and PC949 Silver. I coloured just around the inside edges of the image, very roughly, and any areas I wanted the final effect to be darker. You don't have to be neat about this. The great thing about this technique is it's very quick and you don't need to be oozing with artistic talent to do it.

2.  Then, using a paper blending stump dipped in Sansodor, Zest-it or odourless mineral spirits start to blend out the colour. Prismacolor Premier pencils are wax based so the Sansodor will disolve them. Work the colour in, in circular motions, you will end up with the dark areas like shadow and the light areas like highlights. You can add more colour at any stage if you want to darken areas. You can remove the colour from your blending stumps very easily just by using an emery board to 'sand' away the colour and sharpen the point.

 4. As simple as that, finished. Drying time is very quick and the finished colours are permanent and vibrant.

The picture below is my finished article

Or watch this video showing step by step how to do it.(they are a bit better at it than me!) This is a great video it shows the basics and using more than one colour in one area. It is an American video so they use Gamsol (not available here) Sansodor and Zest it work in the same way and are easy to get hold of