FancyBear is on the starting blocks - christmas challenge is on ;-)

[barbara-orenya]

Hello my sunshines of the snowy day !

Today was having a lot of snowing/raining here in my little place of paradise, which allowed me to stay warmly home and begin a new painting-process post for these festive time ^_^

In the same time, I had in mind the Christmas Drawing // Painting Contest #1 run by @leminhead (link and rules are here)

so here is my participation to his first challenge ;-)

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Christmas FancyBear is on the starting blocks for this festive time ^_^

You can find on this pic almost all the tools I have used for the making of this drawing/painting

• a pencil for the sketch
• fine liners 0.2 and 0.005, pigma micron and Uni, I don't mind as soon as I
• Water-soluble wax pastels Neocolor II (my all time favourite tools...^_^)
• Ink blocks from Derwent (the green ones in the pic)

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Now to My Behind The Scene ^_^

• My process is quite alwas the same at the beginning...
  those who read my posts for a certain time know now that I begin with a rough sketch and that I then draw with a fineliner

• Once that made, I've decided that I will let the bear as an illustration and would focus the coloring part on the background and the details (christmas suit, nose, gifts), so I then add some adornments and stars on the background
  

  
  

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Yesss ! the colouring part ! My favourite part at equal distance with the drawing one ^_^

(you will discover that ALL PARTS of a creation are my favourite...LoL)

Let's take my beloved Neocolor II and apply multiple layers...

one of golden yellow, one orange and a last vermillon

I like to see the color appearing under the action of the water, which sweetly spreads the pigments ;-)..This is my enjoyable-ish moment =D

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Same action on the stars with the pink Neocolor...

To obtain this lighter tint in the middle (which shapes my star and gives it some volume) I just dilute a bit more the color, by being more insistent with my (not to) wet brush, which kinda remove the color...

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The green ink sticks are acting like the Neocolor II, they are water-soluble, it is the water that reveals the ink on the paper, I love that ! ;-)

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Here I show you another of my (Q) tip ^_^ :

after applying the felt (Pitt Artist Pen from Faber-Castell) of a darker color to create the shadows, I blend it with a cotton swab so that it mixes perfectly with the rest of the color

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Et voilà my Lovelies !

My christmas FancyBear, ready to entertain you
and bring you some Smiiiiles during this festive Time !

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If you had some good time with us... and feel free to for your DailyWonkieDose ^_^

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[barbara-orenya]

for all

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Niice

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[tattoodjay]

Warm colorful and fun and so beautiful

[opheliafu]

Soooooooo adorable!

[barbara-orenya]

Thank you Ophelia ^_^

[melinda010100]

I love seeing your art emerge as I read through.your post!'He is a beautiful white bear in the snow!'I love it!

[barbara-orenya]

I'm happy you enjoy the process my dear ! ^_^ I'm having a cheerful time doing it, even if it takes me forever to do this kind of post, but hey, it's fun so I won't deprive myself of it...LoL

[txatxy]

hello, as always your drawings fascinate me, happy week

[barbara-orenya]

Hello my beautiful dear ! Thanks for your appreciation;-)

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