Holiday Scene Week #2: Ice Rink in Polychromos Pencils

[@TheJennabelle]

I am so sick with a horrible upper respiratory crud right now. Your sweet cheerful voice, a hot cup of tea and following along your tutorials has been a "warm escape" in my day between my Nyquil comas. Thank your for sharing your talent and so many great tips! PS- I treat the cute critters as kinda real too! ;)

[@dlp454]

Initially I thought the lights around the ice rink were people in the stands. Then when you started sharing your scenario, I began seeing your bear and penguin group as possible sky divers. Why they would have ice skates on, I'm not sure, maybe making a grand entrance! As always, a very enjoyable trip with you and your imagination!

[@meljohnson6431]

I love the way your backgrounds encourage the viewer to look deeply into the image!

[@bethdelmonte-catanese29]

I loved your story and YMCA was released in 1978 which was a great time for music!!!Love your paintings, pencils, watercolor, whatever you use always looks so unique and in a class by itself

[@terrie1226]

Cute, cute, cute...what a wonderful and playful card.....Just awesome Sandy....tfs

[@tonimcclure6546]

I love colored pencils and you do such a fabulous job with them! Thank you for not neglecting this great medium. Your art is inspires me.

[@cindybearj]

Super cute card and I love the little bear on the envelope!

[@judyr1162]

250 cards?! And I'm griping because I have 42 to make. You have inspired me to keep going!

[@smileycindy]

You are very talented, Sanfy! I love seeing you work, and I love that you're willing to take the time to film your process and share. I always pick up greast tips which help me improve with various mediums. One of the biggest thing I picked up from watching you work is to not stress about being so precise. I look at the way you color and you don't slow down to follow the lines super precisely and yet your results are always amazing. I've started doing that as well and I'm amazed that my cards are not worse for it, but actually better! I also want to tip my hat to you for sending out so many cards. So many cardmakers only make cards and barely send out any, which is mind-blowing to me. I send out about a hundred each year, but you've got me beat with your 250!!

[@barbarabass4235]

I love the dimension you created in the background. You always make it look soooooo easy. Darling card!

[@andrewandberthapilgrim999]

Cute critters! Great colouring as usual Sandy.

[@valsfaves787]

What a sweet card. Great ice effect.

[@paulapeterson-warnock3030]

Your creativeness blows me away once again!!

[@cardsaremycanvas9065]

I love how much detail you put into your colouring!

[@poppydarling86]

I don't usually enjoy critter stamps but I love your versions! Loving this series!

[@vickicervantes1817]

I Love

[@ednam7]

Adorable! I always learn something from your videos. Thanks.

[@ahreftasha]

Is it unrealistic too because polar bears and penguins live in polar opposites!!?🤣 too cute to care

[@sheriwitthoft5895]

Such a cute card.

[@LoriUren]

Such a sweet card!

[@deeearnshaw9551]

what a delightful scene - so cute:)

[@madusonkeeper]

I am a realist always like things to look real sizes also

[@MajicInOz]

This is so fabulous! Your videos are always so inspiring.

[@kristinahein]

So gosh darn adorable!

[@theresapillow5582]

Penguins and polar bears two of my favorites. Only thing missing was an adorable red panda... I want ;) lol

[@Kitchensurprise]

Your scenes are the best!

[@carlapage7957]

Beautiful card Sandy, it always amazes me how you creates scenes, they look effortless! Thanks for sharing. And that is a very cute stamp set. 😉

[@lisadelong1455]

Oh Sandy, this card is so darn cute. I love it!

[@sandratessier428]

Very cute

[@RhondaMiller]

This is so cute.

[@susangonsalves3227]

Adorable!

[@lindaruschmeyer5298]

Awesome! TFS

[@nicolewooldridge9683]

Talented, I love your descriptive videos ❤️

[@01joye]

Hey Sandy, you make my crafty heart very happy!,

[@patinahendricks]

Oh my goodness, I love watching your videos! You are awesome!! I've always wanted to learn how to blend colors. Im a new subbie and I'm glad I found your channel. I don't know anything about water color pencils, copic markers, alcohol markers or any of that stuff 😄😄😄😄 but I would love to learn.

[@debiv7834]

So sweet! Thank you!,

[@karenzemko6518]

So cute!! Love your explanation of the bear vs. size of penguins! That's how the creative mind works, cause I can relate. I can also relate to the roller skating story! Although I didn't break my wrist, I sprained it badly. Was really a challenge driving a stick shift home! TFS

[@denisekinsley3554]

Giant penguins! 😂 I can totally see my mind going through that process, too. Love watching you create scenes...

[@MariaNyceDesigns]

Precious!!! The background makes those sweetie pies jump off the page!!! Love this adorable card!!! The envelope was a wonderful addition, Sandy! So grateful that you share your creativity, blessings & hugs!!!

[@maryguikema4698]

You always make it look so easy. I signed up for another one of your classes. I am a huge fan.

[@aartadventure]

What a gorgeous little pencil scene! Thanks for sharing it!

[@mariavarga863]

Very cute card! Penguins live in The south and polar bears in the north! ☺️❤️ so it’s not realistic at all! But it’s very cute!

[@darlenedesario2811]

Lovely little scene. Never heard of those stamps before, cute images. Ty!

[@lisal3645]

Aww this is so cute!!!! I love penguins. I've not tried colored pencils but maybe one day I will try them

[@barbarabass4235]

Absolutely adorable! How you made the background “lights” is amazing. Also loved the look of the ice. Soooooo cute.

[@mapenn1031]

Precious! How can you cut the masks? They are so small! Love your videos!

[@8Boxofpaint]

I love your cards!! Can we trade Christmas 🎄 cards! 😅🤭

[@Ninjamom4]

❤️❤️❤️

[@johanaperryman7485]

Good morning Sandy! I would like to know what pen, pencil or tool you are using on paper to apply this baby oil on the drawing already painting. I see that it is a white canopy but I don't know what it is? And can this oil be applied on watercolor pencils or any colored pencil? Thanks 😊

[@SandyAllnock1]

It's a blending stump salln.net/2nu2db0

[@johanaperryman7485]

Hi Sandy 😊 Thank you very much for your reply. I am a follower of your page, for some days and I absolutely loved everything. I am interested in being able to take an online course with you or in person if necessary. But my language is not English. I only speak and understand Spanish. I am Colombian and I have lived here in the United States for a couple of months.

[@MrNancykempf]

Good morning Sandy,such a beautiful card.I just started using my colored pencils.Would you please tell me the name of the class for colored pencils you mentioned,I couldn't hear what you said.Thank you so much.

[@aartadventure]

She used faber-castell polychromos pencils, but there are many other very good brands that are far more affordable. Prismacolor premiere pencils are a great option if you live in the USA.

[@MrNancykempf]

Oh I got that,what I did not hear her say was the website of the pencil class on line.

[@SandyAllnock1]

It’s art-classes.com - in the menu bar under ‘Categories ‘ you can select the medium and see what’s available ❤️

[@MsChareng]

Hi Sandy! Why not just spatter on your snow? Would save all those plastic trees!

[@SandyAllnock1]

When spattering, the fluids have to be wet enough to splatter; that wrinkles the paper.

[@pink25poppies1]

So nice to see colored pencils instead of markers! 2 questions- why baby oil rather than gamsol? And i notice when i use gamsol it blends too well- removes variations of color (ex will blend the lighter/darker shades). How do you avoid that?

[@SandyAllnock1]

Baby oil smells better 😂 And any blending by nature creates an ‘average’ of two colors. Darks get lighter, lights get darker. It’s one reason I often don’t use any blending solution...I care more about dimension than smoothness.

[@pink25poppies1]

@@SandyAllnock1 ah same! And yes definitely smells better!

[@anneross5679]

Can you use baby oil with watercolor pencils?

[@SandyAllnock1]

I wouldn’t.

[@anneross5679]

Thank you.

[@soniabluteau8843]

Hello Sandy! It's just wonderful ! Do you use a watercolor paper with this technic? (Baby oil and this Pen) Thanks you very much and salutations from Québec !

[@soniabluteau8843]

And witch kind or color Pen do you use ? Watercolor pen or just color Pen ''wood''?

[@andrealavigne7824]

She said she uses Stonehenge drawing paper for colored pencils. If you click the "Show More" link in the video description & scroll down to the supply list, there are links there for everything she used. Hope this helps! :)