I am a little late to the party on this technique challenge, TLC547 (8/17/15) Only One Word. I intended to use more than one word on this project, but when I started making die cuts from leftovers from a watercolor project, I only had enough for one word. Fortunately there were enough little bits and pieces to make some hearts to fill out the design.
This whole project started when I wanted to satisfy my curiousity about how well Bristol paper could withstand wet-on-wet watercoloring. Bristol paper is significantly whiter than other papers used for Watercolors, and that was what attracted me to it in the first place.
My experiment with applying a generous amount of water to the Bristol paper was successful. As I learned in a class, it is important to tape the edges of watercolor paper to a hard surface before applying water, to keep the paper from warping.
I was SO glad to know this trick, because when water hit the Bristol paper it buckled like crazy!!!! It looked so bad that I knew it was ruined. At this point, left the project as it was, discouraged at the outcome....Imagine my surprised delight to discover the next day that the buckled paper had dried to almost original flatness!!! Yippee! It was still ugly, but at least it wasn't warped! Here's a link to my project taped to the fiberboard:
I learned a few things doing this project - watercoloring is not as easy as it looks (ha!), proper preparation can save a project from being a total loss, and last but not least, that even a hideous watercolor piece can be cobbled into a respectable finished piece.
Have you tried your hand at watercoloring yet? It is SO fun...and I must admit, humbling!
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Sat, Oct 10, 2015 @ 4:04 PM
Your watercolor tag is cute! Enjoyed hearing your Bristol story. I used it for my last project. I wasn't as adventurous since I didn't use it wet on wet, but it work great for water coloring with markers.