Several ppl have asked me about the Gamsol and Prismacolor Pencil technique (which I use a lot for coloring in my stamped images). Well, rather than re-invent the wheel and do up a tutorial I thought I'd provide links to all the ones I know of. I think that between all these *great* resources you can learn a LOT about this technique.
I do think this technique is pretty simple - it's just coloring and blending. Once you get that down you can start experimenting and being "artsy".
This first link is to a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers by Cecilia Ross:
This second one is a PDF download that I got from Inky Antics (and was actually where I learned how to do this from - AND what got me sucked in to buying IA stamps! *wink*:
Colored Pencil Blending With Gamsol
The third link is to Anna Wight's blog post where she gave some great tips on using Prismacolors and Gamsol:
Prismacolor Pencil & Gamsol Tips...
Fourth link - GinaK uploaded this video (from one of her Instructional DVD's that can be bought from stampingfreak.com) - which is way cool - nothing like a real life video to learn how to do it! (when you click on the link make sure that the video is set to "Original Size" - there's a little arrow on the bottom right of the video that you can click on to set the size - otherwise it's really blurry).
Also here's the link to Gina's blog post where she talks about the video:
Odorless Mineral Spirits - I wanna' see it!
EDITED TO ADD: Here is a link to a tutorial GinaK did on her blog with pictures:
And last but certainly not least - here are some tips from Debbie Gimbel - the QUEEN of using Prismacolors and Gamsol. There is a LOT of useful info in here (thanks to Michelle and Cathy for sending me the link - you guys rock!!) along w/ step by step directions if you scroll down towards the end.
Gamsol Technique w/ Debbie Gimbel
I hope that between all these resources (and I'm sure that there's a ton of them out there in cyberland!) any questions/concerns you might have had will be answered!
