My first pencil colouring

Evening all,
UPDATE:-  BABY HAS BEEN NAMED LEE.  
Sorry I am a bit late posting this;  boy has it been hectic here today.  My grandson was here till 4.45, then I came straight upstairs to my craftroom to finish my card.  Next thing my daughter telephoned could she come and see me for a cuppa.  That was ok as she will talk to me as I craft, but the next thing we had to make urgent phone calls for my sons University funding and you know what that means -yea, hanging around on the telephone waiting for this dept and then lots of checks before they tell you they can't help you afterall. They needed to talk to my son.  Well he's in Leicester!!  To cut it short, I've told him to ring tomorrow and sort it out.  Phew... now to my card...at last, I know!!! :¬D
Well I managed to finish it and here she is.  Little Nevaeh from the wonderful drawing hand of Krista Smith at Saturated Canary.  Boy I wish I had a finger full of her talent!  If only aye....lol!

This is my first attempt at pencils in over 20years.  I am quite happy with it, but I need to practice the shading and softening more. I will get there I am determined, as I really enjoyed doing it.

Here is a close up of the image for a good look; see what you think...

I think the light interfered with her face a bit.  It honestly isn't as patchy as it looks here.  Maybe I used too much top lighting.

Here's another picture from the side to show you the dimension.  I used a pink patterned vellum butterfly over the top of the pink paper one to give it a bit of extra dimension.  The flower is made from a piece of lace curtain I cut into strips.  I use them to make lace ribbon and flowers.

I hope you like it.  It is something a little different and I think I am going to enjoy exploring this medium more and more.

Well that's it for today, I will try to get something done after my cuppa for tomorrrow.
Thank you all again for your best wishes, not only my little nephew but also the get well wishes sent to me.  I really appreciate them all.  Baby is the same today, holding on thankfully!
Hugs Linda xx

My Recipe:-  Base card Centura Ice white pearl.  Papers are Pink Petticoat downloadables (Baby blue and Blossom pink), All blue cards - The Paper Mill online.  Spellbinders border die (discontinued),  Spellbinders Fanciful Flight Butterfly.  Gems- Bobbity Boo Gems online.  Pearly ribbon slider-WOC.  Metal Embs -Ebay jewellery.  All other embellishments are from my stash.

An old card in one of my favourite colour schemes

Good morning everyone,
I would like to say a big thank you for all the lovely comments that were left for me yesterday.  I am thrilled to know that you like the invitations I made, and Eileen, you were correct, I managed to do three layers of paper per die, so it cut down on the passes through my GC immensely.
Well today I have an old card, one I made last year in fact.  I wanted to show you one of my favourite colour combinations and as I haven't had time to finish a new card for you I thought I would show this instead.  Those of you with the wonderful talent of colouring will notice that it is not one of my talents, I am still following tutorials by Bev Rochester and Dena Concienne to hopefully improve.  Boy can those two colour!  So many talented promarker/copic users....me I'm at the bottom lookingup adoringly.... he he.

I started off colouring and was going great guns, even thought I was doing a passable job of the colouring and then I did the hanging braces.... and for some unknown reason, I forgot all about light and shade etc.  I think I thought I was twelve again, as I literally used one colour and filled the braces in solidly.  However, I didn't want to waste the image, it as I had taken so long with my 'practicing' on the rest of it.  It annoyed me really, as I did like the way the rest of the card turned out.   So what do you think, braces aside that is?  :D
I don't know about you but I am hoping today will turn out to be a clear and rain free day.  Yesterday was horrible, with the rain coming and going all day long.  I had to have the heating on again as the downstairs of the house was truly cold.  I am lucky when in the 'office' (that's what we call my craft room),  the computers seem to keep it warm all day, but then I go downstairs and get the shock of my life!
We will have nice weather soon, we will, we will!  We will have nice weather soon, ......!  Fingers crossed aye guys?!
I hope whatever you do today is a success and you end the day with a smile on your face.
Big hugs Linda x
ps I have now included my email address on my profile, so anyone needing it can find it there from now on. 
My Recipe:-  White 8x8 Base card 300gsm;  Blue & Red card for matting;  Spellbinders Foliage, Labels 21, Anemone flower;  Image is Gothika from Krista Smith at Saturated Canary;  Ribbon Slider Buckle; Ribbons, Gems & Papers from my stash.