My Daughter & 2 grandsons left yesterday morning so it's time to stretch my abilities past their limits with another watercolor challenge . . .after watching the video, I really considered skipping this challenge altogether but in the end gave it my best shot.
I'm never sure if I've done the challenges correctly BUT my roses are blended with 2 shades of pink, yellow, orange & red. The leaves have 2 shades of olive, green tea and turtle green with some hits of burnt sienna. and the cup (even thought it's hard to detect) has 3 shades of gray. Once my piece dried completely, I did a torn edge around the image and sponged with soft stone. Since I had printed the digi larger than I thought, this ended up being an A7 size to accommodate the width instead of the A2 I had prepped for. That left me with a strange section of white space so I stenciled the Waverly doily with texture paste then adhered my watercolor piece over that and added the SU sentiment.
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2020 GMT Views: 600
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Registered: October 19, 2007 Location: Packer Country, WI Posts: 71977
Sat, Jul 04, 2020 @ 7:57 AM
You had to be very pleased when finishing this project. I'm amazed with your blending skills. You did the challenge correctly, and very well. Like how you tore and blended the grays on the edges. Just another version of blending. The roses are beautiful with the colors you chose to blend. I like the larger size, and it is easier to work with. So glad you found the time to do the challenge. Happy 4th of July.
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74752
Sat, Jul 04, 2020 @ 8:25 AM
Good work, Linda, and I'm so glad you are playing along with us. Beautiful card and I think the doily is just great with that image.
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Registered: January 27, 2010 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada Posts: 51736
Sun, Jul 05, 2020 @ 7:53 AM
You did a great job with your blending Linda, the larger roses are a perfect example of blending a rose, it is harder to do on smaller flowers. Wonderful job, keep up the good work.
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Registered: October 5, 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 15773
Mon, Jul 06, 2020 @ 12:26 AM
What a fabulous job with the blending! Love the soft colors and the images are so pretty together! The recipient of this card will definitely treasure it - hugs and tfs!
Registered: March 30, 2008 Location: Somewhere between the Shire & Mordor! Posts: 4642
Mon, Jul 13, 2020 @ 6:32 PM
Linda, this is SO BEAUTIFUL!!! I MEANT TO comment on this one when I saw it in the galleries earlier, & forgot! UGH! I didn't realize it was YOUR CARD either! I think it came out WONDERFULLY!!!SUCH A LOVELY JOB!!! BIG INKY HUGS for your SWEET VISIT & SWEET COMMENT too! ;)<3