@anthemsweet This is beautiful...so soft and peaceful, wonderful atmosphere.
From somebody who worked in pastel for a long time...you may have better results with a camera rather than a scanner - just taking a picture of the artwork under diffuse lighting (outside in the shadow on a sunny day is optimal). I vaguely remember something to do with the way the light from the scanner interacts with the pigment particles, as it has to pass twice through the pigment layer (to the surface and back).
this is just lovely, such a sweet image.
@Jana Thank you. No, I have never used a fixative spray with my work. I never thought of it with colored pencils, but I should look into it.
@smceccarelli Thank you! I'll have to research this.
@lmrush Thank you so much!
@anthemsweet This has such a beautiful atmosphere - really nice work!
I think it turned out beautifully. You can always tweak the colors a little brighter in photoshop if need be after scanning. I have a smaller scanner too, so when I have big pieces I always scan in two pieces and put them together in photoshop
@Kevin-Longueil Thank you!
This is lovely, love the softness!
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@MirkaH Thank you! That's an interesting solution. I don't think our scanner works well unless it can close hard around the paper. (I'm assuming you don't actually cut the original.) Splicing it all together sounds daunting, but then I'm no great shakes in Photoshop.
@Charlie-Eve-Ryan Thank you!
This looks awesome. I hope you dont mind, but I imported the file into photoshop and duplicated the layer, I then set it to overlay mode and lowered to 50%. A final tweak in curves allowed me to add some vibrancy to the blues. I hope it helps? Regards, Robin.
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@RobinSlee That was going to be my suggestion, well done!
Absolutely lovely!
@RobinSlee I don't mind you doing that at all. It's exciting to see it show up more vibrant. I've been sick so I still haven't gotten a good scan of this, but hopefully I will today, then I'll go at it in Photoshop. If you don't mind and it's not too complicated and bothery for you to explain, what do you mean you set it to overlay mode and lowered it 50%? All I've done in Photoshop is wipe out smudges in places I want white and pull up washed out color by playing with the levels until it looks right. I don't enjoy technology at all, but I know I need to get with the times!
@Rebecca-Hirsch Thank you!
Your style to me is a mix of Steven Kellogg and Trina Schart Hyman. Beautiful! I'm excited to see the scanned and cleaned version.
@Sarah-LuAnn I'm not familiar with Steven Kellog--I'll look him up--but Trina Schart Hyman is a top favorite of mine. I love her draftsmanship, line work, pretty colors, interesting details and decorative elements. I read St. George and the Dragon to my littles a week ago and have kept it out to snack on since. So thanks. 
@anthemsweet Hey, sure no probs. Within photoshop you can right click on the layer that contains the image. Then from the popup window select duplicate layer. Then at the top of the layers pallete you can change the blending mode in the drop down, I used overlay mode. Then to the right of that same drop down there is an opacity slider, simply slide it to the left to around 50%. Finally merge all layers or flatten. As a final tweak you can adjust the curves, by pressing control plus u, and play with the sliders. I hope this helps. If I can find some time at the weekend I will try to put together some images to share. Hope it helps? Regards, Rob.
I think it turned out beautifully. You can always tweak the colors a little brighter in photoshop if need be after scanning. I have a smaller scanner too, so when I have big pieces I always scan in two pieces and put them together in photoshop
