Cloring with Prisma Color pencils

also called the MCP technique:

Here is what you need:
The pencils


other equipments:
paper stumps, sandpaper and odor free solvent.


Stamped image: use paper without structure in it, smooth surface.


Coloring in with pencils:
Color the edges of the image



Use the paper stumps, dip it in the solvent, and rub the colors of the pencils in. start at the edge and rub in towards the center, or towards the area you want to be lighter...


use sandpaper to clean the paper stumps, or else the previous color will smudge into the next color..


All done:



And here is the image on a card:


Hope this will trigger you to actually open the case of pencils... Holly..???


Another tip:
When coloring with my Promarkers, I go over the image after coloring it in with the markers, and add shadows to the image with this technique.
Makes the image more warm, then just use the markers

What kind of odor free solvent????

I use sansadore from winsor & Newton.
You see the bottle in the second picture

Is it a water based solvent? I am not familiar with that particular one! Sorry just want to think I have the right kind in my stash! LOL I will head out to the studio in about 30 minutes and look to see!

No I don`t think it`s water based more like spirit.... Don`t drink it or sniff it....

OH, Okay....makes sense......sorry, having a BLONDE moment this morning!

BTW, AWESOME tutorial!!!!!!! Basically you use them exactly as I use my watercolor pencils...so I get it! THANKS so MUCH!!!!!!

I am planning to try this in just a bit.....I am excited!!!!

Juhuuu!!!! can`t wait to see...
Please post the result in here!!!

Jorunn wrote:No I don`t think it`s water based more like spirit.... Don`t drink it or sniff it....

ROFL!! dont blame you it stinks,this is the one I use thanks to you lol!! think it is spirit based I know its flammable so must be!

Jorunn wrote:Juhuuu!!!! can`t wait to see...
Please post the result in here!!!

Will do....but...I guess my pencils are packed....I can't find them in my stuff....and I know there about 6 more boxes to unpack yet so I bet that is where they are! DARN!!!!!

Thats way cool, tfs!!!

Great tutorial, Jorunn!! TFS! One question though (might be a stupid one, but I've never seen this before), when you use it after your Promarkers, do you do exactly the same thing as in the tutorial or do you just use the stump with the solvent on the Promarkers?

Not a stupid question at all, Helen! *hug*
I do the exact same thing, only I do it after I`ve colored it in with Promarkers, and I use prisma colors only where I want shadows on the image,... not the whole image like I did in the tutorial...

Ok, thanks for explaining Jorunn!

Wow Jorunn what a great tutorial...I have to admit I am one of those people with Prismacolors that NEVER use them! I just can't seem to get the right look....I tend to use my markers alot more....but duh, they are way more expensive too!

Jennifer Hodge wrote:Wow Jorunn what a great tutorial...I have to admit I am one of those people with Prismacolors that NEVER use them! I just can't seem to get the right look....I tend to use my markers alot more....but duh, they are way more expensive too!

Try combining them Jennifer, like I do with Promarkers and Prisma colors!!
It`s to bad you have these wonderful pencils laying around, and never use them!

Jennifer, just send me your pencils...LOL I hope this weekend I can get my boxes moved and find mine!

I found my pencils and while I was out today I hunted down a solvent.....USA ladies-it is LOW ODOR Thinners @ Walmart!!!! Cheap too!!!! Just tried it out and woohoo I can't wait to have time to play with this! ...THANKS so much for making me hunt my pencils down and try this!!!!

Wow Holly That sounds awesome. Can't wait to see what you create!

Jennifer Hodge wrote:Wow Holly That sounds awesome. Can't wait to see what you create!

I hope to get to really try this out and get serious about it next week or maybe on a DT project......LOL!

Wohoo Holly!!!
Can`t wait to see!!!

Still haven't gotten to try this out but I am finishing up a Crop example today and maybe after that!

I use the Mona Lisa brand from Hobby Lobby and love it. Prismacolors/OMS was the first coloring technique I learned when I first started stamping. It's my "first love" so to speak.

Talking about them makes me want to use them...I just might have to color something tonight!

Big Help Jorunn! I don't know if my pencils are prisma (I have them in a pencil case now, out of original packaging)...I've had them awhile, and DH gave them to me. Will this still work? They look similar to your pencils, I bet they just aren't as high-quality.

Robin What I did was buy some normal coloring pencils and started buying my prismas singaly (sp). It may be the expensive way of doing it but at that point it is cheaper.