I recently stumbled across digital artwork (or digi stamps) by Graciellie Design. The openness of her floral pieces lends to watercoloring. I fell in love with her peony in the Amazing Things digital stamp set, so naturally, I had to try it!
Following the suggestions on Gracie's blog posting, I printed the peony image in gray on an inkjet printer so that the lines of the peony would dissolve under the watercolor paints. (Note that in some instances, I went back with a light gray paint and reinforced some of the lines when I thought the image looked too unformed.)
These images were printed on an inkjet printer using watercolor paper, which I had trimmed down to 8.5x11 inches. I was able to print four peonies per page.
The watercolor paper is like magic when working with watercolor paints. You have time to mix and blend and watch the flower come to life. You can go back, even after the piece is dry, and continue to alter and enhance the image until you are happy.
For coloring, I began the process by first using a very light pink watercolor crayon and scribbled it onto the entire flower. Then I took a brush and water and blended the light base color (you could use an aqua brush). From there, I played with all kinds of paints to achieve the look I wanted. You can probably tell that some of the paints were put on undiluted, while others were watered down and blended. Each flower and card is therefore different.
Date: Saturday, July 29, 2017 GMT Views: 230
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