Blending-free coloring with Copics for Day 14

Hey friends - day 14 of Kathy's (The Daily Marker) 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I thought I'd try a technique Yana Smakula shared in her June 3rd 2020 post: Blending-free coloring with Copics. She has a video tutorial on the technique that I watched a couple of times before giving it a go. Some of my friends have tried it, including Betty - you can see her lovely examples here and here and Greta - see hers here and here. Here's my first shot at it:

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio A2 card; Gina K Tranquil Teal;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb

Stamps - Hero Arts CL443 Good Thoughts (retired);

Gina K Designs + Hero Arts Friendship Blooms (sentiment)

Other - Copic Markers; gold & black pencils;

Hero Arts Intense Black Ink

I picked this 2010 Hero Arts floral stamp out of my stash and thought it might work well for this technique. What do you think? I deliberately didn't use the lines through the flowers as a guide for coloring. Some of my flowers look kinda bullseye but I thought I did ok for the first attempt. Shaded the background with a gold pencil and blended it with E50 Copic. Rest of the colors I won't list - just chose 3-5 shades and don't blend. Interesting technique - may try it again... I did some shading with a black pencil but it wasn't doing much for me so I just quit. Time to move on to the next project - don't you feel like that sometimes?

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