This is my first Tea Potters challange, hope I got it right. I used ivory watercolor paper. First , I spritzed the paper lightly with water. Now I sprinkled on the shades of Brushos, and spritzed it with water again and used my drying tool , and patted it dry. I've only used Brushos one other time, so I didn't really know what I was doing. Any way, the colors fell just right for a water scene. After my paper got dry, I stamped the etched lighthouse in. I shaded the clouds with white, and gray watercolor pencils. Now I used a black gel pen, to define the lighthouse, then I colored it in with watercolor pencils. I used a white gel pen, and a black gel pen along with a turquoise pencil , to define the waves, and the black gel pen, to define the bird in flight. Once the coloring was done, I added white lace stickles in the clouds, and water, and in the lighthouse top. I just thought the scene needed a little shine. Thanks for the fun challenge, and thanks for looking.
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 GMT Views: 1025
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132003
Tue, Jan 31, 2017 @ 12:48 PM
Wow, Marg - those Brushos make a glorious sunrise or sunset sky for your lovely lighthouse. Your one reminds me of the ones we see as we leave Ireland on the ferry if we take the car to France - only our seas are much greyer, not that beautiful sparkling blue.
This is perfect for the challenge theme! And with the Teapotters it's always 100% optional whether you participate in the sending part of the tea-party or just make a card inspired by the theme, so there's no "wrong", anything is right.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28930
Wed, Feb 01, 2017 @ 5:43 AM
Wow this is gorgeous!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!!
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Registered: March 12, 2008 Location: stamping or writing Posts: 9963
Wed, Feb 01, 2017 @ 9:57 AM
Wow Marge, I know you've been around SCS a long time, so I'm a little surprised you've never played in TPT before, but welcome to the party.
Love the wonderful sky you got with the Brushos.
Registered: July 20, 2007 Location: Fergus, Ontario, Canada Posts: 52591
Wed, Feb 01, 2017 @ 1:16 PM
first of all Marg, welcome to the teapot challenges. Now you are officially a teapotter! And you certainly got it right. this is a gorgeous stormy morning sky. I love how you coloured it with such vivid colours. Beautifully done!
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