Lesson: Blue Comet
Silver and Blue. 4.25" x 5.5" glossy card stock

Comet was stamped in Marvy #3 "Blue". It was stamped at an angle.

Cloud Cumulus Lg was stamped in Marvy #3 "Blue".

Surrounding the Comet will be several impressions of Star Cluster also stamped in #3 Blue.

Slightly overlap your previous impressions to blend the different stamps together in a seamless fashion.

A filled in skyscape.

A range of blue tones are planned. Light, medium, and dark blue are picked.

Marvy #60 "Salvia Blue" was the first color applied to the scene. Here, the salvia blue looks darker than it's supposed to be. As it turns out I didn't clean my Stylus Tool so it had dark blue ink in it from the last time I used it. It spread nicely so I just went with it. I would recommend cleaning your Stylus Tool pads after using them but if you have a different wand tip for each color family you could almost leave them as is and store them in a ziplock bag. I've picked these up after not using them in weeks and they still have wet ink in them just like a stamp pad. Basically, by inking them up, you're making them into a stamp pad of sorts.

I turn the Stylus Tool on its side to get a narrower applicator application of ink to get into smaller spaces. Here I get swipes of ink into areas within the comet design.

Marvy #10 Light Blue was applied to the scene for added Blue depth. Certain areas of the Cloud Lg, Star field, and Comet remain light. I don't want to ink out all of my light areas as I want them to represent illuminated objects.

Marvy #3 Blue was added for yet a darker value. The darker you take the area around your objects, the lighter they will appear to be because of the contrast.

Spruce Tree Lg was added to the foreground using black ink.

Three impressions of the Spruce Tree Lg were added to the foreground in staggered heights.

Extra stars are being added here with a white gel pen. I also added more stars using a silver gel pen.

I took a Q-Tip or cotton swab to apply a soft very thin layer of white pigment ink to areas in the cloud to give a softer appearance to the object.

A shower of light.