Thomas Kinkade …
August 12th, 2007I have been wanted to get one of these ever since I saw the first one - Thanks to our wish rak group I received a few images to play with and now I know I need to buy these. I’m not sure if its just the great quality of the stamp that makes these look so great or the artist coloring them in-lol!
There are so many techniques out there for coloring these stamps- I just used good ol fashion SU wonderful Water Color Crayons. It was a lot of fun to color-like paint by numbers without the numbers. I took a photocopy of TK’s original “Garden of Prayer” images so I could try to match as closely as possible the colors and painted away. A little time consuming but the end result is beautiful! (especially from far away- it looks really nice)
The colors are obviously not as vibrant as the original- but mine is a watercolor so they are 2 different mediums. I like the effect. Very impressionistic and colorful. These great stamps are from Cornish Heritage Farms : http://www.cornishheritagefarms.com/kinkade.php
August 12th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Holy cow - this turned out awesome!! Fantastic job!
August 12th, 2007 at 9:03 am
loved your t/kinkade inspired water colour. you were very brave to try. i have done the same painting in cross stitch, its now on the wall in my front room. i.m a big admirer of mr. kinkadess work. i, just wanted to reach out across the atlantic ocean to say well done, best wishes, mary.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Oh, my gosh! You did a fabulous job on this! I’ve not attempted to color one of these yet. Gorgeous work! I love all your Bella cards, too. You’ve really got some cute ones!
December 24th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
I really like your version. I loved going to this place, it is the water temples at Crystal springs, and this brought back great memories