GUEST ARTIST FEATURE: Marika Rahtu

Hello Everyone! It’s Marika Rahtu and I’m over the moon excited to be a guest here over at Wplus9. Ever since I started crafting, I’ve been a huge fan of Dawn’s designs, illustrations and colouring - to be honest she has been one the biggest inspiration for me to start colouring. I used to watch her watercoloring tutorials over and over again and dreamt to be able to paint the way she does.

Today I’m sharing card that I made with the Beautiful Bouquet: Ranunculus set and one of my all time favourite stamp sets: Flora and Fauna 2. I remember how I drooled over this beautiful set and I had to wait for a long time to get it since it was so popular and always sold out. At the end, I was able to get it and every time I’ve made a card with it, I’ve loved the result! You just can’t go wrong with this set. There are so many different ways to use this: you can relax while colouring these beautiful images or you can use the outline only with dark inks and have fun with the background.

I used my favorite technique and colouring medium today - no-line colouring with copic markers and coloured pencils. I love the technique! I just love to see how the image starts to get in focus while adding the details with pencils. I made this into a video tutorial and a speed colouring video. Colouring takes time so I split it into two parts for your convenience. Hopefully you like them and find them helpful.

In the video below I demonstrate how to add dimension and depth using colored pencils to the hummingbird and assemble the card. The base layer of Copic Marker coloring is already laid down.

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The following video shows the full process of coloring the bouquet from Copic Marker to colored pencil in fast motion.

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Thank you so much Dawn and Wplus9 for asking me to a guest at your channel. It’s really been a true pleasure and a dream come true. Thank you so much!

Hello! Dawn here and I just had to pop in here to say WOW! A HUGE thanks to Marika for sharing her wonderful talent here and for the kind words as well. I find it incredibly hard to believe there was ever a time that she "dreamt to be able to paint like me". Because as far as I'm concerned, I have a ton to learn from her!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of all of the supplies (or equivalents) used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list does contain some affiliate links.

Wplus9 Flora & Fauna 2 6x8" Stamp Set Wplus9 Beautiful Bouquet: Ranunculus Wplus9 Enamel Dots - Autumn Splendor Red Wplus9 PURE COLOR Hayride Dye Ink Wplus9 Coconut Husk PURE COLOR Dye Ink Canson XL Recycled Bristol Board *Copic Sketch Marker YR31 LIGHT REDDISH YELLOW Pale Cream Subtle Light Copic Sketch Marker YR21 CREAM Light Pastel *Copic Sketch Marker YR15 PUMPKIN YELLOW Light Orange Bright *Copic Sketch Marker YR18 SANGUINE Orange Red Bright Bold *Copic Sketch Marker E57 LIGHT WALNUT Light Brown Copic Sketch MARKER e47 DARK BROWN Copic Sketch MARKER E43 DULL IVORY Cream White Copic Sketch Marker E42 SAND WHITE Beige Cream Copic Sketch Marker E41 PEARL WHITE Shiny White Copic Sketch Marker E40 BRICK WHITE Copic Sketch Marker E35 CHAMOIS Light Brown Copic Sketch Marker E31 BRICK BEIGE Cream Faber-castell Polychromos Pencil Set of 120 Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Cold Black (199) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Cold Grey VI (235) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Bistre (179) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Ivory (103) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Raw Umber (180) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Burnt Ochre (187) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Burnt Sienna (283) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Nouget (178) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Van Dyck Brown (176) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Cold Grey V (234) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Walnut Brown (177) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Dark Cadmium Orange (115) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Naples Yellow (185) Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Warm Grey III (272) *Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two Applicators 62191 *3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4"" Adhesive Glue Gun 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

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