This wasn't difficult, just time consuming, which is why I may never be a watercolorist. Too impatient! But I'm determined to persevere, if only to improve my patience.
The partial circle in the upper right used the scrape painting technique. I wasn't very careful, too much paint, couldn't find my nice acrylics so used craft paints, TOO MUCH PAINT!!!!! The background is stripes of Distress ink in coffee colors.
I stamped the cups with the Distress linen, although I'm not sure that those lines truly disappeared. I tried to cover them with shading. My watercoloring will always be pretty loose, not perfect, a little goofy. I like goofy. Added a little bit of gold gel pen to some details. I did have a lot of fun with this card.
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 GMT Views: 913
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131895
Sat, Jun 27, 2020 @ 3:04 AM
LOL, I looked carefully at Karen's mention of small dots of paint, but my copper splurged out and I had to carefully remove some - still haven't used that piece yet. Cutting it down was a good idea, I might hold a die over mine and investigate the possibilities. Love your collection of coffee cups!
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Sun, Jun 28, 2020 @ 10:46 AM
This is awesome. Love those funky coffee mugs - totally my style. Love the rich color palette your use. Thanks for sharing your watercolor thoughts - encourages to be more adventurous.
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Registered: June 16, 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 8144
Mon, Jun 29, 2020 @ 9:22 AM
Jean, I love the different techniques that you have used - the paint scrape, the stripes and especially the no line watercolor with those pretty cups. So pretty.
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Wed, Jul 01, 2020 @ 10:18 AM
Love, love, love this! What an awesome painting. I told myself no more new stamps until I use what I have, BUT I really want to buy these coffee cups. What is the name of the set and where did you get them? ty