Today's Mix-Ability challenge is to scribble bright colors with crayon or oil pastel, then saturate the paper with dark paint or inks.
The tree outline on my card is actually a new die from Impression Obsession. I debossed the die outline into watercolor paper by running it through my Big Shot on Tab 1, with the embossing pad underneath. My coloring was done on the back side of the watercolor panel. I started by rubbing a white oil pastel over the raised outline, then scribbling some fall colors over the leafy area of the tree. I spritzed the full panel with water and dropped reinkers into the water with a wet brush. The oil pastel resisted the ink, so the colors show through, and the raised outline created boundaries for the color as well. I splattered a little bronze paint over the panel and lightly rubbed with some orange Inka Gold before trimming the panel with scissors.
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Fri, Sep 12, 2014 @ 8:01 PM
Your fiery branches are unbelievable and so is your use of this technique! Even the splatters of ink appear to be leaves falling in the background! I've never seen anything like this before and thanks for sharing your process! Just WOW!