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Stampin' Write Markers & Aqua Painter / Blender Pen
I tried watercolouring with the Stampin' Write markers but I couldn't get it to work.
I stamped the image using Basic Black onto watercolour paper (not SU) and then outlined the edges with the markers. Then try as I might using the Aqua Painter or the Blender Pen, the colours will not budge. Please, can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong, or maybe it is just my paper that's unsuitable?
I have not had a chance to get any SU watercolour paper yet to test it on. I think Whisper White is a little too glossy/smooth for watercolouring, am I right?
Also, is it safe to use the Blender Pen or Aqua Painter directly on the markers to pick up colour?
If you're going to "watercolor" using the markers as your starting point, then you actually SHOULD be using Whisper White/Very Vanilla card stock! :mrgreen: Watercolor paper is too absorbent for painting with ink and soaks it up before you can work it with the blender pens. It's really only for using with actual watercolors, like our Watercolor Wonder Crayons or regular watercolor paints -- although, I suppose painting with the ink refills and an Aqua Painter could work, too.
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I use an old CD or plastic plate and put some color on it with the marker and then pick the color up with the aqua pens ...you can color on any paper...
I wouldn't watercolour at all on whisper white. I watercolour with markers all the time and I use watercolour paper (140lb coldpress). I now use mostly Tombows to watercolour but I used to use the stamp and write markers and they worked just fine. The key is to work in small areas at a time and work quickly. For example...if you were working on a flower then colour one petal and then take your aqua painter to it, then move onto the next petal. Good luck and just keep playing! You will get it
I have been having the same problems. I tried the Tombow Markers on a stamped image, colored only a small area and then wanted to blend it with either a blending pen, I also tried the watercolor-brush (filled with water). Nothing works on the whisper white/confetti paper:(:confused:. All I do is ruin the paper. It only works if you put some color on plastic where you can pick the ink from with the blender pen or brush and then color your image. I havn't tried aquarell paper yet. Maybe that will work better. Working with watercolor crayons or watercolor pens worked much better as well. But actually I thought it should work coloring the image directly with the markers. Is there a secret I don't know yet?
I also tried to make the paper wet first before coloring and blending.
another suggestion. when using watercolor paper. wet the paper first. don't soak it. just damp enough to soften the fibers. then use the markers. it isn't the best and easiest way to watercolor but it works.
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another suggestion. when using watercolor paper. wet the paper first. don't soak it. just damp enough to soften the fibers. then use the markers. it isn't the best and easiest way to watercolor but it works.
Makes sense, Joan -- that's how you do it with watercolor paints when you want a light, even wash of color!
__________________ Rachel Proud SU! demo and Sci-Fi Geek!
My Stampin' Up! blog "I'm a time traveler -- I point and laugh at archaeologists." 10th Doctor, "Silence in the Library"
I tried watercolouring with the Stampin' Write markers but I couldn't get it to work.
I stamped the image using Basic Black onto watercolour paper (not SU) and then outlined the edges with the markers. Then try as I might using the Aqua Painter or the Blender Pen, the colours will not budge. Please, can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong, or maybe it is just my paper that's unsuitable?
I have not had a chance to get any SU watercolour paper yet to test it on. I think Whisper White is a little too glossy/smooth for watercolouring, am I right?
Also, is it safe to use the Blender Pen or Aqua Painter directly on the markers to pick up colour?
Hi, I'm not sure if this is exactly the look you want, but Julie does a fabulous tutorial with SU! markers, an aquapainter and watercolor paper. The results are really pretty! You may find something to help you out here.
If you're going to "watercolor" using the markers as your starting point, then you actually SHOULD be using Whisper White/Very Vanilla card stock! :mrgreen: Watercolor paper is too absorbent for painting with ink and soaks it up before you can work it with the blender pens. It's really only for using with actual watercolors, like our Watercolor Wonder Crayons or regular watercolor paints -- although, I suppose painting with the ink refills and an Aqua Painter could work, too.
I totally disagree with you on this one Rachel. I use SU markers and a blender pen on watercolor paper ALL THE TIME! I usually emboss my image in black, outline with the marker and then move the ink with the blender pen...it takes a bit sometimes depending on how big the space is, but I've got tons of examples of this technique in my gallery.
On the other hand, I CANNOT do this on Whisper White paper. I find the ink doesn't move at all on the WW paper and the blender pen just makes it "ball up".
To the OP...try watercolor paper. And if you want proof...just check out any of the PMS fairy cards in my gallery...most of them are done this way.
