Orange Pattern Card - Rescued

I made the patterned paper with two hand-cut rubber stamps (a circle and a square) and three colors of liquid watercolor. I wanted to rescue it from my scrap pile, and so today I used it for a birthday card. Posted for Illustration Friday's word for the week, "rescue."
Updated July 9, 2010: The detailed card information for this post has been moved to my new "companion blog." Please click here for "Mostly Markers - Cards" to see it (dated the same as this original post.) For the future, I'll post all of my new greeting cards in Mostly Markers - Cards. This blog, Mostly Markers, will also still be active with all of my non-card drawings and reference posts.

Bright Dots and Wavy Lines 2

I started with wavy lines and circles, using my plastic circles template to get "perfect" circles. Drawn with 0.5 Copic Multiliner - a thicker line than I normally use. Next I colored the circles with five colors of Copic marker, leaving some of the inner circles blank. To complete my drawing, I added a watercolor wash with three colors of Lyra Aquacolor crayon, picking up the colors directly from the crayons with a wet brush.

Bright and cheerful. I'm happy with it. For an earlier, simpler version, click here.

• Copic marker colors used: B24, R24, V04, Y19, G14
• Watercolor wash background: Lyra Aquacolor crayon numbers 5610008, 34, 51
• Paper: Canson Montval watercolor block, 140 lb. cold press, 4x6"

Geranium Birthday Card

I made this card for a friend's birthday. At her request, I colored my May 2009 geranium drawing for her, using soft colors. Click here for the geraniums with their original coloring.

Updated July 9, 2010: The detailed card information for this post has been moved to my new "companion blog." Please click here for "Mostly Markers - Cards" to see it (dated the same as this original post.) For the future, I'll post all of my new greeting cards in Mostly Markers - Cards. This blog, Mostly Markers, will also still be active with all of my non-card drawings and reference posts.