The Stampscapes® 101: 9-Step, Lesson VI, Frames 1-9
Clouds & Milky Way

Five impressions of Cloud (Cumulus) 018E were stamped in Ranger Industries Sea Brights "Pool" blue. Note: When using this cloud stamp it's best used on either glossy paper or, if matte, a paper with a nice smooth surface. Overlap each impression with the next and change the angle slightly to avoid a "brick layered" look.

Clouds were masked and Milky Way Lg. 059G was stamped using colors of "Pool", Marvy Uchida #36 "Manganese Blue", #9 Pink, #99 Periwinkle. Note: 059G is largely a solid mass. To change and vary the depth of the image you can use color mixed on the surface of the stamp. Streaks of Pink were colored on the Milky Way Lg. then the Blue and Periwinkle were blended into the Pink before the impression was made. On masking, only a ripped paper towel --torn to roughly contour the edge of the cloud line-- was used to give a softer edge.

Milky Way Lg. was stamped one more time to fill in the rest of the sky. Colour: "Pool"

The Tonal Applicator (084E) was used to start blending in the first color --Marvy Uchida #60 "Salvia Blue". Note: Salvia blue is a nice light blue and, I believe, the lightest blue that has been released in their Marvy Matchable line. It's a good blue to start out with as it's very light --not too much darker than the white of the paper.

The Tonal Applicator was used to stamp the next color --Marvy Uchida #67 "Bubble Gum Pink". Note: I wanted some variations of violet hues in this scene. I felt that the lightest values of it would come from the blending of the lightest blues and pink that I had --as opposed to going straight into a violet color/pad. This way more variation would happen --eg. Where there is more overlapping of the two colors, there will be more violet to the eye. Where there's less overlapping, the colors will read as more of their original color (light blue or light pink).

The Tonal Applicator was used to bring in the same Ranger Industries Sea Brights "Pool" color that was used to stamp out the cloud impressions. Note: Instead of making the sky the "blue" of the actual "Pool" color, it was used to subdue the pink from the last color layering. The pink was looking too "hot" to me so I toned it down with this blue. As you can see it also added another value to the scene by making things a little darker --and by doing so, made the clouds appear "lighter" by contrast.

The Tonal Applicator was used to bring in Marvy Uchida #10 "Light Blue". Note: I wanted to extend the value range --light to dark-- one more step and I like the brightness of this blue.

Five impressions of Spruce Lg. 078F and Geese In Flight was stamped in Marvy Uchida #1 "Black". Note: I've staggered the height of the tree impressions to keep it from looking too "picket fence like".

Pentel Milky Gel Rollers in "White", "Pink", and "Blue" were used to add additional stars in the sky area. Note: The Tonal Applicator process took away some of the Milky Way texture and detail but it can be brought back into the scene by hand with these opaque pens. Since this scene was in this color scheme, I used the same color choices in the Gel Rollers.