This was my kind of loose and easy WCW challenge, but there was a lot of drying time which is not my favorite. I was very patient though (fortunately I had other cards to work on). We're also discussing things we loved and things we learned in this week's challenge. I've already mentioned that I loved how easy this was, because the loose style is my kind of watercoloring. I loved how the clouds magically appeared as I added layers of paint. I would say I learned that there is a time and place for cold press paper. I generally prefer the hot press paper, but I am gradually learning when I should use cold press instead and I could tell at the beginning of this video that today was a day for it. I've also learned not to overwork my watercolor and what causes the blooms. I have some small ones here, because I'm still learning. I would also say that I learned that washi tape is not completely fool proof for masking. You'll notice that my sentiment banners are in two different places on the two different cards. One is covering the blob of color that seeped through the washi tape onto the border. The other one is covering a "bloom" in the sky. I loved splattering all the stars and I love how they came out. I skipped the shooting star, because some of my splatters are kind of long anyway. I also loved how easy the trees were--until I tried to add in the "details" of the sticks and leaves. That was too hard and I quit while I was ahead. One other note--I'm showing both cards because I'm not sure which is my favorite. The one on the left used Space Blue and I think I like the texture of the clouds better on that one. The one on the right used Azure Blue and I like the color better on that one. It's brighter. The colors look a lot more alike in the photo than in real life.
This was also a perfect challenge to use my favorite sympathy sentiment: "Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather opening where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy."
Registered: July 22, 2007 Location: Carshalton, Surrey. UK Posts: 62811
Fri, Aug 26, 2022 @ 2:08 PM
I love the colours in your sky and your beautiful resulting cards. I feel your pain with the tape - tried various and they either stick and rip the paper or let the colour under!
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