Well I started taking an on line watercolor class and have been watching lots of videos in an attempt to get more comfortable with this medium. I have spent the last few days playing with my different watercolor mediums and mostly not being happy with the results. One paper pilled when I tried to do watercolor washes and I generally was not thrilled by the way the colors blended. But Saturday I got a set of artist quality watercolors and this is my first attempt to work with them. I love the way they blend and move. I can get soft washes or brilliant color. I have hope. This technique is from a video from Scraps and Stamps. I heat embossed my greeting with black embossing powder and then used a small watercolor brush to add clean water around the image to form a burst pattern. I then added watercolor in different shades going across the greeting. When it was all dry I added some sequins. I love the look! Groovy!
Date: Monday, May 16, 2016 GMT Views: 1612
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Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Mon, May 16, 2016 @ 9:07 PM
I know what you mean about strugling with watercolors, Kathy...however, my attempts never ended with anything as pretty as this. The colors are lovely and the shape of the colored "blotches" looks perfect. Pinned and faved.
Registered: April 13, 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 178
Thu, May 19, 2016 @ 9:37 PM
This is a Smashingly Spectacular card!!! What a Great job you did with the watercoloring! It's a very Exciting pattern you've come up with. And the sentiment is Perfect! I really love this! This is encouraging me to drag out my watercolors. Never did do well with them. Must try again! Thanks!