A Little bit of Magic

This one is very different for me.  The image (The Magician) was coloured for the Make It Crafty in the Spotlight colour challenge.

The first task was for me to find an image that would look good in a spotlight.  So what I was really looking for was some sort of entertainer and I thought this one fit the bill perfectly.

Next task - look up spotlight photos.  I discovered something I didn't know here.  When a spotlight hits the ground it forms an ellipse BUT the ellipse isn't actually at the base of the spot light it's outside of where the light hits the ground!!  There must be some geeky physics terms for this (perhaps I should as the guys at work).  Anyway here's a close up of what I sketched.

So first I coloured the magician a lighter colour inside the spotlight area and darker outside.  I then added some shadows to his clothes and made lighter spots on both him and the rabbit for a shining light effect.

I then sketched a shadow slightly behind and to the right of the magician and coloured it.  Once done I moved onto the inside of the spotlight.  I used a darker yellow at the edges of the ellipse and downward lit area and a lighter yellow towards the centre.

The outside was created using three pens a dark blue a very dark blue and a blending pen.  The lighter of the two blues was the one I coloured first.  The darker one was used towards the edges of the card.  Once down I thing started to use the blending pen to lighten some of the area around the spotlight.

So to finish him off I mounted him onto some plain black card stock, used some black self adhesive gems and an appropriate Magical Birthday sentiment form one of Lili of the Valley's art pads.

For those of you that asked me how I did it I hope this helps.

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Cardz for Guyz - Clean and Simple

Addicted to Stamps - Celebration

Polkadoodles - Birthday

Create & Inspire (Formerly A Step in the Dark) - Anything Goes

Without Words - The Bunny is Coming/Easter

Make It Crafty - Colour Challenge - In the Spotlight